It is a good week to be grateful. It is a good week to think about dessert. Therefore, Apple Cake: a Gratitude. This book is delightfully simple. The text could easily be a lullaby and when you read it, a soft smile creeps into your voice. Dawn Casey uses sweet couplets to describe a girl and her dog gathering ingredients to make an apple cake. As she goes, she thanks each source for its contribution
Keep readingOn March 16, my county went into a forced hibernation. School buildings closed, indoor dining (the only winter dining we have in Syracuse) closed. Groceries stores went into overdrive. The libraries closed. Shelves were bare. We were bartering toilet paper for flour and yeast. I could go on, but why? I think you were doing your own bartering as well. The point is, the libraries closed. This was a very big deal, and would have
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