let's play house

i love being domestic,

on evenings when it's raining and the house smells like sauteed onions and pecans,

and it's chilly and autumn outside.

i feel like wearing aprons all day

and baking every recipe i have that uses pumpkin, cloves, or nutmeg.

i feel like making blankets

and painting

and any other craft i can dream up.

and i feel like throwing parties,

ones with six different kinds of cake:

lemon

red velvet

chocolate

marble

spice

rainbow sprinkle

and four different soups

and we'd all wear cardigans and argyle and after dinner we'd sit around and drink hot chocolate and talk about books.