I’m not going to lie: When I saw that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn, had broken up, I was genuinely sad. Taylor is my age and like many other women at a similar stage of…
Love Letters from London Bridge
There are a million things to see and hear in train stations. That’s why I so often find myself taking the 381 to Peckham, getting off at London Bridge and strolling into the station. The conversations hit you as you…
Cookie Brownie | Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed With Brownie
The cookie brownie is the perfect baked good for those of us who just can’t decide between a chocolate chip cookie or a fudge-y gooey brownie. Basically, it’s a chocolate chip cookie STUFFED with a brownie. What could be better??…
Postcards To My Father
The things we write about after repeated goodbyes. What do we write after a series of goodbyes with the same person? This week, I pose this question to you all. Perhaps the answer will come about in your poem, or…
“The Loudest Have Least To Say” | An Interview With The Rev Andrew Frater (Part II)
In the second and final part to ‘The Loudest Have Least to Say,’ I interview my dad, Andrew Frater, a progressive Christian minister in the Church of Scotland. We discuss religious evolution, blasphemy and Thomas Aikenhead. LAURA FRATER: A religious faith…
Buttercream Frosting
This easy buttercream frosting recipe is awesome for cookies, cake, cake decorating and, of course, cupcakes! (Y’all know I love cupcakes…!) There’s nothing quite like homemade buttercream frosting, so even if you haven’t made it before, this recipe is so…