Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
You all remember "Secret Santa", right? Those of you who have worked in an office…or a school…or a shop… or anywhere…or not. You know, secretly giving little gifts to one person that is part of your daily life. How about Global Secret Santa? Okay, bad idea.. How about inter-continental Seasoned Eatings? Country Girl City Living … Continue reading…
Anything for a buck…or in this case, 2500 of 'em. I ran across this on Mele Cotte and I couldn't resist either: Over at Ashwin's Blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not … Continue reading…
I received an interesting e-mail the other day. Well, actually, I receive lots of interesting e-mails, like most people, but this one was not advertising things that make body parts bigger or better, nor did it include lots of poorly spelled ‘explicit’ words. To digress: Does anyone but me remember when George Carlin did his … Continue reading…
Meredith of Poppy Fields has awarded me the Thinking Blogger. Thank you so much, I'm truly honored! Now I face the daunting task of passing it on to 5 other bloggers. The difficulty comes in trying to select only 5. I look forward to my morning coffee and afternoon tea as a time when I … Continue reading…
My computer became seriously ill last week. I did all I could but finally had to submit it to a higher authority. It went in hospital on Thursday. I practiced my very best French – not the language, but the attitude: a persistent inability to comprehend and accept the word 'NON'. Through perseverance and generally … Continue reading…
Don't you hate it when you really, really try to do the right thing and someone won't let you? Early in my career I was told that 25% of humans are basically honest, 25% basically dishonest and the remaining 50% as honest as the system or culture forces them to be. I like to think … Continue reading…
I know a little about computers. Sometimes, that seems to be very, very little. I’ve been working them for over 25 years. I should know better. The first two things that I ever learned are the ones that have always stayed with me and still hold true: The reason hardware designers put blinking lights on … Continue reading…