I like to contemplate the following question to remind myself of specific things that give me joy:
“If you had to be stranded on a desert island for the rest of your life and could take only five X with you, what would they be?”
So, for instance, you could replace variable “X” with “songs.” In […]
Summer isn’t summer without Jimmy Buffet.
His songs, like certain foods (strawberry shortcake, grilled burgers, peaches…) evoke strong seasonal associations for me. I never listen to him in the depths of winter, just like a winter peach tastes terrible.
But I always welcome the summer season by blasting Cheeseburger in Paradise and Margaritaville.
Hmmmm. […]
While meandering through Heathrow Airport’s duty free section waiting for a flight to Berlin, I stumbled across a white-chocolate candy bar flavored with lemon oil and peppercorns. It hailed from Scotland and was a brand of which I’d never heard: Kshocolat.
Unable to pass up such an unusual flavor combination, I purchased […]
I have a number of co-workers who garden in their off-hours. And I don’t just mean puttering in a 10′x10′ plot; I mean, like, farming on an acre or three. The surfeit of vegetables they produce is my boon. Last week it was swiss chard.
I bounced happily through my front […]
I realized just this morning that, if dessert merchants want me to buy their wares, all they have to do is add rainbow sprinkles.
Something about the bright, happy colors draws me right in. I’m a sucker for this sort of décor. Just one look at the inside of my house—where […]