Making Applesauce

I made applesauce today. It was technically my third batch of the year—though the second was scarcely worth mentioning. I’d gotten a few apples from the store that were mealy, and rather than suffer through them in apple form, I cooked them down one morning for breakfast. They were delicious once you changed their texture. Making applesauce is a bit […]

Boy Blue’s Birthday

When you have family living on the far side of the world, and you have a tendency to be forgetful about birthdays, you run into two specific issues: 1. Just sending the requisite “belated” birthday card loses its appeal, because it won’t get there for a few weeks after the date. Belated cards are fun and all when they arrive […]