"I can't believe you talked me into this," Autor grumbles, flashing a smile at a giggling Rae.

"But they're all so good," asserts the ten-year-old. "And it's good to feed people."

He lays a plate of her double choco-chip caramel cookies on the table, adding to the spread: water, tea, hot chocolate, wassail, and pumpkin pie.

[Tag one or both or mingle!]