Let me start with the pudding. It was rice. Made with milk and half-and-half and sugar and I stirred it endlessly and carefully and tenderly and added vanilla and raisins and cinnamon at the end. I followed the recipe in the Cook's Illustrated Cookbook, which, as I've mentioned before, is the Scientific American of cookbooks. … Continue reading Pudding, Podcasts and a New Series of Beginner Yoga
The Power of Intention
It's been disturbing me that I've gotten rather spotty in my posting here. Every morning I wake up and check on myself, mainly to read (and cringe at) what kind of sleepy nonsense I managed to type into this space before I hit "publish" and then the pillow. It's just that it's November, and I … Continue reading The Power of Intention
November One-to-One
This past weekend we took a fun + business-y little over-nighter trip to Rochester. I had an appointment on Saturday at the Apple store for a lesson on podcasting. People have asked me from time to time to make a yoga CD that they can use at home when they can't get to class. I … Continue reading November One-to-One
Kitchen Cabinet Project pics
So this won't be a "talky" kind of post, but rather a "picturey" kind of post. Pictures of cabinets. oooohhhh ahhhhh thrilling! It was my first do-it-yourselfy thing and it turned out all right. Nothing went wrong. Everyone involved is still on friendly terms. There were no trips to the ER--which is my definition of … Continue reading Kitchen Cabinet Project pics
Finding a Hot Track in the NYTimes
Spent the weekend finishing up the kitchen cabinets. (They turned out beautiful, too. Pictures tomorrow, promise!) And on Sunday rewarded myself with a luscious "Day of Sloth" with the Sunday NY Times. I haven't been getting the Times lately because I was finding it hard to finish one before the next Sunday rolled around and … Continue reading Finding a Hot Track in the NYTimes
Cats and Dogs
This is going to be a post about dogs. 1. Dogs are not cats. 2. What a dog needs and what a cat needs are as different as the dogs and cats themselves. Some people are strictly dog people and some people are strictly cat people and some people are both. Even if you do … Continue reading Cats and Dogs
Cleanse: Day 7
I actually heard myself say today, "I don't really strive to live my life; all I really want to do is create content-- interesting content." Today I cooked. All day. Homemade chicken soup and a tofu stirfry. Living "clean" is labor intensive. I also sorted recyclables, walked the dog, did some laundry, washed dishes, and … Continue reading Cleanse: Day 7
D.I.Y.
Today I fell in love with a mouse sander. I hate mice, but this cool little sander fit both my hand and my love of detail work. I have never been a D.I.Y person (though I love watching those D.I.Y shows on HGTV.) It's just that it looks hard, and like something I don't have … Continue reading D.I.Y.
Friday Gratitude
Let's start this gratitude party with a big shout-out to my Happy Hour Yoga class tonight, shall we? Those dedicated, disciplined souls who 1) Came out in drippy, icky weather, and 2) Did one hellava awesomely rajasic practice and were sweating bullets by the end, holy-moly. Usually it's a mellowish, end-of-the-workweek practice on … Continue reading Friday Gratitude
Clean: Day 2
I forgot how hard this cleanse is. Right now I'm sitting here, wanting something to CHEW! But it will pass. I'll go to bed, and in the morning wake up feeling light, and start all over again. Happy that I made it through Day 2. But tomorrow is Friday, and I like my glass of … Continue reading Clean: Day 2
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