June has busted out all over

Hitting an idle patch, it seems an excellent moment to launch a blog. The gray and drear days of early June (which should be brilliant and sunny, but there, man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards) can not dim the intense human desire to CHAT. To NATTER. To tell other people just what I am thinking about now. Which is: what kind of cake should I make to best express the sorrow at parting from old friends, to embellish the table at a good bye party next month. I am thinking, the cake could be decorated to look like a map of the country, with a ribbon path connecting the east and west coasts, indicating the Affection that Can Endure the Parting. Only, my experience is that pictures in frosting so seldom comes up to my vision of how it should be. The sphinx cake was good, but hardly convincing (http://www.hopeandlawrence.com/Hers/HopesCakes/image035.htm) and the people on the Bon Voyage  cake (http://www.hopeandlawrence.com/Hers/HopesCakes/image024.htm) lacked detail. Suitcases cute, though…