My mom taught me an advanced form of people watching. We still practice it fairly often in public places⎯the diner,…
Author: Alicia Bessette
Tomorrow is April Fools Day and, coincidentally, a significant day for SIMPLY FROM SCRATCH. You see, SIMPLY FROM SCRATCH involves…
My favorite bookstore of all time was Tatnuck Booksellers, which occupied a refurbished warehouse near Tatnuck Square in Worcester, Massachusetts.…
Recently in southern England, a couple took their friends’ Springer Spaniel, Poppy, on a walk by the sea. Poppy was…
I agree with Jennifer Weiner, who proclaims on the cover of Sarah Pekkanen’s THE OPPOSITE OF ME, “Fresh and funny…
Growing up I idolized my older sister. I suppose it’s natural, then, that I acquired Annie’s love of word games.…
One of my favorite thinkers, Thich Nhat Hanh, says that to break a bad habit, you should greet it like…
I sought the perspective of my agent, Laney Katz Becker of Markson Thoma Literary Agency, on this week’s topic, “Next…
I used to be indifferent to Valentines Day until my yoga teacher, a very wise man named Naresh, changed my…
The SIMPLY FROM SCRATCH cover is being created as I type this. I understand an apron might be featured; appropriate,…
