Contagion

Blogging must be one of the fastest-spreading computer viruses out there. My husband has started a blog. I’m not really sure what his theme is (if any), but he seems to delight in putting into words the meanderings of his fascinating mind. He’s a lawyer by day, father, husband and ninja swash-buckler by night. At…

Cheesecake Part Deux

Finally got a bit of research done and planned out another piece to be worked on during Katherine’s naps (or Quiet Reading Times, as we call them here. “Nap” is a four-letter word. Or something like that.). Can now justify cheesecake time. Crust: 1/3 cup ground walnuts or pecans 1 cup flour 1/4 cup icing…

Cheesecakes, moving house and incumbent chaos

So I’ve really gotten nothing work-wise done this weekend, which bothers me more than it should. Usually I get Saturday mornings Katherine and John-free to think and do scary things with chemicals, flames, fabric and glue (not simultaneously, usually). This weekend we rolled into at high-speed and never really recovered from. When this happens, I…

Perspective

I was bumping around from page to page and from blog to blog, obsessively checking my email for no good reason the other day when I happened upon an interesting entry by Dups (Duleepa VerylongSriLankanNameThatICan’tRememberandRarelyCouldButAlwaysThoughtSoundedCool)  about his photography and perspective. Defintely worth a read and think-through. It got me thinking (hold the snarky comments, please)…

Rummaging through the chaos: found some Art Trading Cards

About a year or so ago, Art Trading Cards (2″x3.5″ pieces of artwork mounted on cardstock or stiffened in some way) were all the rage. I had half a thought to partipate in some of the swaps, but (like many things in my life) I never got around to it. I found these in one…