And you thought Monday Cookies had disappeared? Not a chance. I may not bake and decorate that often but I can’t stay out of the kitchen. I just can’t. When I first saw Linda Davick’s illustration of this blue-haired girl with red eyeglasses, I swooned. I fell in love with her immediately. She was so [...]
I’ll just get right to it: I’m going to have a baby.
That’s right. In about two months’ time, a mini-Mari will make her way into this world.
I didn’t want to say anything for a while; I wanted to keep this blog focused on the inspiration for my cookie designs and my occasional thoughts (really silly [...]
We’ve got a little meyer lemon tree in our back yard that struggles to pop fruit. It’s poorly placed at the very edge of the property where larger, bushier trees block the sunlight it needs to grow. So far this year, it popped about five lemons, all of which were, for a scrawny little citrus [...]
Just before Valentine’s Day, I mentioned that one of my goals this year is to move some of my cookie designs to other formats, like paper and fabric. This bulldog, who you might recognize from my main site’s banner, is the first attempt. He was lovingly replicated using Adobe Illustrator, a not very friendly program, [...]
Around 3 a.m. west coast time, the latest Pacific rainstorm made its initial descent into southern California. The first few drops woke me from a dream which I cannot remember. Those drops went from a little pitter-patter to an all-out pounding storm, and I just couldn’t get back to sleep, nor did I want to. [...]
I was just thinking about the title of this post. What else could I say? Have a rotten Valentine’s Day? It’s one of my favorite days of the year. It’s the anniversary of my first kiss with my husband. It’s the day when men get silly-goofy, especially when they forget to do something, anything, for [...]
A while back a friend asked me to make some Valentine’s Day cookies for a man she was crushing on. We came up with a few funny, flirty and clever phrases to put on each cookie and I added colorful hearts and dots to the background. After getting her approval, I delivered them to the [...]
Did you see this?
“Obama Woos G.O.P. With Attention, and Cookies”
in the NY Times, February 4, 2009 (Read the article here)
As you well know, I’m a Democrat (my late father was a Republican, but that’s another story). I was oh so glad that Mr. Obama was elected our 44th president. But whoa. In an effort to [...]
I have a confession: I fell asleep during the Superbowl. Sorry. All those chunky men in tight pants. Didn’t excite me. Although I did wake up in time to see the Arizona Cardinals make an unbelievable comeback in the fourth quarter. Since I always root for the underdog, I thought, whoa! My guys might win [...]
Earlier this week I mentioned a tiny baking tutorial was in the works, and here it is. It’s more an assembly of tips for those of you brave enough (or crazy enough, depending on your perspective) to bake and decorate cookies this month for the holidays. As you know from reading my bio, I’ve been [...]