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the great piecobblercake experiment
I have some friends who are fond of desserts. When one was celebrating a recent birthday with a BBQ, I offered to bring dessert. Pie, cobbler, cake, said I. The cobbler won out, based on a previous showing. But that seemed a little safe. And it occurred to me that putting those three TOGETHER in…
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someday
Yesterday, Mike From the East and I were discussing perhaps taking the families to Europe. I said yes, I would like to do that. Someday. And he replied that we are running out of “somedays”. Slight panic ensued. Well, crap. He is right. A birthday will occur next month that is roughly halfway thru a…
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a hell of a party
The Geek and I spent last weekend in Wenatchee, about 2 1/2 hours east of Seattle . My friend Jeff and his fiance Wai are getting married in September. His brother Mike is the best man, and Mike’s wife Jen is the matron of honor. We were conned asked nicely to co-host a couples’ shower…
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pride
What I am about to write may possibly offend some people. I am OK with that. When I was in high school, I went to Camp River Ranch for a month two summers in a row, training to be a counselor. This is a Girl Scout camp, and those months were two of the greatest…
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another day
A friend called me Eeyore last week. Apparently I’ve been doing a lot of whining lately. It brought me up short, since I’m usually a “glass half full” girl. I realized I probably have been whining a lot. A habit I do not want to encourage. I also realized that while some people appear to…
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steamboat rock
I spent the last 3 days at Steamboat Rock State Park, about 4 hours east and north of Seattle. It takes its name from a massive basalt rock that now rises 800 feet above Banks Lake; it was originally an island in the Columbia River bed. Banks Lake is a man-made 27-mile-long lake formed…
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unqualified
There are a number of things I am qualified to do. I can teach someone to knit. I can learn you some quilting, put fabrics together. Cakes or cookies, I’m your girl. Mail merge from Word to Excel, some Timberline accounting, done. Camping reservations carefully plotted 9 months in advance, check. When my first kid…
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bored and blah
I am in a funk. For no good reason. I had a really decent weekend, was very productive in the yard. The bar is doing decently. Kids and hubby are healthy. Do I need more bran? Definitely some sun would help. It’s June 1st and I wore my down coat to work. That is wrong.…
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finally
When we bought our house 4 years ago, there was a funny little section right in front of the living room window. It looked like this: It seemed like a real waste of space. I always pictured it being a nice place to sit since it faces west and gets some good sun. It has…
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san juan scones – kinda
Finally! I made a recipe from the giant pile that is Recipalooza! It’s one I cut out of the Pacific magazine that comes in the Seattle Times back in 1994 apparently. The title makes me think the original article may have had something to do with a B&B or something up in the San Juans,…
foible and folly
a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece
foible and folly 