From the monthly archives:

November 2006

The end of NaBloPoMo

November 30, 2006

Three years ago, I didn’t know what a blog was. Sure, I knew that people kept personal web sites, but I had no idea that this blogging thing existed. That was before my husband Paul was diagnosed with his second cancer. Eleven days after his biopsy, at the suggestion of one of our techie friends, [...]

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A taste of sunshine

November 29, 2006

Last week, when my parents came to visit from Houston, they brought with them three plump, rose-tinged grapefruits. These grapefruits came from a tree in my sister’s back yard, a tree that she didn’t realize was a grapefruit tree until last year, when it produced a single fruit. This year, with some pruning and feeding, [...]

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Time check

November 28, 2006

Many weeknights, I can tell that it’s 11 p.m. without checking a clock. I know the time because I hear Paul laughing. Monday through Thursday evenings, almost like, well, clockwork. No matter where I am in our house, Paul’s chuckling reaches me, and always makes me smile. The person responsible? Jon Stewart. Today Jon Stewart [...]

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Newfangled calling cards

November 27, 2006

These are ten little Moo MiniCards, cropped from ten of my favorite Flickr‘d photos. Have you seen Moo Cards? They’re a petite 28mm x 70mm – about 1″ x 2-3/4″ for those of us who still think in inches. And they have my name and this blog’s URL on the back. Cute, huh? But what [...]

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Sing-along time

November 26, 2006

Since this morning, I’ve had songs running through my head. When it snows, ain’t it thrilling Though your nose gets a chilling We’ll frolic and play the Eskimo way Walking in a winter wonderland This is so unlike me. Not the songs in the head; I usually have some sort of music playing in my [...]

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No need to knead

November 25, 2006

I’ve never been a bread baker. I love good bread, but I haven’t had enough patience or enough interest to learn to bake my own. Then two weeks ago, I read Lindy’s post about the no-knead bread recipe written up in the New York Times. Gorgeous bread with only 20 minutes work? Now this I [...]

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Big bird and friends

November 24, 2006

Yesterday morning, Paul was out of bed early to a) make coffee, b) bring a cup to me in bed (thank you, sweetie), and c) get the enormous local turkey that I’d insisted on buying into the oven. After I’d had my first few sips of coffee, I sleepily padded downstairs to watch the turkey [...]

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Feline Friday: Thankful for sunshine

November 24, 2006

Sasha is thankful for sunshine. Aren’t all cats? Sadly, direct sunlight has been in rather short supply in Seattle these past few weeks. I wish Sasha were thankful for turkey, but neither he nor the other McKittens seem particularly interested. It’s too bad, really; we have plenty of turkey, and would be happy to share. [...]

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