Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
One more holiday weekend…. Eat, Drink and be Merry, for tomorrow we may diet! You might find one or all of these small bites I made useful for a New Year's party. Our neighbor hosted a small Christmas dinner party, for those of us, who, like themselves, were having a quiet Christmas. She made the … Continue reading…
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: I'm not quite sure how to say this…. But our chimneys don't go all the way to the top. We've gone from four … Continue reading…
Kitchen gadgets. Toys for cooks. The new and improved, must have tool for the wanna-be top chef. How many of you buy them? How many of you use them? Here’s the tough question: How many of you use them more than once? More than twice? How often do they become something you refuse to do … Continue reading…
Some men want a Ferrari. Some women want a closet full of Manolo Blahnik shoes. Other men want a new set of Titanium golf clubs. Other women want a Viking kitchen range or an Aga. I want a Kindle. I REALLY want a Kindle. I’ve wanted one since I first saw them (okay, different) on … Continue reading…
Creamy Polenta with Sage I’m not quite sure how to say this…. But our chimneys don’t go all the way to the top. We’ve gone from four fireplaces to one in the blink of an eye…. So to speak. Why didn’t we think to check that the chimneys went all the way to the top? … Continue reading…
Does anyone sell Doggie Depends? Canine Nappies? Doggie Diapers? Sedi, our pretty little abandonada German Shepherd (Alsatian) mix, has become incontinent. She wets the bed. And the floor. She leaks. 3 times a day I give her a syringe full of medicine, in the mouth. She grimaces, shakes her head at the foul stuff and … Continue reading…
It’s a ‘baby-minder’. Apparently there are not enough totally frustrated mother’s of toddlers reading my blog, as no one came even close…. One slides the two top panels apart, drops the toddler in up to the armpits, slides them shut and… Voila! Instant toddler-tender. The child is held upright and can walk back and … Continue reading…