I have the pleasure of making these Italian cookies for the annual St Peters Church Bazaar in Portland – feast of St Rocco – this weekend! Hot day to make cookies yet enjoying every moment!

When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of disapproval or betrayal and let it soften us, these are the times that we connect with bodhichitta. Chodron