When I first got to college, three of the first people I met had all grown up together and sung in school choirs for years. Their voices were fabulous. One of the very first nights we all hung out, we were playing music while getting ready. Amidst the rather loud rendition of a Dixie Chicks […]
I went to college at Sewanee: the University of the South. If you’ve never seen Sewanee, you need to because no words can truly capture the beauty or spirit of the Sewanee community. For a first time visitor, there is a peculiar sense of mystery that is evoked by the campus and the students wandering […]
Remember how I got a ricer for Christmas and was giddily happy? I managed to make gnocchi three times in January. Three. Even for the biggest lover of fluffy balls of potatoes that make you want to eat until you think you might pass out and then you just continue eating, three gnocchi dinners, combined […]
On Christmas morning, my brother and I each have a piece of living room furniture that is “our present spot.” I get the white couch. He gets the green chair. My mother always moves our stockings from the mantel to “our present spot.” The first thing I saw when I came downstairs this year was […]
If I didn’t have to eat, I would probably hibernate like a bear in the winter. But somewhere beneath my utter dislike of cold weather, a happy little girl is bundled in five layers of jackets, scarves, and hats trying to raise her puffy-jacketed arms to gleefully shout, “now’s the time to eat comfort food!” […]
