Today’s column is written by guest columnist Susan Mires: Oh, the waiting! The excruciating agony of waiting. Through long months of summer and fall for that one time of year when sugar cookies are made. Then, when it was December, Mom would let us get out the cookie cutters – tin bells, stars and trees. [...]

I love cookie cutters. I have about a hundred in various shapes, sizes and designs. I used to store them in a box in the pantry, but now they are pinned to a framed bulletin board and displayed in the living room. I can’t take credit for this art project – I saw a photograph [...]