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Nostalgia

I was a bit peeved when the intro for the column read something like, "fruitcake doesn't have to be high carb... or a doorstop."

Haven't we had enough holiday fruitcake jokes?

Yes, I know that commercial fruitcakes can be dry and tasteless, and frankly, all that glacee fruit always struck me as slightly plastic. Who wants to eat green cherries, anyway? But homemade fruitcake, with a nice cuppa -- now, that's a treat.

I know there aren't many people who grew up with a Mom that would bake something so extravagantly expensive every year, but I was lucky. I have no idea whether or not the column will inspire people or just make them say, "this girl is delusional -- fruitcake?!?!," but that's their problem, not mine.

I wish I could find the energy and motivation to make some this year. Maybe I'll be feeling more up to it later. I go and go, and think I'm fine and suddenly, I'm slamming into a brick wall and find I have no energy whatsoever. I want to build up my stamina but don't really know how feasible that is as a short-term project: I think it will take a long time. I just have to do what I can.