All Four Burners

Like Linus, I believe in the Great Pumpkin. Although it is my favorite Charlie Brown special, it’s possible that I misunderstood Linus. He and I may not have meant the same thing by “Great Pumpkin.” By “Great Pumpkin,” I am referring to the glorious orange orb that graces us every autumn (everyone’s favorite season) with […]

I have been on a delicious dessert run this month. You see, my birthday was this month. That (inevitably) means a bunch of dinners out…along with the (inevitable) desserts. It’s not a birthday dinner without a decadent dessert, right?

Perhaps I was foolish to visit my parents when a superstorm was predicted to make landfall on the Maryland coast. I prefer to think of myself as foolishly optimistic. I may have been foolish too when I elected not to change my ticket from Tuesday to Wednesday, even though it was clear that Maryland Emergency […]