cecil alexander beatley, hater of spunk, reader of books, and... chef?

dear readers,

you will be shocked by what you are about to read. we all know dear cecil alexander's predominant personality traits, so i feel explaination of his distaste for spunk of any kind and for silliness is unnecessary. but today, on coming home from church, i walked into my room and was shocked to find him intensely studying "the joy of cooking."

this isn't silly, you say? he could be studying how to roast a pig or something serious, you say? oh no. he was learning how to glaze donuts. he had also copied a recipe for baked alaska.

meanwhile, my dear percival was pretending to sleep and dr. george (the owl) was hopping up and down on his shelf in excitement.

it's been an interesting day here. i'm going to go have a little talk with cecil. perhaps i'll make him watch hsm3 so he can reach for his dreams without shame. ;)