The famous line from The Sound of Music rings in my ears these days: "When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window." I think it is good advice to contemplate as we close out another month in this pandemic. Ah, retrospect. 2020 began relatively peacefully. Santa Barbara was a dream to live in in Winter. Days were bright and encouraging. Walks on the beach invigorating. Flowers bloomed everywhere. And, while I missed one … [Read more...]
Reason to Bake – Raison d’être – Omg, What Am I Going to Do Today
(sorry to anyone who read a mistaken laden earlier version - apparently, my changes were lost in an update) 4:53 pm The reason to bake is not always practical. Often baking is undertaken for or yields unexpected therapeutic benefits. Go ahead, ask your Grandmother. It is soul-satifyng, industrious, creatively reaching, imaginative, scientific and wonder-inspiring. Down through the ages, baking was a practical endeavor. Nowadays for many … [Read more...]