Passion for a pursuit was the best feeling.
There, a simple headstone marked the grave of Eva Saloman Johansen, beloved wife and grandmother. Tess was intrigued to see a phrase in Hebrew characters. Her paternal grandmother had apparently been...
Even the most egregious captive state, bound and gagged on her damp bunk, felt eerily familiar to her. With nothing to do but lie there and think of things, she reflected that captivity took many diff...
You’re bleeding, he said. A thorn prick, no more, she stated. I didn’t know fairy creatures could bleed. I always fancied them spun of mist and moonlight, not flesh and blood. Let go. No, my love— I’m...
That if you never get your hopes up, she said, taking a sip of hot chocolate, you’ll never be disappointed. Ouch,
He’d formed the idea that she was a solitary sort, not one to seek company when a good book lay at hand.
JULEKAKE Julekake means Yule Cake or Christmas Cake. Every Scandinavian family has their favorite version, usually baked by Mor Mor (Grandmother), who is always present, even if she’s passed on. This...
RUSTIC TOMATO SAUCE WITHOUT ANY BITTERNESS People go to too much trouble to chop things fine. It’s also not necessary to oil the pan for fresh tomatoes. Let the food keep its own character. 6 pounds b...
Vincotto (Italian for cooked wine) is a tradition dating back to Roman times as a way to preserve wine. Its complex, sweet properties have recently attracted culinary interest as a condiment with many...
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer—and the other seven will know her.
What is home? Maybe it’s not a place, but a moment in time. When I was safe. Secure. Cared for. Home. It’s more than a point on a map. It’s a sensation. A feeling of comfort—feet
Thank you for all the Acts of Light which beautified a summer now passed to its reward. —letter from Emily Dickinson to Mrs. John Howard Sweetser
She leaped down the porch steps to her car. There was no thought. No planning. Just action. When you get a call that your kid is in the ER, there can be no room for thinking. Just the deepest fear ima...
She wore almost no jewelry, which Rosa later learned was characteristic of women from the oldest and wealthiest families. Ostentation was for the nouveau riche.
Winston Churchill once said, When you are going through hell, keep going.
Love comes into your life in its own time, not when you’re ready.
Love wasn’t a selfish thing. It was the kindest, most generous impulse a man could have.
If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. The statement was attributed to Theodore Seuss Geisel—better known as Dr. Seuss.
She was a digital geek. He’d always considered himself pretty good at multitasking, but she truly had a gift. At any given moment, she could juggle up to three devices. She might be tweeting on her iP...
There was something in the way a man held a woman when he was about to let her go.
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