February means Valentine's Day cookies, thoughts about Marina Oswald, and a newfound respect for food bloggers.

This month, I'm blogging about the most delicious Black Forest cookies and cleaning my kitchen, musing about a woman thrust into the spotlight, and taking delight in little things.

Hey, hey, hey new friends. Happy February. Welcome to the Clothesline, where I talk travel and reading and media and more. What’s on my mind lately? Well for starters….

Food and recipe bloggers deserve a lot more respect.

In addition to having to put up with people complaining about the need to scroll (gasp! Not the exhausting effort of scrolling!) to the…