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Tales From the Kitchen: In search of the lost Costco muffin
I’m dealing with a domestic crisis over here. Someone in my household (name withheld to protect the muffin-obsessed) developed an all-out love affair with Costco’s famous jumbo chocolate muffins—the kind where you paid for one pack and got two boxes of eight. Yup, past tense, because they’ve recently been discontinued. Cue full-blown panic. The replacements…
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From Notebooks to Keyboard: How I Wrote My Way Into the Digital Age
As a child I was fascinated by anything associated with the writing craft, from notebooks and pens, to keyboards. Even before I could identify it as my passion, I was enamored with writing. Back then, the personal computer was the stuff of science fiction. Typewriters were the real deal—bulky, mechanical beasts like the one in…
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THREADS OF MEMORY
(Cover image by Freepik) I have very few memories of Nonna, the grandmother whose name I carry— fragile, translucent threads that still linger in my memory after more than half a century. The last time I saw my grandparents, my family was preparing to leave Italy for South Africa, and though I was too young…
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Tales from the Kitchen
Homemade Artisan Bread My mother made her own bread at home for longer than I can remember, and as much as I loved the warm and comforting aroma of baking bread that filled the kitchen, I couldn’t understand why she would go through so much effort week after week. Now that I’ve started making it…
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A SHORT STORY
I’m excited to share my short story, Footprints in the Snow, which received Special Recognition in the Writers Weekly Winter 2025 short story contest. I hope you enjoy it! Footprints in the Snow by Josephine Strand Outside Matt’s window, the view was one of serene beauty and stillness, wrapped in a soft snowy blanket. The…
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Writing Life: An Excerpt From the Current Draft of “Finding Home” – The Prequel to ‘Misty Dreams’
This excerpt is an unedited draft and may contain errors, inconsistencies, or changes from the final version. It is shared for early insight and enjoyment only. Thank you for reading! “Are you okay?” Max asked the boy hunched on the park bench. The kid couldn’t be more than twelve or thirteen. One sleeve of his…
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Tales From the Kitchen
Valentine’s Day Pancakes-From Scratch!