Category Archives: Travels

Thursdays are my Friday

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Good Lord!  I’m out of town for one night and I come back to an overflowing in-box.  You people are maniacs.  Two hours later I’ve caught up on my fav-o-blogs and I’m ready to fill your in-box with wit.  Right … Continue reading →

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Amassunu

Posted on January 22, 2011 by

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 →

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National Peach Melba Day

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Today I had to leave my bubble and drive into the city.  Listening to NPR as I sat in slow-moving morning commuter traffic, it was brought to my attention that today is National Peach Melba Day.                                               At the … Continue reading →

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cream of the crop and mother’s coffee cake

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

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 →

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Less talk, more walk: Pierce Point, part three

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

So, to recap: blue skies, big wind, ear ache, turn around, touch the ground, get out of town. Return, see coyote, admire horse.  Buckle your seatbelts, earthlings.   The road passes right through the middle of a ranch.  Ten-Mile Beach over one shoulder…. Tomales … Continue reading →

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Pierce Point, Part Two

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

So, we’re hiking along, laughing at the wind, struggling against it.  Our spirits were high, (mine were anyway), and I was looking forward to going further onto the point than I ever had.  We had four hours before daylight would run … Continue reading →

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Pierce Point, Part One

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

The other day I took a hike with Jim and Kate and Chantal and Ivan, out onto Pierce Point, one of the corners of the Point Reyes Peninsula.  Pierce Point is flanked on one side by the Pacific Ocean, and it’s tip … Continue reading →

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cutting into my blogging time

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

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 →

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Come With Me to Calistoga….

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

After baking all those delicious desserts I needed a break.  A massage.  A hot tub.  You know the feeling.  And because he is awesome, Marty treated me to all three.  We went to Calistoga for the weekend. It rained all Saturday morning.  … Continue reading →

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