Sassafras Mama

The arrival of the holiday season and some much-welcomed time off   brought me some extra time to read, a welcome way to close my year....

In this time between the holidays, I rest.   The Christmas tree is still in the corner and decorations remain.   Holiday presents ...

On Christmas Day, the corn pudding I was baking for our supper overflowed in the oven.   T helped me scramble and supper was serve...

Today is a   happy day of preparation and anticipation.   It’s not like the days when a little boy anticipated Santa’s imminent ar...

Holiday cooking is one of my favorite parts of the season and today I got after two of JT’s best loved treats.   Pretzel turtles are in...

My Christmas gift shopping is complete and all that remains on that front is some wrapping, which I enjoy.   Yesterday, I picked u...

JT comes home today and he’ll be here for a few weeks before he packs his bags to head back north in January.   I’ve looked forwar...

I’ve been storing Christmas presents in JT’s room - on his bed, actually - and he comes home on Thursday so my wrapping opera...

It’s a Sassafras holiday tradition for me to bake cookies for my students.   The cookies are a treat to thank them for the ways they ma...

We turned back our clocks more than a month ago and with that transition, cold weather came to stay in my corner of New Jersey...