Today hit a high of 50 degrees. You’d think it was spring, based on all the people I saw wearing shorts and sweatshirts around downtown Portland. It almost will be, since we dealt with freezing temperatures for about a month now. 20 degrees warmer and we’re pulling out the lighter gear…
I know I’m being cliche here, but one of the best food combinations in the whole world is chocolate and peanut butter. In fact, I have been known to take a square or two of chocolate and dip into a jar of peanut butter. Lazy, I’ll admit it, but oh…
I’m in a minor panic mode. Weather forecasters predicted a possibility of 1-4 inches of snow Tuesday night. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, but in the Portland area, there’s much hype from the media when it comes to snow and little is delivered. So I didn’t think too much about…
It has been unusually cold in the Pacific Northwest. We had two separate snow storms that cancelled school for 2 1/2 days in mid-December, and yesterday, a snow/ice/wind storm rolled in. Here’s a picture of our backyard. We didn’t get that much snow. Clearly we got a lot of wind,…
The time between Christmas and New Year’s has always been a time of contemplation for me. A time to look back on the year and reflect on the highs and lows. A time to see the mix of laughter and sorrow. But through the bitterness there is sweetness, no matter how small…
I want to wish you the merriest of Christmases. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my little blog. It truly does mean a lot to me, especially since this is a small hobby of mine. These past few days I have been baking up a storm…
It’s no secret that I love scones. Done right, they are melt-in-your-mouth goodness. I have had my share of dry scones and my share of hard scones, and these, my friends, are neither. There’s something about fresh cranberries that make everything taste a bit better. Maybe it’s the fact that…
Teaching to adolescents, I am always on the lookout for a great book that grabs you right away. Many adults have short attention spans, but young adults? Even shorter. This novel is actually a memoir, but it’s told in poetry form. The author hooked me right away, and I was…
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