Paczkis, Kindness and the Year of the Horse

Paczkis, Kindness and the Year of the Horse

The delightful convergence of three special days turned an ordinary Tuesday into a particularly sweet day around here. First came the paczkis, those pillowy Polish treats that pop up just in time for us Catholics to know exactly what we're giving up when we abstain from desserts during Lent. I picked a pack of paczkis [...]

A sweet, sweet holiday

Cupid, with his chubby cheeks and cherub-who-ate-the-bon-bonsmile, would have approved of the way Molly and I celebrated Valentine's Day this year. Molly set the tone by whipping up a batch of cherry pieĀ  cookies for her friends and generously offering Vince and me the misshapen but still tasty leftovers. Breakfast. I picked her up from [...]