Before I married a French man, I was rubbish at making any kind of meat. I was especially poor at making steak because it is so easy to ruin a good steak if you don't know what you're doing. And I didn't know what I was doing. Give me a cookie recipe, and it will come out soaring. (Give me a steak ... read more
On Blog Changes
Did you ever see the Simpsons episode when Homer sold his soul for a donut? And then he proceeded to tempt the devil by eating most of the donut, but not all, so that Satan couldn't actually steal his soul? And then he started sleep-walking to the fridge for his nighttime snack (where the rest of ... read more
Peace Like a River
This is the last Wednesday of relative peace for the school year, barring the vacations. Although Juliet has dance and solfège, and Gabriel has solfège, chorale and soccer, and William has multi-sports, I do not have to teach English today, and William, therefore, does not have to go to Centre for ... read more
Progress
When we returned from the States, my garden was one big weedy mess. This was right about the time I had a bunch of writing deadlines, was trying to recover from jet lag (and help my children recover from jet lag) - the time I was trying to prepare for the back to school frenzy, and when I was ... read more
We Don’t Become Angels When We Die
I'm going to be making some major design and content changes on my blog in the next couple of weeks, which I'll explain further as the new design is closer to being launched. One of the changes I'd like to make is to write a weekly post that has to do with faith, and which will be posted on the ... read more
French-Style Apricot Almond Tarte
I am not very adventurous when it comes to buying fruit. I usually just stick to apples and bananas, and clementines in the winter. I just hate when I buy fruit that is not good. Last week I splurged and bought watermelon, grapes, peaches, apples and apricots. I was rewarded by delicious fruit in ... read more
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