On Monday, all smug with redundantly doomed parental pride, I shipped off a smartly bundled care package for my youngest son. The source of my pride lay not in the homemade goodies or the precise content layout within the package, but in the fact that I sent it at all. I don't mail things. My [...]
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Good Golly, Miss Molly, you’re making me fat!
An awkward juxtaposition of my bi-annual physical and my 18-month anniversary of co-writing a food blog led to a Seinfeldian conversation in my doctor's examination room. "Step on the scale please," said the cheerful and charmingly named nurse Molly. "I'd prefer not," I responded in an equally cheerful tone. "Are you refusing?" Molly said. "Refusing [...]
She’s on a roll (A post by molly)
My Aunt Doris is one of the best gift givers in the world. Not only does she give gifts to her own children and grandchildren, she also never missed a birthday of her great nieces and nephews. Along with the birthday girl/boy’s present, she always sends something for their other siblings too, so no one [...]
Grandpa Fey’s bean soup
On a hot summer day many years ago, we bellied up to the counter at Wilson's Ice Cream Parlor in Door County, Wisconsin. With its candy-striped awnings shading windows that look out over pristine Eagle Harbor, Wilson's could be the poster parlor for summer vacation. We watched as our grandpa, the dignified Bob Fey, placed [...]
The Life of (Cheesburger) Pie
Due to their haughty nature, I've never been a big fan of numbers. Something about the way they sit on scales, thermostats, calendars, and parking meters with a "Yeah? So what are you going to do about it?" expression turns me off. Try to talk a frigid -10 degree into becoming a lovely 75 degree [...]