The Shelf

Apples cooked down slow until they go dark and thick.

The sweet ones. Cucumbers, onion, mustard seed, turmeric.

The same jar, with pepper flake worked into the brine.

A tablespoon into a quart of hot apple juice. That is it.

One packet plus cream cheese. That is the whole recipe.

Baked apple and cinnamon stick. Soy wax, cotton wick.

Pumpkin, warm chai spice and vanilla. Sweater weather.

Plain vanilla, and not apologetic about it.

Teakwood, pine and woodsmoke. The one that isn't sweet.

Dried apples, orange and cinnamon. Drop it in water and go.

Orange, cinnamon, star anise and clove. Bright and warm at once.

Orange, cinnamon, vanilla bean and coffee. Smells like baking.

Simple ingredients, in a tin. For lips that stay dry all winter.

Abby's Creations

Fabric-and-bead clip-on bookmarks by Abby. Three styles, sold as a set.