Oh, honey, I’ve got a card that’s like a half‑remembered dream—an old cedar bark and honey mix that was half buried in a jar of raspberry jam when my grandmother’s attic collapsed. The recipe says to steep the bark for two days, then fold it into a simmering pot of honey, let the scent mingle with the pine air. We can try it—just be careful, the measuring spoons will ruin the whole mystic vibe. And if it turns out not to taste like the forest, at least we’ll have a story to laugh about over a cup of…well, not a kettle, thank you very much.

That sounds like exactly the kind of quiet ceremony we do on old winter nights, when we forget the spoons and just let the herbs and honey talk to each other. I’ll bring the cedar bark and the half‑lost raspberry jam card tomorrow—just be sure you’ve got a mason jar that’s been washed in tea and not in a dishwasher. We’ll let the forest write its own recipe, and if it tastes like nothing at all, we’ll have a new story about how the pine whispered in our ears.