Monthly Archives: July 2014

Please. Don’t ask.  

FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM I will be another year older next week.  One more 365 day rotation completed. I will be baking my own cake. This year I have chosen the Chocolate Lavender Cake with Mascarpone Earl Grey German Buttercream.  If … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Parallel Oonahverse:
My plan was to walk all round Holy Island on my 60th birthday; contemplate life and age and that stuff. But in order to do that you need a fairly dry day. We have been…

Originally posted on Writer's Cramp:
Have you ever met yourself?  Not like some sort of “know thyself” touchy-feely exercise. I mean really meet someone, a complete stranger, who is essentially you at a younger age. I have and it’s…

Who Was That Guy?.

A 70.3 triathlon tale of perseverance, sisterly love and a coach who knows the sport.

Originally posted on Notes from the cupcake rescue league:
Things have been dull in the kitchen. It’s the knives’ fault. They need sharpening. I’ll bring them to the store. But not all of them. I’ll hold an audition to determine…

Originally posted on Writer's Cramp:
Part 1: Why Old Hotels? As I was remembering some past trips around the country it occurred to me that I seem to have an enduring fondness for old hotels.  I’ve purposefully sought them…

Originally posted on Scrambled, Not Fried:
     He drives all the way to Lunenburg once a month to visit his oldest client. It’s a required visit—paperwork exchange, residential inspection, general well-being check—but he never feels like it’s just another business…