Quarantine Candy

"Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, Silver white winters that melt into Spring These are a few of my favourite things." *** I'm a big fan of the melt into Spring part if someone could tell me exactly when that might be coming.   Speaking of which , isn't there a groundhog due to show soon?    I can never remember whether he's supposed to see his shadow or not, but I would like him to do whatever is required that allows me to see warm weather as soon as physically possible.   (And if he screws this up, can someone send him back into his hole to come out and try again?)    Just saying. Anyways, until that point, here we are. Locked up yet again, in Paradise Prison , for the second time in twelve months. It's so easy to get caught up in the frenzy of misery this time of year.   The days are short, the light is minimal, the screen time is abundant, the size of the world shrinks to the fishbowl we are operating out of, and al...

I love lavender crème brule. I love salt and vinegar Pringles chips, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, hot chocolate brownies right out of the oven, sugar cookies with buttercream icing and an obnoxious imbalance of real whipped cream to my Mom's trifle, drowned in sherry.  Most people wouldn't know this though, because I am known to "not eat dessert" and say no. Sarah, you are so balanced. You are so disciplined. The truth is that I always worried I had no "willpower" to stop.  It was easier to live life in extreme measures of restriction, than allow myself the pleasure of what could be deep appreciation for a moment-in-time of a treat.  We are so clever at telling ourselves all kinds of stories, aren't we?   We tell ourselves to be disciplined, exercise and work hard, then guilt and shame ourselves where we fall short - but could we be as clever at recognizing the imbalances in all aspects of our life, and acknowledge the self abuse we cause by...