This is probably the simplest, most delicious cranberry stuff I’ve ever had. I do a little bit of fussing with the orange, but that’s my personal preference. You need: 1 bag of cranberries (I think 12 or 16 oz?) 1
Planning a Gluten Free Thanksgiving
I’ve found over the last three months that living Gluten Free hasn’t been as hard as I’d thought most of the time. Since I do so much cooking, it’s been pretty easy to make delicious yummy food that just isn’t
What do you use for a Bookmark?
I ran across a really interesting book/website yesterday when a customer asked for it (we didn’t have a copy, sadly). Forgotten Bookmarks is a collection of things found or used as pagemarkers in old and used books. The author is
Phoning one in
Today’s intended blogging time was taken up by an (unexpected) trip to the walk-in clinic for antibiotics. Not exactly how I’d hoped to spend my morning (or the next week), but there you go. It’s not much of a post,
I want to ride my bicycle!
On Friday SSH and I took a trip to the local bike shop for two things. His 2 month old Raleigh needed it’s 8 week tune up and my 1995 Diamondback needed … well, it needed work. Unfortunately “work” turned
Whiskey Beef Stew
Quick, easy, delicious slow-cooker beef stew. It’s not a hugely exact recipe, but I’ll do my best! You need: 2 lbs of stew meat (or 2 lbs of cheap beef roast, cut in chunks) 1/2 lb mushrooms – I usually
Anybody want pie?
It’s that time of year again, when the citrus around here are ripening and turning sweet! Citrus requires cold weather to turn sweet – the fruit has been set on the tree for several months. This year we’ll likely have
Blogging Mindfully
If I blogger deletes a post draft, can they still learn from it? One of the bits of guidance often given to new meditators, particularly those working through Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (or, like me, Mindfulness Based
What Do I Read Next?
One of the most frequent questions I get as a bookseller is a variation on “What should I read next?” (It’s not the top question. That’s “Do you have a book?” followed by “Where’s the bathroom?”) It’s actually a fun
Rainbow-barf Monstrosity
I /love/ The Lorax. It was a favorite book of mine as a child (and an adult), and I’ve written about it here before in conjunction with Banned Books Week and Earth Day. Unfortunately someone, somewhere took that book and