http://rebeccaforster.com Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:12:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend who writes cookbooks asked:  "Did you know that you can cook an egg in the ashes of a dying fire?"  Nope, I adm itted, I didn't know that.  So, when Christmas day proved to be a cold one by California standards, I lit a fire. When it died down ... http://rebeccaforster.com/archives/91 I wasn't being a Grinch when I decided not to put up a Christmas tree, I was being practical. Now that my boys are grown and living away, a tree seemed a bit silly. There were no little ones to ooh-and-ah as each ornament was unwrapped, no hands clapping as the lights went on. But I had miscalculated. When ... http://rebeccaforster.com/archives/75 Welcome back to my corner of cyberspace!  I've been laying low for a while: looking around, figuring it out, poking my nose in where it doesn't (and sometimes does) belong. The end result is new energy, new ideas and renewed passion for what I love most - writing. I began my career ... http://rebeccaforster.com/archives/1