Some of the things we’ve been doing lately. Finding spider webs Going to daddy’s « bring your kids to work day » where there was make-up and entertainment and magicians and running through the halls and taking the metro. We’ve also been botching matcha growling celebrating Sir’s 44th birthday and working our way through a feast getting serenaded (Sir, that is) by… Read More
Who’s the Bigger Idiot?
Petit Prince has the chicken pox and has trouble sleeping, which means I have trouble sleeping. And I don’t even want to sit up with him and nurse him because, until today, we had no heating. Our workers are supposed to be painting our old fashioned radiator a raspberry color to complement my pink kitchen but they have dropped off… Read More
Young Lady Has a Friend
Young Lady has a friend. I met her for the first time last year when she walked into her ballet class and saw “Anne;” they threw their arms around each other and called out each other’s names in delight. I must admit to being surprised at her objection of affection – slight, rather stringy hair, awkward sort of girl. I… Read More
Filet Mignon of Porc
I found this interesting recipe here for filet mignon de porc. It uses vanilla. And coriander. Together! And since another friend brought me vanilla beans back from Madagascar a day after I had used my last one (I could start trafficking these), what better way to get them put to good use than … to use them! You need about… Read More
Cupcakes. Beet-Carrot-Orange (say whaa?)
This is our harvest. Or some of it anyway. Apparently it’s only a tenth of the carrots still waiting to be pulled up (according to my husband). The beets were pretty pathetic because I didn’t water them, so the post I was supposed to do this summer entitled, “What the heck to do with a beet!” had to be postponed… Read More
Maudlin Monday
Hi everyone, I’ve been feeling rather maudlin lately for insignificant reasons not even worth going into. Perhaps you’ve noticed tearful comments on your blog? Do you think we should start a new thing? Like Friday Follow and Saturday Snapshot? Maudlin Monday? First of all I couldn’t think of anything original to reply to all your cheesy comments on my eggplant… Read More
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