Hey Amy!

…He’s my brother.  I have been silent for a long time.  When I look at the last time I shared a word with you, it has been many, many weeks.  Much too long for someone who likes to share and chat every day.  I hope you will accept my apology for being so quiet. As [...]

Today I begin the week with a much more personal post than you are used to getting from me. My brother, Garnet, who you have heard about here countless times is fighting cancer. He was diagnosed with cancerous brain tumors only a few short months ago but in my mind it feels like a lifetime. [...]

Everything we create for our families and friends must be delicious and lovely in presentation, right?  We buy the freshest ingredients to create masterpieces but do we always use the best tools in which to create?  I take stock in my tools twice a year.  I replace those that have seen better days and I [...]

I only ask one thing of you today.  Please travel to the right.  Pretend the sidewalk, the train platform, the airport concourse, the mall, parking lot and any other place you may find yourself traveling on or in, is the road.  You remain to the right (unless of course you are driving in Scotland or [...]

Last week I spent the week having many realizations about how things appear to others.  I will share them with you as we continue this journey but today I am going to share just one. My brother recently had a serious surgery.  Like most surgeries, the doc sends you home with a list of things [...]

I have been silent for two days and for that I apologize. I promise to return to you tomorrow or sooner with something delicious to share or perhaps some etiquette advice. In the meantime eat donuts. After the week I have had, I simply would like to eat some creme filled donuts from Douglas’s Donuts [...]

The last day of the year has arrived.  Like most, I sit here reflecting on the highs and lows of 2010.  My year had bookends of challenges with a lot of good in the middle.  Throughout it all, I have enjoyed the love you, my faithful readers, have given to Hey Amy!  No duty is [...]