Music and Cats

Houston’s brief flirtation with winter was ending when we left yesterday. The sky was a bright, clear blue, and the thermometer was edging into the 60’s. This was the weather that I remembered from many a childhood Christmas; cool enough to require a jacket, but perfect for riding the brand new banana-seated bicycle that Santa […]

Oddly, Houston was too far north to really get in on the snow that fell on Christmas Eve. Parts of the South Texas coast got a real snow, with accumulations of up to a foot. While Texans are inclined to make a big deal over any snow at all, as it is so rare here, […]

It has been snowing off and on in Houston for much of the day and evening. This is the type of snow that can’t quite make up its mind whether it wants to be snow, sleet, tiny hail or nothing at all. It is, however, something frozen that is coming from the sky and making […]

Like many boys, Sasha finds it difficult to wait patiently for Santa Claws to come down the chimney, bringing furry mice, feather birds and other treats for good little kitties. When he hears a sound on the rooftop, he wants to know right away if it’s Santa. Just looking won’t do. He’s ready to go […]

The first time that I needed to make an “important dessert” for a very fancy dinner party, I called one of my college roommates, the one who Bakes. I told her that I wanted to bake a fabulous chocolate cake, something that would go well with port. Her reply to me, in her clipped Boston […]