Thursday 13: My baby sister marks a quarter of a century
Turning 25 is weird enough as it is. When your baby sister turns 25, there are no words. I potty-trained this kid! …
Expectation violation: Movies and mushroom meatloaf
While many of my friends and fam sneaked off to see the new Harry Potter in November, I dutifully attended my studies. …
Pineapple Banana Bread (aka why I squirrel away frozen bananas all year)
By November, you must open our freezer carefully lest the flying bananas injure you. I collect ripe bananas all year long in …
Thursday 13: December Snapshot
With two days till Christmas, I’m taking a break from bread-baking and present-wrapping to pen this Thursday 13. I give you a …
North Highlands out-wham’s Wham, Christmas-style!
As my sister noted when she posted this video on Facebook a couple days ago, our parents made us complete Christmas dorks. …
Thursday 13: Holiday happenings
This will be me soon. Drool and all, I swear. (Credit) Today I write to you a free woman. For a few …
Buy an original ‘Emily’ and an angel gets her wings, er, pointe shoes
Original painting by Emily Tan My lovely niece Pasta Brains, I mean Emily, is ridiculously talented. She paints. She dances. She takes …
Thursday 13: The Life List, Part II
Photo Credit I’m on the airplane last night, somewhere over the Sierras and it occurred to me: I did not do my …
Ring, ring, ring, ring… the sound of giving (I hope)!
A sound I always associate with Christmas is the tinkling of the Salvation Army bell. A few years ago when I lived …
I could be offended, but instead, let’s talk about molasses chews…
Photo Credit A couple months ago, it occurred to me that one of my most popular posts was about cookies. Not cookies …