... I've never found anything whatsoever that is as easy to do the right way as the wrong way, and if there is such a thing I would like to know about it.

But let me say this about learning experiences: they're weird. Or put it this way: what you learn from a learning experience is generally something else.

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

Peas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same vine.

Kitchens were different then, too - not only what came out of them, but their smells and sounds. A hot pie cooling smells different from a frozen pie thawing.

I recently adopted for my own a good motto I saw somewhere, on a barroom mirror or possibly a washroom wall: 'The time you enjoyed wasting wasn't wasted.' I think I'll have that printed some day on a T-shirt or the bedroom ceiling.

It is a rare expert who clearly realizes how inexpert someone else can be.