April 2026

Happy April, though it’s probably May when (if) this is published. You can make a cardamom bun with a similar macro profile to two pop tarts, which is part of my pre-workout go to in the morning. So I have a new reason to make them. The lone tulip in the backyard has bloomed. The croci and snowdrops are gone by a week or more. The daffodils appeared a week or so ago. We went to the Pullman Easter egg hunt on Saturday morning to see if we could bring home any of the 9000 eggs packed and laid by community volunteers. We’ve missed previous years, so it was fun to see how well chaos can be organized by age group. I made the mistake of pointing out A’s best friend across the field 15 seconds before the hunt started, which distracted the energy immediately, so no eggs were found. 6:30am, the child is stirring. Quick! Rush on some jeans and pop out to the car to stuff eggs with chocolate. I imagine neighbors drinking coffee, watching me giddily stalk around our yard, hiding eggs. This year’s…