Clandestine Candles

 sometimes it’s strange finding beauty in ordinary things  i want to take a picture keep it within range keep it in a time freeze Sometimes it’s hard Learning to let things go Things that spoke to you so loud In the softest whisper though. Some things drift away Snowflakes While others pile in heaps on your conscience At night they keep you awake. Some things are easy to remember Red veins Until it matters and you don’t have a sword  And you can’t seem to switch lanes It’s hard to determine which is which Black quartz Or is it an obsidian witch Can’t tell which side I’m fighting for Isn’t it strange how it all seems so complicated  Puzzle pieces  Until you flip it the right way instead  And it all seems so much less And it all dissipates, the stress.

  What awaits within the forest? Phantom memories, A cardinals chorus? What adventures to seize  Lie just within my reach? That mysterious breeze is calling me But alas! I cannot comply For night begins to darken the sky.

  An abandoned dumptruck on the side of a woodland road. Seems like a set from a movie, the fading yellow contrasting the black and white of the forest so unexpectedly.  "A flashback in a filmreel..." - Taylor Swift

 This recipe was actually made by my great great grandma. Her husband was a pilot, while she owned a bakery in Chicago. I think it is wonderful, I hope you do to. It is a shortening pie crust, sugar free and delicious. The pie plate in the pictures was hers, as well, for an extra touch of sentiment. Grams Pie Crust 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp. shortening 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 2-3 tbsp. cold water Instructions: Mix ingredients together. Form a lump with the dough, and roll out on a floured surface into a circle. Place in a pie plate. Bake with filling, or freeze. 

        I made this recipe because my Mom said if we did not have any sugar for the month of January, she would make a cheesecake and everyone who did not have sugar could partake. About halfway into the month I got a hankering for pie, but none of the sugar free pie recipes I found online used honey as a substitute. I had also been missing my chai lattes I would make for myself in the morning, because the concentrate contained sugar. That was enough to give me inspiration for a pie recipe. The filling is chai themed, with honey to balance out the autumn tasting pie, and walnuts for an additional crunch. Even my brother liked it, who tends to be finicky about foods and sweets. Coconut whip is delicious with it, apples tend to go with it well, too. Chai Walnut Pie You need: 1 nine inch pie crust (check out my other recipe, Grams Pie Crust, which is simple and sugar free) 1 1/4 cups crushed walnuts 1/2 cup honey 4 tbsp. melted butter (I used unsalted) 3 egg whites 1 1/3 cups flour 1 tsp

  "And I was catching my breath.... in the wildest winter."  - Taylor Swift, Evermore

  "My house of stone your ivy grows, and now I'm covered in you." - Taylor Swift, Ivy