Today is a day for slow-roasting tomatoes and daydreaming about the new year. It's sort of a meaningless mile marker, cynics have observed. The calendar is a human construct. Years don't have character. 2020 bears us no malice; nothing cosmic or karmic shifts on January 1st, 2021. But we construct things like calendars because they're … Continue reading Time and Tomatoes

First of all, it's cold out, so you're gonna want hot coffee. Specifically, you're gonna want hot coffee, cinnamon-infused maple syrup, and whipped cream. Homemade whipped cream is best, obviously, but it's first thing in the morning, I haven't had any coffee yet, and it's a snow day: the can will do just fine. If … Continue reading Snow Day