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Monthly Archives: March 2010

fanitab

For the week of March 21-27: WHAT I’M READING: My current obsession: cookbooks. Healthy delicious recipes that involve lentils, kale and more often than not, coconut milk. I need my own cooking show I think. Simon the scientist could talk about temperature or the equipment, and I could demonstrate the cooking in a white gown, [...]

the best of friends

This how it usually goes with these two. And the thing that gets in their way: stuff. In this case it was the Pioneer Village chalk board.

chef girl

This was taken just before Elsie slaughtered her breakfast goose, which she paired with green olives, hummus and a side of kale.

good company

Sitting in my local Second Cup, and by local, I do mean local. This Second Cup is just up the street from where I went to highschool. Actually when I was in high school there was no Second Cup. But now there this, and all the cute highschoolers come here and hold hands. At least [...]

hummus is a good word: march fantab

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 7-13, 2010 WHAT I’M READING: Wayson Choy’s The Jade Peony AND The Bible in French. WHAT ELSIE’S READING: Olivia. Remember how we made the shift to stories instead of those nasty learning books? The girl is so on board, laughing at all the right places. I love this kid’s sense [...]

the grandma wins

Speaking of February triumphs, my friend Kristy got married in February, and this is a picture of Elsie and Grandma celebrating. Apparently Elsie gets all serious at celebrations! In fact, she has a very serious side. For a couple of weeks people would smile and say hello to Elsie, at which point she would emphatically [...]

triumphs and sorrows

What’s a blog? I’m so out of practice. What day is it? Month? Year? Everything’s a blur. I’ve forgotten what it means to write. To have things to say. But the fact that my computer even started (it was threatening to not) is a sign that I need to remember. Soooo….the last two weeks of [...]