“Being practical and safe and always logical is way overrated.” Patti Digh, “Life is a Verb”
“Life moves fast. Live it.” – Me
Archive > January 2009
Quotes of the Day
Tagged Once
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave acomment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your [...]
Patti Digh’s “Life is a Verb”
I just picked up a copy of this book, written by one of my favourite, philosophical bloggers. The chapter I just finished talked about the writer’s aunt who realised that she was suffering from Alzheimer’s. Inbetweenrealising she was losing her memory and completely losing her memory, there was a poignant story about the attempt to [...]
Cooking Curry
If you could bottle sweat, this is what it would smell like. But this spice, from giant fennel plants takes on a taste of onion and garlic once cooked. Whilst Ian was here, we picked this up at the Indian market (yes, we have one!) and now I toss it into any curry I make, [...]
Inauguration Day
It’s hard to believe it’s crept up this quickly; inauguration day for our 44th President of the United States. Some will say it’s a momentous occasion because Barack Obama is black and that’s something important in US history.
I don’t see colour. I only see a man who’s inspired many people to believe [...]
Back to England
… because once is never enough.
We’re already going through our list of “things we can do next”, which involves a day-long tour of London. Yay!
Bread Experiments
I’ve been messing around with my bread machine the last few weeks. I have yet to find a recipe that delivers a soft crust, but today’s loaf at least has a nice-tasting inside. It really turned out like french bread, which is not a bad thing.
Do you have a good bread machine [...]
Ouch
-30F makes you do some crazy things. On my way into the flat, I was freezing TO DEATH and attempting to ensure I had my correct key ready for the security door. I was so busy looking that I neglected to step up the short concrete step in the walkway, and fell straight on my [...]
