Mt. Lovcen Dreamin’
It was an especially long and tiring day at work today. I stopped and sat down only one or two times in 13 hours. At one point I passed through the international travel aisle and this book caught my eye: … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2009
The Tyranny of Amish Friendship Bread
I love my friends and neighbors. And I honestly appreciate that they want to include me in their circles of friendship. Why then, did a sense of dread wash over me, when the lovely lady across the street rang my … Continue reading →
Isle of Seil, Week One Reprised
Before I move on to our fourth and final week in Scotland — Edinburgh, I thought I’d do a bit of a recap of each of the first three weeks with a photo essay of those things I didn’t write … Continue reading →
Sunday Small Bites – Week 13 – POTATOES
We’re at week 13 and the challenge ingredient is potato. This is a great choice for the weekend after Thanksgiving. I decided to come up with something that would use leftover potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner. For my appetizer, I used … Continue reading →
One Good Dog
I get several ARCs on my desk during the course of a week. The pace is picking up right now because advance readers’ generally come out 3-4 months prior to pub date, and March is a popular month. Day before … Continue reading →
SSB Week 12 – CRANBERRIES
This week, our SlowTrav Sunday Small Bites challenge ingredient was selected by Jan of Keep Your Feet in the Street My ongoing challenges to myself have been first to try to create my own recipe or at least make very … Continue reading →
PhotoHunt – BIRDS
I’m bending the rules just a bit for today’s PhotoHunt by posting a short YouTube clip. It seems I don’t take a lot of bird photos when we travel. But, this video is of some seabirds battling the wind, in … Continue reading →
Cilantro Lime Liqueur
The other day I hosted a surprise birthday party for a friend. We had tacos and there was a huge bunch of fresh cilantro left over. Not wanting to waste 99 cents worth of cilantro, I decided to use $10 … Continue reading →
SSB Week 11 – GINGER
This week the Sunday Small Bites ingredient is one of my favorite flavors (second only to anise.) I didn’t want to do a recipe that basically only used ginger to enhance the flavor of some other “main” ingredient, so I … Continue reading →
SSB Week 10 – MUSHROOMS
Ahhh, mushrooms! Is there any one single ingredient that lends itself better to a wind variety of appetizer options? I think not. Or maybe it’s just that I love mushrooms. Since the Sunday Small Bites gang at SlowTalk.com has been … Continue reading →