Abuelita Chocolate Pudding Cake
I’ve just made one of those terrible mistakes that ruins everything. The kind you can’t take back and possibly can’t repair, the kind that hurts people, the kind that demolishes friendships. It’s the worst.
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Bailey’s Irish Cream Chocolate Tart
Comfort Works is providing me with materials at no cost so that I can share my experience recovering my Ikea sofa with you! All opinions are (always) my own.
Bailey’s Irish Cream Chocolate Tart
Ready for a sneak peek of what I’ve been working on lately? Well, besides 9,825,032,982,509 grad school assignments and this Bailey’s Irish Cream Chocolate Tart?
Before I show you, I need to remind you that I’m the least crafty person in the universe. I know you probably think it’s you. “I set my blouse on fire with a hot glue gun,” you may be thinking. But trust me: it’s me.
That’s why I’m SO PROUD of (more…)
Buckeye Peanut Butter Cookie Bars (and the I Changed My Mind series!)
Buckeye Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
I’ve had several conversations lately with folks who won’t change their mind. And I don’t mean about complicated and nuanced issues, either: I mean they won’t accept factual information sitting right in front of them. For instance, I had a conversation with a friend of a friend yesterday who insisted (more…)
Milk Toast Brownies (and my new portfolio!)
Milk Toast Brownies
We’re here! We’re in San Diego! And we’re alive! And we just moved into our actual apartment (as opposed to the Airbnb we’ve been renting for a month). We’re just in that awkward state where everything is in boxes and we’re trying to figure out what normal looks like. Since I really should be unpacking or working on grad school coursework, of course I decided to ignore all that and create something new!
Coconut Cream Brownies
Coconut Cream Brownies
Nearly everyone finds writing hard. Writers find writing hard. What makes writing hard for you?
Perfectionism makes writing hard for me. I have high standards for the impact I want my writing to have. I’ve read such breathtaking work — and I almost won’t read it anymore because I know it feeds this despair in me — so I know how beautiful, perfect a sentence or image can be. I know you can make someone stop and exclaim, “HOW DID THEY THINK OF THAT.”
