Cindy La Ferle “No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” ~Laurie Colwin Lately I’ve been thinking that Tiffany & Co. ought to design a small silver charm to represent an oven range — or maybe even a miniature frying pan. Either would be the perfect symbol for my daily life in the time of COVID-19 — and the ideal gift for Christmas this year.  Since early March, I’ve logged untold hours of labor in our kitchen. Even the upheaval of a stalled remodeling…

  My new T-shirt / Cindy La Ferle “Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ~Ruth Bader Ginsburg September 22 Minutes after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was announced, my cell phone starting buzzing like crazy. More than half a dozen of my besties, including an old college room mate who’d lived with me in the 1970s, started texting from all over the country. Nobody wanted to process this piece of news by herself, and I felt a surge of gratitude for these kindred spirits, my posse of politically informed women. Floored by Ginsburg’s death, my…

“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”   ~Brené Brown Cindy La Ferle For social media sharing options and additional features and content, please visit the home page. 

“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you’re alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.” ~Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth Dawn on the St. Joseph River / Cindy La Ferle __________…

“The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.”  ~Albert Einstein Snow job / Cindy La Ferle ______ To view more content, or to share this post on social media, please visit the homepage.