November is the month for a couple of important conferences: one for school librarians and one for English teachers, adults who I hope will have a chance to read my book and recommend it to their students. I was delighted to see that Penguin Young Readers had included advanced reading copies of my book at… Read more »
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Eight years ago today, I lost a person very important to my life, one of my best friends ever: my mom. Here`s one of my favorite pictures of her on Mount Desert Island, a place she loved. Mom was a huge support and advocate for me as I grew up on that island, and always believed in me. When I was an adult, though, we had a new and very special relationship. She`d come to visit me and we`d go on adventures, exploring the area where I lived. She had a job, but she`d leave early on Friday and spend the whole weekend with me, returning home late Sunday. Those times, just Mom and me, were so incredibly special. We joked, talked, sat in companionable silence, and just felt each other`s company. My mom loved to learn and adored history, nature, plants, and animals, and more. I miss her so much. The grief of loss softens, but it never goes away.
#ParentalLoss #Love
My son said yesterday’s bagels are his favorite yet! I’ve been trying out different recipes with different flour. This one was all bread flour and boiled 30 seconds per side. I think they came out well too! Pictured here: cinnamon sugar on the bottom, then nigella and kosher salt above, and extra sharp cheddar at the top.
By the way, I love that my son asked for the less traditional nigella (black onion seed) and salt over sesame seed. He’s a kid for whom such spices (along with garam masala and fenugreek, one of his top favorites) make the ultimate comfort food.
#bagels #baking #bakingfromscratch #weekendbaking