by Louise | 1 January 2017 | Miscellaneous | Tags: Holidays, Love
The Russian Tea Cakes I made for my mom this past Christmas. Reading time: 4 minutes It’s New Year’s Day, 2017. The end of the holiday season. The end of all of the special foods you make and eat at the holidays, all the traditions from years ago, even a century or...
by Louise | 25 December 2016 | Cultural differences | Tags: Holidays
My sister, my mom, and Kyle, out for a walk on Christmas Day, 2010. Reading time: 3 minutes I used to be really regimented about Christmas Day. When I started hosting holiday dinners for my mom, sister, and Kyle at the condo, I had this schedule in my mind. The day...
by Louise | 22 December 2016 | Cultural differences, Essays | Tags: Holidays
Sweet-Potato Pies that I made from scratch for my husband’s family at Christmas, 2014 Reading time: 8 minutes I used to make holiday meals for four people, and by the time we sat down at the table I was almost too tired to eat. My mother-in-law makes holiday...
by Louise | 18 December 2016 | Cultural differences, Miscellaneous | Tags: Holidays
Reading time: 4 minutes Yesterday afternoon, for the first time ever in my life, I went to a tree farm and cut down my own Christmas tree. I had no idea what I was doing. All I wanted was a fresh tree that would have the most fragrant smell that would last a long...
by Louise | 24 November 2016 | Essays | Tags: Holidays, Love
Reading time: 5 minutes. The first time Kyle had Thanksgiving with my family, he was surprised we didn’t mention the Pilgrims. He said he thought “generic white folk” would talk about the Pilgrims. Years later, I asked him why he’d thought...
