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An October Baking Moodboard

Friends, hi! I’m ready for October (even though it fully snuck up on me this year). The air has shifted, I’ve taken the shortsleeved sweaters out of hiding (long sleeve sweaters are still a ways away), and suddenly the kitchen feels like the best place to be again. It’s the month for cinnamon sugar everything, slow mornings with coffee and cake, and a big pot of chili simmering on the stove. If you’re looking for

Building a Winter Life We’ll Love

Hello! I’m writing to you on a rainy morning. FINALLY. The heat has broken and it is pouring. The world smells so fresh (except for rainy day lunch at the middle school where I’m the vice principal — damp kiddos plus mingling food smells is really something) and I love

Apple Cinnamon Texas Sheet Cake

Every fall, I feel this pull (it’s a mission, really) to dream up a new twist on the classic Texas Sheet Cake. It’s a tradition of sorts now. Last year, I baked a Pumpkin Pecan Texas Sheet Cake, the year before that I couldn’t resist leaning into the classic chocolate version

freshly baked and sliced cinnamon raisin swirl bread

Links for Another September Sunday

Word on the street is September is almost over. A month I spent surviving, not thriving. Sometimes when life gets this busy—so busy there isn’t room to think—things fall through the cracks. But if I were to throw a more positive spin on it, it’s a season to really figure

The Bakehouse Texas Super Soft Cinnamon Roll Recipe

These Bakehouse Texas Cinnamon Rolls are the ultimate cinnamon roll recipe—soft, gooey, and swirled with buttery cinnamon sugar, and of course, topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting. Perfect for weekend baking or holiday mornings (or stop by the Bakehouse one these days for a warm roll!). This step-by-step recipe

Notes on Hope, Cake, and Other Sweet Things

Friends, good morning! I’m so grateful we get to catch up today. How are you feeling? Me? Well… a little distractible, if I’m honest, but doing my best to stay on task. The slow change of season has me holding onto hope. Summer was a heavy lift for me this

Tipped Upright

Cautiously, and optimistically, I am feeling better lately! In therapy today, I said I felt finally tipped upright instead of feeling tilted half in and out of water. It feels so lovely to be here, and to everyone who said the only way out is through, boy were you correct.

The Summer I Filled My Cup

Happy September! It is still in the triple digits here, but the light is changing. We have the most beautiful windows in our house, and

Welcome to September Summer

Friends, hello and happy Sunday. We’ve landed at what feels like the last weekend of “true” summer before September Summer sets in – which, I

Sunday With Salsa Verde and Zinnias

Since you last heard from me, I’ve made a batch of salsa verde from my garden, cleaned and organized my kitchen, made bouquets with these

From Summer to Cinnamon Season: Ten Ways I Flip My Kitchen for Fall

Yes, it’s still approximately one million degrees outside, but my brain has already jumped ship to pumpkin season. I haven’t baked much this summer (besides

Healing vs Healed

Friends, I’m still languishing in heartbreak, but you know what? It’s okay. I am very much in the thick of things, and things will shift, but for now I have learned to say, “I am sad,” pretty confidently. It’s okay to be sad, it doesn’t negate happiness or tranquility, but

August, Unfiltered

Friends, hello. Welcome to another Sunday. We’re in the thick of August, and I’ll tell you – my garden is looking a little wild. The flowers are spent, the tomatoes have sprawled into chaos, the zinnias are blooming sideways at this point. The weeds? Still highly motivated, dangit. It’s all

Down Bad Crying At The Chipotle

I met some friends for lunch, and due to the timing, I arrived well into their meal, so I sat and chatted before ordering food to go. When I went to order my lunch to go, a woman in front of me in line was radiating joy. “I’ve never been

A Long Life, A Good Life

Hello friends, and welcome to another fine Sunday. If we’re paying attention, July is slipping through our fingers like SPF on a hot day. You feel it too, right? There are Halloween decorations in the stores, and my mom called this week to report that Hobby Lobby has all their