cannoli | Laura Bruno Lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com The road ends, but the journey continues... Wed, 27 Jul 2022 20:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://laurabrunolilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/purple-tulip.jpg cannoli | Laura Bruno Lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com 32 32 232161439 Happy National Coffee Day (snafu) https://laurabrunolilly.com/happy-national-coffee-day-snafu/ https://laurabrunolilly.com/happy-national-coffee-day-snafu/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:26:40 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=3150 Today was National Coffee Day.  Need I say more?  Well, yes, maybe. Fully intending on taking advantage of such an excuse to abuse my coffee drinking rights, I brewed a luscious pot of Sumatra with crushed cardamom seeds.  Savoring each sip (gulp?) between bites of leftover homemade cannoli from a dinner made for hubby’s cubie […]

The post Happy National Coffee Day (snafu) first appeared on Laura Bruno Lilly.]]> https://laurabrunolilly.com/happy-national-coffee-day-snafu/feed/ 10 3150 Snippets of an Inner Childhood Soundscape https://laurabrunolilly.com/snippets-of-an-inner-childhood-soundscape/ https://laurabrunolilly.com/snippets-of-an-inner-childhood-soundscape/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2015 02:13:48 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=2584 Lately I’ve been remembering quiet times as a kid, with a sharp ear for what actually occupied my time. I’m realizing that my prayers, thoughts and stories were all relayed via inner music.  I sang declarations of love to my God, hummed certain discordant intervals when I was scared, and then snappy tunes when happy. […]

The post Snippets of an Inner Childhood Soundscape first appeared on Laura Bruno Lilly.]]> https://laurabrunolilly.com/snippets-of-an-inner-childhood-soundscape/feed/ 3 2584 Longest Night of the Year: 2013 Reflections (part two) https://laurabrunolilly.com/longest-night-of-the-year-2013-reflections-part-two/ https://laurabrunolilly.com/longest-night-of-the-year-2013-reflections-part-two/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:05:54 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=611 “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”  -Victor Hugo What better way to ease into another set of 2013 Reflections than with luscious references to food? This past year, I resumed my life as a ‘good cooker.’  This family badge of honor, proudly reactivated now that I have a kitchen at […]

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