Last post — Theory # 1 about what intrigues us about Bigfoot (like us, Bigfoot is looking for a tribe). This time, Theory # 2 — We all worry we will wind up alone. I mentioned the major life changes that me and my two cookie-baking friends have dealt with in the 18 months since. … Continue reading Cookies Tell Stories: Heading Out Alone
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Cookies Tell Stories: Find Your Tribe
I promised you: More Bigfoot, Cookies, and Philosophy. Here we go. Gather round the campfire! As part of my Bigfoot Fun Quest, I arranged a Bigfoot cookie baking day last year with two of my friends, fully intending to post the photos here, and then ruminate a little about Bigfoot. And then I forgot to … Continue reading Cookies Tell Stories: Find Your Tribe
Cookies Tell Stories: Recipe for Life
Previously, on Campfire Tales: Various sources recounted the invention of the prize-winning Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies, sometimes omitting the theft and replacement of the $10,000 prize check. Today, let's consider the real legacy of Laura Rott. Every celebration, article and obituary focuses on the baking contest, mostly through Eleanor Roosevelt's summary, and including Eleanor's "unmarried" … Continue reading Cookies Tell Stories: Recipe for Life
Cookies Tell Stories: Surprise in the Middle
Even from the very first post, Campfire Tales mixed baking recollections, random connections and storytelling. And lately, one cookie recipe keeps leading me down so many seemingly disparate rabbit holes, I must investigate how they might be interwoven. Let's explore the warren! In one of Eleanor Roosevelt's 1949 "My Day" syndicated columns (weary bloggers take … Continue reading Cookies Tell Stories: Surprise in the Middle
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