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February 28 2010 - In: Adventures in Baking autumn
Friday morning, the snowy gray skies — the omen of yet another homebound day in so many weeks — inspired me to bake. And such wintry weather made me immediately crave something pumkiny. Okay, I crave pumpkin treats all year round, but I think they are especially appropriate any time from say mid-September to late-February/early-March.
I’ve [...]
February 19 2010 - In: Adventures in Baking, Domestic Prowess autumn
Until recently, I severely undervalued the Rice Krispy Treat. Since it doesn’t require much time or technical prowess, I didn’t give it much thought. But in a quick pinch the classic Treat is an easy win. Actually, not long ago, I made two batches for a whole mess of house guests and found that I [...]
February 11 2010 - In: A/V, Internet Prowess, Poetry autumn
argh!
so, i just realized how painfully out of date i was (am?): apparently, the site that was hosting my audio files went belly up a year ago! whoops! and apparently they only notified the paying customers – not the folks that were hosting audio for free (because, you know, sending a mass email is just [...]
February 11 2010 - In: Adventures in Baking autumn
Nothing makes you want to bake like being snowed in. Snow drifts pushing up into the house on all sides, wind blowing clumps of snow from the tree branches into the windows, and not even the mail delivery to make you feel connected to the outside world. (Yep, that’s right, they’re not even delivering mail [...]
February 7 2010 - In: Poetry, The Writing Life autumn
They’re here!
This week, I debuted my first set of poetry postcards/broadsides at my reading in Elkins Park. I designed four unique cards (4×6 inches) featuring four different poems, using word art, images, and ink stamps. I’m really happy with how they came out, and people seemed to like them (they bought them!) so I was [...]
February 7 2010 - In: Adventures in Baking, Domestic Prowess autumn
The Little Mister often wonders at my beloved bread machine. So rarely used, yet so fondly thought of. I usually crack out the bread machine about once a year, and yesterday was the day. With mountains of snow locking us in and the Little Mister’s beef stew in the crock pot, I decided to throw [...]
February 4 2010 - In: Books, Fiction, Poetry, The Greater Good, The Writing Life autumn
So, I was just flipping through my most recent issue of Poets & Writers (a mag with which I’ve had a several years love/hate relationship), and I saw a little blurb about Madras Press. Madras is a new press that publishes stories in individually bound editions… so fiction writers don’t have to cut their stories [...]
February 3 2010 - In: Poetry, The Writing Life autumn
Phew! I knew this blog was badly out of date… every week I think of new things I want to blog about- things I’m baking, reading, listening to, etc. And then… well…
But tonight I had a great reading at the Elkins Park Free Library and a few people, including a very generous spirit named Ruth, [...]
