Sweets seem to abound this time of year. I should know, since I contribute to them. For my church’s holiday fair, I made peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, and pies, and I’ve made three kinds of cookies for holiday gifts.   But there are also holiday meals – Thanksgiving, Christmas, second Christmases, and whatever else you might celebrate – plus my church often has some kind of sweet after the service, even apart from the church fair.   When I was younger, all these sweet

A recent episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast was about Julia Child , and that in turn prompted me to re-watch the movie Julie & Julia . (You can currently watch it on YouTube for free , though with random ad breaks.)   Between the two, I started thinking about what an amazing person Julia Child was, and how her example offers many lessons for all of us.   Be willing to try something new If you’re not that familiar with Julia Child, you may not know that before she an