Easy Sweets

It was 11:17 PM on a random Thursday, and I had the kind of craving that doesn’t let go. You know that feeling when your … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle last October, staring at a display of candy eyeballs, when the smell of cheap chocolate wafers hit me … Read more

My neighbor Ginny watched me fumbling with a pumpkin can opener one October afternoon, my toddler clinging to my leg, and didn’t say anything at … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to grab my mail from her porch—she collects it when we’re out of town—and the smell … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished during a garage reorganization—and the smell hit … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a sink full of muddy soccer cleats last October when my accountant — a quiet, cardigan-wearing man named Gerald who I’d … Read more

Three Octobers ago, I was at the community garden plot I share with a handful of neighbors, pulling up the last of the carrots before … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Rosa, watched me one rainy Saturday morning as I stood in my kitchen, staring at a bunch of bananas … Read more

I was getting my car’s oil changed—a Tuesday, I think, with a cracked vinyl chair and a stack of old magazines. The mechanic, a quiet … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday that felt like it had lasted a week. I had this craving for a chocolate chip cookie—the kind … Read more