Monthly Archives: May 2010

Not “soda”-licious

I don’t like wasting food, but not everything I cook is delicious (I know, I know, hard to believe, right?–ask my boyfriend about the Tunisian pumpkin stew). So sometimes I end up eating things I don’t like all that much. … Continue reading

Posted in Food and drink | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Fiction and faith

At least for the past week, I’ve been able to keep up with my pledge to myself to make more time for reading, and I finally finished a book I’d been at for a long time. Of Fiction and Faith: … Continue reading

Posted in faith | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Writing retreat

My boyfriend and I are off to New Hampshire this weekend for a writing retreat. Just the two of us! It will be a very small writing retreat. I expect to get lots of work done. After all, what distractions … Continue reading

Posted in writing | Tagged | Leave a comment

30 Minutes, at last

I finally cooked a Rachael Ray meal that took less than 30 minutes (28, to be exact). “Pea and Parsley Soup with Canadian Bacon.” (or “peameal bacon” or “back bacon”, as we refer to it in Canada) From Just in … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Real life is harder than Clarion West

Two summers ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle. This is a 6-week program where 18 science fiction and fantasy writers, usually pretty early in their careers, live together in a sorority house … Continue reading

Posted in writing | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Real maraschino cherries

A friend of mine once threw some old maraschino cherries in his compost. A year later, they were still there, as round and brilliantly-hued as the day he first opened the bottle. I’m not a huge fan of maraschino cherries. … Continue reading

Posted in Cocktails | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Another “30-minute” meal

I’m a big fan of Rachael Ray’s 30-Minute Meals cookbooks. I own four of them. In case anyone is unfamiliar with these (or the accompanying TV show on the Food Network), the premise (not surprisingly) is that each meal can … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

No, I’m not “all set”!

What is it with the woman at the deli counter? She always comes over after I’ve been standing there for a minute or two, trying in vain to make eye contact with an employee, and says, “Are you all set?” … Continue reading

Posted in Complaining about things | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Every language

One of the things about my church that I think is really cool is that they have ASL translation at one of the evening services, so that people who are deaf can more easily engage with and participate in the … Continue reading

Posted in Church | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Good enough for now

It’s not the prettiest website in the world. The gray heading bars don’t match the colors in the header photograph (Jaisalmer Fort, India, FYI). Some of the text in the header doesn’t show up very well, and some of it … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , , | 1 Comment