magdalena

"You’re a little confused / looking for me at the wrong register with a bag / of almost-stale croissants clenched in your hand."

—Ali Liebegott, "Senior Discount"

poetryfoundation.org/poems/160698/senior-discount

(Oct. 25, 2026; good, but not at all airy; definitely different recipe next time & definitely no opening the oven halfway through baking to switch trays like this recipe says. 7/10.)

((The kids loved them, though; they both said 8.5/10. J. said store-bought croissants, actually, were a 7/10.))

"Plum jelly, green beans, tomatoes. / Jars of nourishment that took weeks / of sweaty work to preserve."

—Adrienne Kvello, "The Root Cellar"

poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156919/the-root-cellar

(Oct. 24, 2026; from frozen, 6/10; but made with fresh ones from the farmers market last time, 11/10.)