Quotes from Carol J. Perry

cream-cheese-and-olive-on-rye-bread mini-sandwich.

The fortune you seek is in another cookie.

Tabitha Trumbull's Vanilla Bread Pudding

Tabitha Trumbull's Cowboy Cookies

pilot crackers

All that we see or seem, is but a Dream within a dream." Edgar Allan Poe

Aunt Ibby's Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie (Aunt Ibby calls it "The Elvis")

I consecrate this deck to bring light wherever there is darkness," River said, "and I dedicate this deck for guidance and wisdom for myself and others for the highest good for all concerned.

My mental flowchart was a mess.

AUNT IBBY'S GINGER PANCAKES WITH LEMON SAUCE

TABITHA TRUMBULL'S GRAPE-NUTS PUDDING

LEE'S BREAD DIPPING SAUCE ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried rosemary 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 teaspoon dried parsley 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup really good quality extra-virgin olive oil Mix all the ingredients except the olive oil. Put in a shallow pan or bowl. Pour olive oil over the spices. Serve with Italian or French bread. (You can add more oil if needed.)

pizza-scented candles.

My own collection of mascara wands, eyebrow pencils, lip, lid and blusher brushes were stored on the lavender vanity top in an antique sun-purpled Victorian glass spoon holder.

My favorite nighttime radio station was running one of those old Somewhere in Time Art Bell shows. Art was discussing the possibility of a comet someday hitting our planet.

It's very handy, having a reference librarian for an aunt. My own live-in, human Google.

Maine as we can. Boothbay Harbor, Kennebunkport, maybe even all the way up to Mount Desert to catch the country's earliest sunrise.

I'm a reference librarian. I have a master's degree in prying.

mid-century fiberglass lampshades—you know the kind, with atomic designs,

She raised her glass of Chablis. "To all readers everywhere, may their tribe increase.

There was a bright orange glove down there, the kind that lobstermen use. There was even a big lavender sofa cushion.

Aunt Ibby's Never-Fail Meringue

May, there I was, knee deep in weeds—including some hay fever–inducing goldenrod

Marie's Butterfinger Cookies