I'm feeling gifty. And cheap. So I'm giving you my grandmother's recipe for Ginger Lace Cookies. If I can't fit in my clothes, nor should you. Ready? Hazel's Ginger Lace Cookies 3/4 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar, plus more for rolling 1 egg 4T...

Whenever I have to change my clothes in the middle of the day, I envision my upstairs neighbor (the male one) coming around that end of the house and, feeling pranky, jumping up to scare the daylights out of me. I can picture his face as he does this:...

Chris went to a cd release party last night and I did not. I did garner this quote, though: "Chris, who only mastered the CD, was there ... and Susan, who is pretty much the embodiment of all that is musical and good on Cape Cod, was not. What the...

I just read a Lifehacker thingy on figuring out how many people you can fit in your home for a party. I was curious about it because we have this annual Christmas sing and I'm never sure how many people to invite. Our house is not big. The first year...

I'm cross-posting because my life and my work overlap kind of a lot. I wrote this for Left Bank Gallery this morning: This is the time of year when we are not sure if we're heroes or villains. Everything around us says "buy! buy! buy!" and if we are...