I have no cultural or religious connection to this day; I just love all kinds of doughnuts. These excellent paczki (and other pastries) are from Bloom bake shop in Madison WI

The time of year when I stress-bake and decorate cookies. Very soothing especially when alone and listening to choral music

Current read: Danzy Senna’s Colored Television which I got at Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City. My cat Lloyd approves

Oh we’re posting unusual influences on our writing? One of my mine goes way back to 1987, Richard Peck’s Princess Ashley. I almost didn’t read it because of the title but it is moody and wistful and melancholy with a sharp sense of retrospective narration

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