“I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.” — Joan Didion I started keeping a journal during my sophomore year in high school, and I continued the practice into my young adult years. My journaling dropped off after I got married, started having children, and got busy with professional…
If your family is anything like my family, you go through your fair share of syrup for pancakes, waffles, French toast, and similar breakfast goodies. There is nothing quite like making a big stack of pancakes on a griddle during a lazy weekend, or waking up on a snowy morning and heating up the waffle…
I have a fascination with British food that goes back to the first time I visited the United Kingdom as a recent college graduate. I’ve now been to the U.K. twice, and I enjoy trying the unique foods there such as Yorkshire pudding, lamb with mint sauce, full English breakfasts with roasted mushrooms and tiny…
I’ve suffered with cold sores since I was a child. I don’t know who exposed me and I don’t remember when I got my first cold sore, but I’ve had periodic outbreaks of swollen, painful blisters on my lips going back possibly as far as my preschool years. I haven’t really known life without this…
Lemon curd is a delicious addition to scones or toast. This sunshine-yellow fruity spread has its origins in England in the late 1800s or early 1900s, where it was served as an alternative to jam during afternoon tea. Lemon curd would be spread on bread and scones, or it would be used as a filling…
I turned 40 during the pandemic. After getting vaccinated, I began catching up on some non-urgent preventative medical appointments, including scheduling my first mammogram. Many of my good friends are a few years older than me, so I know women who have already had mammograms. It was time for me to join the club. What…
Every holiday season, the minimalist websites I follow share lengthy lists of experience gift ideas for people who want to reduce the physical clutter in their lives. However, this year, a lot of those lists are sad reminders of all that we can’t or shouldn’t do right now because of the current state of the…
We tend to associate dill with pickles, but this herb has a variety of uses beyond the pucker-inducing appetizer. I’ve grown dill from seed for several years in my garden. It’s easy to grow, and my dill often reseeds itself and pops back up on its own in my garden for several years, making it…
One of our most popular posts at A Well Advised Life is about what to do with leftover half and half cream. While half and half is great and versatile in the kitchen, it’s time to also give some love to its decadent, higher-calorie, higher-fat cousin: heavy whipping cream. I love heavy whipping cream. Rich,…
These days, most of us want to make the most of our grocery dollars — and our trips to the grocery store. We want to stretch our food purchases as far as we can. One way to do that is to regrow green onions bought from the grocery store. Even if you don’t have a…
