According to Wikipedia, “Flapjack is a name for two different sweet foods. In the UK and Australia, it refers to a tray-baked biscuit, and in Canada, the United States, and South Africa, it refers to a form of pancake.” This may explain why, when we offered some to our friend Denise last night, she was […]
Read More FlapjackYesterday was another stormy day in St Louis – I do love those thunder storms, the lightning is AMAZING. It meant that I missed going to the farmer’s market in the morning to stock up the fridge, so there was a dearth of vegetable options for lunch. Then I realised that I had a bowl […]
Read More Rice FrittersAt the beginning of September I noticed that my poor sad organic parsley that had fried in the hot St Louis summer was beginning to come away in the lovely early autumnal coolness and I was thinking that maybe we would get some eating out of the plants before winter set in. A couple of […]
Read More Eastern Black Swallowtail ButterfliesTwo months ago we had Kazuo fitted for a Plagiocephaly Helmet to help correct the flat spot that had developed as a result of a neck condition called Congenital Muscular Torticollis. On the first day of the helmet, he was a bit bemused by the whole experience: …but he adjusted really quickly and soon the […]
Read More Helmet ProgressThis past weekend I felt very much like a slow learner. It seems that babies, crowds, and even the best-laid plans just do not mix. Perhaps one day I will button down and accept these immutable laws. I had thought we were doing rather well, we NEVER leave the house after 6pm these days, and […]
Read More Balloons…Here is a little craftiness after Julia and I had a crafternoon on Sunday… I had been thinking of upcycling a charity (op) shop cardy/jersey since last year’s stitch n bitch session where our friend Kari made amazing mittens from some old jerseys she had gathered from the Goodwill. It sewed the seeds of using […]
Read More Upcycling – Cardy and Hat from Op Shop JerseyA little glum of me perhaps, but I have been musing about the unspeakable awfulness of massacres for the past week or so. Every time I hear someone tell the tale of a massacre that they have survived, I feel devastated. And since most massacres usually involve innocents, and oftentimes are largely women and children, […]
Read More Guatemala and Massacres…Some time ago I realised that many of my earlier blog posts were (a) a bit long and (b) a bit rambly… that I should really try and restrict myself to one topic per post. Since then I have tried. But some weekends are just too busy and give me too much to think about […]
Read More WhewI should have told y’all about this a week ago… but things got a bit congested around here after the holiday weekend’s antics. Anyway, I am a bit of a gallery hound… happiest when I am nursing gallery legs from too long days spent trawling around museums and galleries and pausing every few seconds to […]
Read More Quilts and DancingIn June our friends Tom and Claire in Manchester sent us (via our visiting friend, Caroline) a wonderful crafty book by Aranzi Aronzo, who are a quirky Japanese/Mexican/Norwegian/Vietnamese/Indian design team. The book, Baby Stuff: has been tantalising me and inspiring me ever since, and I finally got my act in to gear this week and […]
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