Note: So, I recognize these are likely the most boring, odd posts for me to be writing and expecting people to read. They are partly inspired by my sister who suggested I write a “How To” post about changing names … Continue reading
Step 2: Discover the questions. No, not the answers, the questions. 1) Why am I doing this? What will I get out of it at the end? What will I get out of it as I go? What will keep … Continue reading
The long and winding road to a Master Degree in ANYthing starts with…..befriending the internet. And thank goodness for it! I can’t imagine doing this in the pre-dub-dub-dub-dot days. So, Step 1: Choose a program. Or school. Or both. … Continue reading
White and Dark Baker’s chocolate chunks is a great start to a cookie recipe.
My cousin, Stacie, and I stumbled across the movie, The Long Kiss Goodnight sometime in the university years not really expecting much but a decade later it’s still our fave movie to quote to each other – along with Austin Powers, of course.
It’s been years since I’ve watched it, but it practically leaped off the shelf, begging to be viewed. And so, as I collected the ingredients for the next batch of cookies I would experiment with, Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brian Cox came to hang out in my living room. SO thrilling, SO funny, and SUCH mystery and suspense. Also, there’s some other rather attractive man, though he IS the bad guy. What more could one want in a movie? Geena Davis TOTALLY kicks ass and Samuel L. Jackson is just so ridiculous, almost everything he says results in fits of laughter.
All the best quotes are lost without the context, tone of voice, and facial expression, so I won’t even go there, but I very strongly recommend it for immediate viewing!
That satisfied my need for humour, action, and visual entertainment; the cookies to come were for my taste buds!
I went straight for the simplicity of a Kraft peanut butter cookie recipe with a KICK! Hmm… I was going to include a link to the recipe on the website, turns out it’s not there, only in the what’s cooking quarterly magazine.
A steaming cup of Earl Grey tea and my PB cookies that spread WAY bigger than I had anticipated capped off my evening too perfectly for any more words.
I’ll post the recipe if desired, just leave a comment for me and I’ll get right on it! Happy Father’s Day weekend.
In the spirit of the 25 cm of snow accumulating outside my wall of windows on this fine mid-April Sunday, I felt drawn to baking my fave choco chip cookie recipe in preparation for an afternoon of Christmas music and … Continue reading
“I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in it.” ~ Wilson Pickett Oh, and what heart, soul, and UHN that cornbread gives his music! Today, … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I wrote about Billy Talent; today, Roy Orbison. Yup, I do love a far-reaching range of genres, bands, and artists to match my mood for the day, musical or otherwise. Back in the days of cassette tapes, … Continue reading
“Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.” ~ Havelock Ellis Nothing quite like a precocious little darling of a three-year-old … Continue reading
You hung me like a picture, now I’m just a frame I used to be your lap dog, now I’m just a stray Shackled in a graveyard, left here to decay Left here to decay, left here to decay, I’m … Continue reading
At 9:40 am in November of 2005 I “word vomited” (as Veronica Roth recommends as a way to start writing) in reaction to one line of a poem I read. “I believe the world is beautiful” is part of a … Continue reading
Because not everyone in Calgary is a Cowboy
The art of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Crazy is relative. Just ask my relatives. And music!
