I find abandoned personal blogs unexpectedly poignant, especially those containing only a few posts. Someone started something here, perhaps with a plan and excitement for the future, the prospect of establishing himself as a writer scrolling out in front of him. Blogs are the quintessential ever-updating commodity: they’re not supposed to go fallow. Each oneContinue reading “Abandoned”
Author Archives: Carrie
On (Not Making) Marmalade
Here’s a little secret: although I love cake and cooking, I don’t care for baking. It requires too much precision, too much measuring and worrying over when to take the cake out of the oven. But I don’t think you have to be an expert, or even like to cook, as Peg Bracken proves, toContinue reading “On (Not Making) Marmalade”
The Floritucky
If you are originally from Florida and your backyard suddenly looks like this— —as it did a few weeks ago here in Lexington, Kentucky, you stay put. You do not venture out to the grocery store to fetch cherries for a bourbon cocktail. Instead, you work with what you have, which in my case meantContinue reading “The Floritucky”