C’mere. I want to show you something that will blow your socks off. See those sugar cookies above? The ones with the photograph-perfect seed packet pictures on them? Pssst. They’re edible. Yep, you got it. The wafer-thin paper is made of potato starch, vegetable oil, and water…and placed over the cookie using corn syrup and […]
Sufjan Stevens
Have you heard of Sufjan Stevens? He’s been around a while, but I thought, on the off chance that you hadn’t heard about him, I would introduce you. My friend Becky was listening to his him this past week (and loving him), and it got me to thinking that I’d completely forgotten about him, tucked […]
Creative Family Projects
Today, since I’m in the midst of novel writing–can you detect a hint of drudgery in my voice?–I’m going to share some clever and fun DIY project ideas with you. I’ve been saving them for after my novel is done. When that manuscript gets sent off, I’m so taking some time to make some pretty […]
The Creative Habit
I did not feel like writing yesterday, nor today. I thought of all sorts of excuses not to sit down at my desk. There was some laundry to be done–maybe a sweater or two…and two pairs of jeans. There was that bill that came in the mail on Saturday; I really should be paying it–oh, […]
Sunshine Cleaning
Sunshine Cleaning is not a feel-good, laugh-out-loud movie like Little Miss Sunshine. But I think you’ll walk out of the theater saying it was a good movie. Some of the story lines are unfinished. Some of them are weak. But all in all, the acting by Emily Blunt, Amy Adams, and Alan Arkin is superb. […]