Who ever thought of the phrase "the world is your oyster"? How much better would it be if the world could be our large slice of cake. Then it would truly be a delicious predicament where to start - with the solid, stick-to-your ribs, thoughtfully prepared middle, or the joyful fluffy surface?

This reminds me of a certain friend, soon to be completing her 31st year, who combines (with iron chef-like panache) talent, irrepressibility, style, pretty much my favorite kind of humor, a myriad of little habitual gestures that warm the cockles of my heart, and a huge amount of Caring For Folks, Both Large and Smaller.

May your new year be as filled with marvels as the air with flour, right after putting a hobart mixer right into a dry bowlful.


A new reader, who hadn't been sent the link until verrrry recently!