One of the goals I set for my epic 2020 to-do list? Make more preserves and pickles than last year! Along with my killer marmalade [Fait accompli!] the makings of a good Manhattan have been top of mind. Last weekend, after procuring three small bags of organic sweet cherries, I bought myself a good cherry…
Last October, I started what may become a new tradition, recording my Octoberests, the seven most magical elements of the month! Here are my Octoberests, 2020: 1. Making A To-do-List And Sticking ...
I'm superstitious about September, or, its having me in knots. I often do a social media blackout just to maintain some sense of equilibrium. This year, I took a different kind of breather, ...
With all the back-to-school-amidst-a-pandemic bonkers-ness, I decided that not only did I need more coffee, I needed a cookie on the side with coffee in AND on top of it. So, I altered my go-to ...
Happy Fall Equinox! If all goes well, right now, I'm having an epic bubble bath with my October magazines while the kids are off at their one-day-a-week-in-which-they-go-to-school-at-the-same-time ...
When Shall we three meet againIn thunder, lightning, or in rain?First Witch, Macbeth Wait, what? All this time, and I still haven't shared the history of the #wyrdshed? No better time than in the ...
Ever since I got my fancy-pants bundt pan, I have been making one cake with more frequency than any other. And, with the stress of the kids going back to school mid-pandemic [I mean, I found myself ...
This was the summer to go overboard. And wow, did I ever go overboard! Over the course of July and August, I really put a dent in my Sew Nine(teen) 2020 blotter! In fact, I basically walked the plank, ...
Perhaps it's my interest in weather, or the seasons. I mean, I wrote an entire doctoral thesis on natural phenomena [read: WEATHER] in Pope's Epistles to Several Persons and Thomson's Seasons! In any ...
Welcome to Smelling Salts! I'm Roseanne, and this is where I record my best recipes, take notes on arts, culture, and style, and write essays about what keeps me going.
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