I apologize in advance for getting excited about something like this, but I have to admit that I’m not too ashamed to say I’m really happy with my OXO Good Grips Measuring Cups.

There are several reasons why I think they are the best measuring cups I’ve ever had:

• Their stainless steel construction …

Brambles scraped and scratched. The air clung humid against skin crisped beneath the sun.

Skin itched.

What’s that? Reach for it.

Ouch, thorns!

No, look there.

Wild blackberries!

Let’s pick some.

Hands stained ruby red.

What should we do with them?

Mom’s blackberry cobbler recipe.

Stomachs full. …

So I arrived late to the campus cafeteria (a military campus, no less!) for breakfast–I had the credits on my card, but the card-swipe lady had closed her station, and the staff were sitting in loose clusters taking their breakfast. I suppose I was looking a little miserable, because one of the …