What to Do When Otherwise Good Cake Starts Going a Little Stale

Is it a bad sign that I combined two different cakes that were starting to get a bit stale just so I could make a third cake? Perhaps. But who wants to waste a perfectly good cake, right? So, today, I combined the remaining quarter of an apple cake Rachael made for my birthday celebration…

Station Eleven Limited Series on HBO: A Compelling Story

I am sitting in the den of my house with my dogs, Frankie and Cordelia, stretched out beside me. It is 11:30 pm and the night is very quiet. The wind has been blowing hard but seems to have quietened. There is the occasional whish of a car as it passes by. We have been…