Nuts about Christmas Cookies

I think I have been way too busy lately.  When I haven’t been going somewhere, I have been preparing to go somewhere.  (We won’t talk about the morning I spent in the dentist’s office getting crowns on a couple of teeth.)    I readied a craft...
Boys and cookies

Boys and cookies

This past weekend was something I had been anticipating.  The plan was for it to be filled with time with my grandchildren.  Things started out well; my son Jonathan brought his son Elijah (4) on Friday morning.  After Jonathan left, Elijah and I went through a book...

Sweets for your sweetie

What is black and white and red all over and comes in the middle of February?  It isn’t a sunburned penguin, nor is it an embarrassed skunk.    It’s also not a zebra running through a strawberry patch.  Give up?  It’s my annual column...

It’s Cookie Time!

It’s cookie time! Christmas cookie baking has long been a tradition at the Ray household.  I have recipes that are old favorites, but I frequently try new ones as well.  In preparation for this particular column, I went through a stack of recipes I have clipped out of...

Giving, or Receiving?

I know it’s coming, and I dread it just as much as I have for a long time.  When I was a child, I looked forward to it.  However, as an adult, I see it from a whole different perspective.  And it makes me cringe. Yes, Christmas is coming, but that is not what makes me...