Eric Carle’s most popular storybook character, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, is having a birthday celebration at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville (on exhibit until February 23, 2020). For 50 years now both children and adults have been delighted with the little caterpillar who eats his way through quite a feast as he grows and […]
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According to Kristen Miglore, author of Genius Desserts, when Francois Payard opened his first patisserie in Manhattan in 1997, he didn’t want to compete with the American chocolate chip or the snickerdoodle so he based his signature cookie off a French macaroon. These scrumptious cookies with a thin, crackly shell cave to a fudge-brownie middle
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Saturday night we had a small, intimate Christmas dinner party, and like all dinner parties, it was an all-day preparation event. The morning began like most Saturdays do, with early morning coffee and quiet time, reflecting on and giving thanks for this wonderful life that we have been privileged to live. Then followed the division
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I stared in astonishment at the photograph my elderly aunt had recently produced for me from her collection of family photos. The 18-year old woman gazing back at me projected confidence and strength, and bore an uncanny physical resemblance in some of her features to me. The photograph itself, taken in 1912, is 107 years
A few days after living a brief stretch of life with no margins, and right before I was to pick up my little 4 year old granddaughter to go play at the park for the morning, I backed my beautiful Toyota 4-Runner into the trailer hitch of a parked truck. I plowed right into it,
There was no way I could have known it when I shot this photo. I had spent the morning exploring the old copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona when I saw them in their breath-taking glory for the first time. Across the Verde Valley, far off in the distance, towering above the horizon, there they
I really love living in a place that experiences all four seasons with equal enthusiasm. The vibrant energy of summer is so alive and compelling, beckoning you outside to play, to drink in the bounteous glory of the earth, it’s heat sinking through the skin, bleaching the bones. The colorful vibrancy of flowers, plants, and
At the last moment, Keith and I managed to slip away to the Emerald Coast for a few days to rest, reflect, and recharge. We basked in the golden liquid sunshine, swam in the salty ocean, and grounded our feet deep in the warm sugar-sandy beach. We read, talked, planned, and ferreted out the absolute
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