Putting the OM in OMG
I'm torn between not wanting time to go any faster than it already does, living mindfully in the moment, savouring every day, and also counting down the next three weeks until Christmas vacation. On the one hand - mindfulness! On the other - hoo boy, … [Continue reading]
A few months ago I offered to bring desserts to a Christmas party on December 1; I love making holiday-themed sweet treats and I always, without exception, make more than even my family with two teen boys can possibly eat. Or, should eat. In any … [Continue reading]
I know you were all on the edge of your seat, waiting to see what would happen when we went to our doctor's appointment last Friday. Would the scheduled time be incorrect again? Would I be berated by the long-suffering office receptionist for missing … [Continue reading]
A few days ago I was making a new acquaintance, a lovely woman who turned to introduce me to her friend. "Have you met?" she asked, and I opened my mouth to answer, but before the words could come out, her friend indicated that we had never before … [Continue reading]
Yesterday a friend asked me how much Halloween candy I had eaten while waiting at home for Trick or Treaters, and I will tell you this: zero. My secret? I buy the candy that I don't like, which is for me a giant box with a mixture of those little Kit … [Continue reading]
On the weekend the guys put up some - but, thankfully, not all - of our outdoor Halloween decorations, mainly the smaller items that hang from our eaves and our big Mayday tree: bats, spiders, corpses, and the like. Cheerful things, you know. … [Continue reading]
I admit that I'm very surprised that several of you have tried growing your own cilantro with no success, for the reason that I have had very little success with other herbs, but for me cilantro grows like a weed. Is it the super-dry climate I live … [Continue reading]
