layers of cake

Too much to do all the time and not enough (probably) signals about which ones are important. I have sat down at my computer to write the rest of the musical and instead I did a lot of magazine admin, paid all the bills, and replied to a close friend who is having a hard time in quarantine. Was this procrastination? Was it intelligent prioritization? I don't know.

Yesterday for mom's birthday I made her a yellow cake flavored with orange blossoms, with lavender and powdered sugar icing, with layers of pistachio cream and sugared strawberries and blackberries. Silver sprinkles on top. I wanted something very feminine and adult and whimsical, like if you stumbled into a tea party thrown by Victorian sorceresses.