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La "Meme" chose
Okay, bad pun. But thanks to Barrie, you have something else to read about today instead of the post I planned to write: an extended lament for my poor postman who still was delivering mail at 5:30 last night. He said that he could barely see–the streets are very dark out here in the boonies. [...]
Dressing for frosty weather
View out of my studio window. It’s been quite chilly lately. My kitchen thermometer has read 30-degrees several mornings in a row. The lovely but very poorly insulated conservatory makes our dining and family rooms almost unbearable. I have clothes on that I would never consider wearing in hotter-than-heck Texas: a bulky turtleneck , jeans (okay, [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
This is not a rude gesture. I asked Roxi what I should say in my Thanksgiving post and she made “Turkey Hands”. Photo on my Blackberry Pearl because I’m too lazy to boot up my other computer for Photoshop. Today I’ll start cooking our Thanksgiving feast–we’re doing our meal tomorrow, remember? I’ll start the pumpkin [...]
Thanksgiving menu and other food thoughts
I am feeling better today. I got a lot of planning done this weekend, plus it SNOWED yesterday! Ok, it was snow/sleet and not very much of it, but it was pretty while it lasted. In Thanksgiving news, Roxi and Mr. DJ voted the turkey off our menu in favor of a “Honey Baked” ham. [...]
Poland: Wieliczka Salt Mine (Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka)
We were lucky with the weather during our time in Poland. It only rained once! And happily for us, it was the day we decided to visit the salt mines. What better place to spend a cold, drippy day? “The Salt Mine Wieliczka is the oldest salt enterprise on Polish land dating back to the [...]
Monday morning ramblings
We spent Saturday evening at Roxi’s school enjoying the IB Drama presentation of “Lend Me a Tenor,” a hilarious play by Ken Ludwig. The IB kids were great–very mature. Some of the cast had to sing operatically, some had to put on Italian accents (hilariously well, I might add), and some had to act years [...]
Remembrance Day
Thanks for my Poppy, P-D. Roxi’s school will be honoring this day with two minutes of silence. Edited Nov. 12 to add: Roxi said she was in advisory when the headmaster announced it was time for the two minute silence. She said everyone was respectful and weren’t trying to stifle laughs or make faces. Respectful teenagers–hurray! [...]
Don’t you hate it when you talk about so many random things in your post that you can’t think of a good title?
I am on a new computer today. This weekend (while I was sick), I did a massive backup of my laptop to my external drive… and then I put my poor laptop out to pasture. So for now, I will be using the desktop Mr. DJ bought last month when our music studio computer died. [...]
Paris, France
Well, after looking over my photos from our two-and-a-half day trip to Paris last August, I realized that to overindulge in so much goodness in one sitting would be such a waste. So let us savor Paris the way it should be, leisurely, on European time. Think of this post as an amuse-bouche. This was [...]
The Hague, The Netherlands (from our trip in July)
This is a continuation of the trip we took in July to Brussels/Bruges/The Hague/Paris. I am trying to catch up on my travel posts since we going on holiday next week. So today, it’s The Hague and tomorrow Paris (finally, Lucylucia, right?) The Hague (Den Haag), The Netherlands Counting back, this is the third time we [...]
