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Category Archives: Mendocino
Amassunu
Upon a whim, while tangled in the early throes of my love affair with poetry, I purchased a lovely little book of poetry from fellow blogger Eric Quinn, of The Rag Tree. http://cathay12.wordpress.com/ Amassunu can be read in one sitting, but that would be … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, housework, Mendocino, Poetry, Travels
Tagged books, housework, inspiration, life, literature, love, poetry
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Crunchy, salty, sweet and peachy.
January 20th is National Buttercrunch Day. Buttercrunch is American toffee, toffee coated with chocolate and almonds, so sayeth his Google-ness. Not to be confused, lest you irritate an Englishman, with English toffee. Go here for a detailed explanation: http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/candy/toffee/toffee-information2.asp Because he is a very … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, food, Mendocino, posts with photos, Uncategorized
Tagged birthdays, buttercrunch, desserts, food, life, National Food Holidays, Peach Melba, photos, snacks, sweets
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cream of the crop and mother’s coffee cake
Some pictures I like. Super Hoolie, Mendocino Jewish Coffee Cake, from my mother’s recipe box. This recipe is really easy and delicious. Cream 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup soft butter. Add 2 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 1 … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, food, Mendocino, Mother Nature, posts with photos, Recipes, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged coffee cake, food, nature, photography, photos, recipes
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cutting into my blogging time
This whole going to school business is cutting into my blogging time. Do my professors think it’s easy being a blogger? Yes, yes they do. Otherwise they wouldn’t pile me up with essays and projects and critiques on a regular … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, Love, Mendocino, Mother Nature, Petaluma, posts with photos, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged dogs, Fall, fall foliage, ferns, fungi, leaves, moss, mushrooms, mutts, nature, pets, scenery, shelf mushrooms, sidewalks, trees, waterfalls
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maybe
Maybe if I didn’t have a blog, if I didn’t virtually live alone, if I had a little more spunk, if more friends were prone to spontaneously dropping by, if Marty lived here, if I threw more dinner parties, if I … Continue reading
I’m baaaaaack
Back from the weekend in Fort Bragg, Mendocino, and Ukiah. Back from the weekend of indulgence, courtesy of Marty. We ate and shopped and walked on the beach with the dogs. Then we ate some more and shopped some more and walked … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Mendocino, thrift shop finds, Uncategorized
Tagged clothing, coastal gardens, socks, travel, weekend get-a-ways
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outta here
Clean the fishtank, rearrange things a bit so the fish don’t get bored, drink tea, eat granola, check the mail, put out the trash check the laundry, water the houseplants, return library books, check the mailbox, pack a bag, run … Continue reading
wet berries
On that rainy Sunday, we took a walk, Marty and I, boots and umbrellas, Hoolie and Annabelle, the short-haired happy mutts. Up the hill to inspect the new road, to see how it fared in the wet. Along the turn near … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Mendocino
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