I’m sure I’m not the only one who pins recipes to Pinterest but doesn’t get around to trying them, right? Well, I’m going to change that. As I was thinking about tonight’s dinner (broccoli soup) I decided we needed some bread to go with it. I looked at my “Food and Wine” Pinterest board for something quick…
Guest Post Friday ~ Masoor Dal
Masoor Dal (Spicy Red Lentils)by Kim PatrieFrom the book The Best of India, A Cookbook, by Balraj KhannaPublished by CollinsPublishersSanFrancisco, 1993 Kim is one of my belly dancing buddies (yes, I have more than one). We originally “met” via an online unschooling forum. She and a couple of others from that group then came to…
A day of service
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day I participated in a local service project. As I’ve mentioned before, I serve on our city’s Multiculturalism Committee and this was our first event. We partnered with the university’s Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and the Ada Sunrise Rotary Club to host a city-wide trash…
Menu Monday ~ January 21, 2013
Click here or here for more menu ideas! Monday:Today I am participating in an event sponsored by our city’s Multicultural Committee in honor of MLK day. We are meeting at the university at 8:30 a.m. (yikes!) and then the volunteers will be fanning out across town to pick up litter. It is supposed to be…
Some things never change
I’m in the process of writing a new issue of my “Tea With Dee” newsletter. I started it back in February of 2005 but last year I pretty much let it go, thinking that surely everyone got enough of what I had to say via my blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc. However, before I shut it…
Another “Slow Month” – January 2013
Last January I embarked upon what I referred to as a “slow month”. You can read about it here. Essentially it involved making use of what I already have on hand, learning new skills, being creative and very minimal buying. I found it to be a good challenge for me, so much so that I…
Menu Monday ~ January 14, 2013
Click here or here for more menu ideas! I have meetings on Monday and Thursday evenings so I’m planning ahead for those. For tonight – Monday – I’ve already boiled the chicken carcass, strained the broth and picked off the meat. I’ll probably go ahead and prep the carrots and potatoes before I go, and…
Just not ready…
I decided that I’m just not quite ready to un-decorate my house. I said this to David last night and he said, “It’s our house; we can do what we want.” So I decided that at least for now I’m not taking down the tree. Instead, I’m going to decorate it for Mardi Gras. I’ll…
Farewell, Christmas…
Just a little tour of our house decorated for Christmas: It’s funny what you see when you photograph or video tape your house. It probably looks a little cluttered to some of you. Part of that will be gone when I put away the decorations but the truth is that, despite the fact I like…
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