Creating

Holiday paper crafts

13 November 2026

The girls and I used to make holiday paper projects together. Gift tags, Christmas tree ornaments, wreaths… It was something we’d do once Christmas vacation …

The girls and I used to make holiday paper projects together once Christmas vacation started. Creative activities to while away the long days. It was fun. It was a great opportunity for bonding. It felt good to create something pretty; it felt even better to be able to create together.

A story about a fish, a volcano and a book

12 November 2026 » Elsewhere

This is a story about a fish that can be found in only one lake, and that lake is in the caldera of a volcano. But to tell that story, I first have to write about a book I found lying around in a house overlooking the lake and volcano.

Gravy boat. Sauce boat. Saucière.

12 November 2026 » In the dining room

The gravy boat as we know it today, in its physical form and how it is used, is more fashion than utility. Sauce bowls, in one shape or another, has been used since ancient times. But the sauce bowl with handle did not make an appearance until the late 17th century — in the French court.