Bread of the Month: Waffling on a breakfast treat

I only learned this past year that my birthday falls on a national holiday. National Waffle Day!! On Aug. 24, 1869, the first waffle iron was patented in the United States.

I celebrated the auspicious occasion with waffles — made by someone else. It was, after all, my birthday…shouldn’t I be served? At the . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Waffling on a breakfast treat

Feeding the creative muse

“To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child.” — Ray Bradbury, “Zen in the Art of Wrting: Essays on Creativity”

Ray Bradbury told me why I am here.

He told everyone, but only some of us were listening. I feel lucky that on that . . . → Read More: Feeding the creative muse