Tuesday, January 27, 2009

because there’s no such thing as a little feast

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.—J.R.R. Tolkien

Do yourself a favor and scratch down the date January 23, with a note to celebrate it every year.

Not only is it my blog’s birthday (what, didn’t you throw a party for that??), and my dad’s birthday (happy birthday, Dad!), but it is also National Pie Day.

If I were one of those people who talked about The Universe (as in, the universe wants me to be rich and famous and a size four), then I would say that the universe was trying to tell us something. And whether it was just a calendar coincidence or plain ol’ ambition, Mom and I responded.

We made eleven pies. Eleven. From scratch, honey. And they were fantastic.

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Posted by Jenn Langefeld on 01/27 at 04:38 PM
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