And So It Begins...

I have been talking about starting this blog for about a year now, and because I've made four pies in as many weeks, I think now is the time to do it. Not to mention that I have been unemployed for almost a month (my law firm having been woefully mismanaged, resulting in its insolvency and my sudden, unexpected return to the job market).  

I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Julia. This is me: 

I typically look less cheerful and wear glasses, so here is a picture of me pretending to be a hipster:

(After I took this I drank a PBR and misused the word "irony.")

I'm 27, a lawyer, a big nerd, and an unabashed pie lover. When I'm not talking about food, I am busy spoiling these creatures:

This is my blogger doppelganger: http://www.filing-jointly.com/. See her blog for love of P&P and Colin Firth, membership on the Science Olympiad team and general high school nerdiness, crazy ridiculous long arms, and a tendency to do embarrassing things (I am not, however, married and will probably refrain from including my dating misadventures on this blog).

I have had a running list of blog names for about nine months now, with many clever contributions from family members, particularly my brother. But the idea for "The Zen of Pie" struck me suddenly this weekend while I was at my friend's wedding. I was involved in yet another conversation about apple pie (my worldview having narrowed recently to worrying about unemployment and thinking about pie) when another bridesmaid mentioned that she simply had to make an apple pie recently in order to relax. To her, peeling the apples is therapeutic.  I, too, find peeling apples therapeutic - the way I imagine meditation would help me relax if I could do it without dozing off. This is why I love to bake pie - the process - the beauty in each step that leads to a sweet reward.  

And so it begins...The Zen of Pie.