Back to Blogging with a lot to say about Cookies

It's been awhile since I have blogged. I was out of town the last week of March visiting my in-laws in Cleveland. My brother-in-law's mother was not fairing well and they had to go out of town for a couple of days so off I went. As I write this on April 10, I have come back again from Cleveland. This time to attend Shuba Mulgaokar's funeral. She was a lovely, lively woman who will be missed. She and my sister-in-law lived off and on together for 30 years, cooking together, raising my sister-in-law's children together. I give them both a great deal of credit. I don't think I would have the love or patience to have another woman with me for that long and on such an intimate level. My sister-in-law is a saint. She cared for her mother-in-law lovingly and with great kindness, seeing to her every need. She and my brother-in-law took her out of the hospital even though she needed oxygen constantly and could hardly walk. They improved her quality of life immensely and she was visited by family and friends up until her last day.
So what does this have to do with cookies. Well nothing really. Though I have been baking I haven't been blogging. So I am back to the blog and still having a grand time working though Nick Malgieri's book.
His cookies are for adults. They are not too sweet and have lovely flavors.
One criticism is that some of the instructions are very detailed and extremely easy to follow while the odd others leave me a bit stymied.
Okay, let's see what I've been up to.
Since March 9th, I have made Currant Squares, Dutch Almond Cookies, Sesame Seed Wafers, Loaded with Chocolate Chips Cookies, Cheesecake Brownies, Aunt Ida's Poppy Seed Cookies, Bittersweet Chocolate Shortbread Squares, Langues de Chat, Peppery Cheddar Coins, Buttery Anisette Biscotti, Hungarian Apricot   Bars, Sour Cream Fudge Cookies, Crisp Coconut Cookies, Date Walnut Bars, Vanilla Pretzels, Orange Spice Refrigerator Wafers, Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies, Taralli dolci Di Pasqua (Easter Ring Cookies), Cheesecake Squares, Mostaccioli baresi (Spice cookies from Bari), Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Biscotti. I will get into each experience a bit later. I'm off to a women's retreat.
Pictures to come!