Cosmetics and I go way back. When I was a child, my mother had a collection of bright cream eyeshadows that came in stick form, like lipstick. They clipped onto...
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You Can’t Win Them All
Yesterday was a Day of Tantrums. It didn’t start out that way. Baguette woke up happy, because we were all there. Mr. Sandwich, who normally leaves at 6:00, was home...
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Happy Mother’s Day
See that owl on my forearm? Baguette says that’s a “Mommy Bird.”
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What Baguette Is Saying Now
. . . which is not to be confused with Cock-a-doo! Rooster photo by bagsgroove, via Flickr. Creative Commons.
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Creative Cooking
One of the things I love about the CSA boxes we’ve been getting is that they’re a mix of the known and unknown. That means that I can easily eat...
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Egg Musings
My mother hated egg whites. Scrambled eggs had to be perfectly blended. I think of her every time I scramble eggs. On the rare occasions that we’d have breakfast out...
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The Best Things In Life Are Free
This week’s Monday Listicles? “10 things you love that are free.” Read on: 1) Baguette’s kisses. 2) Mr. Sandwich’s love for me and her. 3) Snuggles with Wicket. 4) Rain...
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Books I Don’t Love
This isn’t a list of books I hate, which would be led by Gregory Maguire’s Wicked. (I loved the musical, but there was not one thing I liked about that...
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Things That Are Driving Me Crazy
The splashing of water all over the bathroom during bathtime. The spitting of water onto the floor during bathtime. The regimen of snowman drawing, which is so precise that I...
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An Interesting Monster Needs an Interesting Hairdo
No More Tears and No More Tangles–that’s what my mom used on me. And it’s what we used on Baguette, once her hair got long enough to tangle. But it...