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first off, i need to apologize to my faithful readers for my long-term absence these past months. 2015 has been quite the year, but i believe as surely as fall has arrived that i am on the mend and moving toward health and wellness. to make a very long story short, i went in for my annual mammogram at the end of january (go get your girls checked annually, my friends!) and was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. the months between that initial diagnosis and today were filled with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. i was surrounded by so much love and so much healing energy throughout my journey, and now, eight months later, i am feeling strong and optimistic! i continue with some ‘chemo light’ which will stay with me into 2016, but overall, life is returning to what i now coin as my ‘new normal’ and with that comes the promise of more baked goods. because, as we all know, baking cookies makes me feel good – and sharing cookies with others make the world a better place. and we could all use a more peaceful, more beautiful earth, no?

so, let’s get started again, shall we? into the kitchen we go…