Snickerdoodles

A recent issue of one of America’s Test Kitchen’s cooking magazines included a recipe for all-butter snickerdoodles. Me like.

I can’t

Dammit. A bag of potato chips jumped into my Aldi Instacart order. I can’t. I just can’t! An open bag of potato chips is an invitation that I cannot pass up…..

They found me

A letter arrived this week from a Jehovah’s Witness, and the envelope included a little pamphlet. I admire their persistence and devotion to their cause.

Paris

Book #3 of the year: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, by the great David McCoullough. This loving, entertaining, even enthralling tale recounts 80 years in the 19th century of Americans abroad in Paris. The artists receive the most attention, of course, but I love the historical tableaux and the epic sweep of it all

#TBT: birds

The first ink of dawn in the East. Mt. Vesuvius in the distance. An orchard aside my hotel. And the birds going crazy as they sing the morning’s glory. Sorrento, Italy. 2009.

Mid-week

Too many mornings recently I’m awake before 5 a.m. The strange dreams continue, with collisions of memories from so many various points in my life. I’ve started watching Sunday Eucharist and Evensong from Great St. Bart’s in London. After attending virtual Eucharist from the Washington National Cathedral for many months, I needed some weeks of

My vote

I had a delightful front-porch visit with Ms. Sherod this past week. She has my vote for the Saint Louis alderwoman position to replace Joe Roddy, who is not seeking re-election.