No Stress Here

"There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression."
-Garson Kanin

Instead of stressing about finals week and wrapping up my first year of grad school ...I expressed myself in alternative ways: cooked/baked, adventures outside, social extravaganzas etc.

My version of koláče before they were baked.

In honor of my heritage and my love of baked goods... this week I prepared koláče, a Czechoslovakian  pastry/cookie. I decided to put my own twist on it and use a nut filling as opposed to the more traditional fruit filling. They are scrumptious a la mode (I recommend pumpkin ice cream) or for breakfast with coffee!

Beautiful brisk morning for a hike on the ridge in Rothrock

Warming our buns on some warm rocks atop a mountain