This recipe is the tastiest dish I’ve had in ages and is my new favorite way to cook pumpkin. Even though this is a vegetarian dish, I dare meat-eaters to say they don’t enjoy this pumpkin and cranberry tagine. Ingredients: 2 tablespoon olive oil 2 red onions, thickly...
Month: October 2013
The One Where Rosalind Snatches a Kiss
Welcome to My Sexy Saturday, a fun blog hop. Here are the details: every Saturday, published and unpublished authors will be sharing 7 words, sentences, or paragraphs from a work-in-progress or an already published story. My snippet this week comes from The Spurned...
Alaska, A Slice of Paradise
Today I’m turning back the clock and making a return trip to Alaska. I loved Alaska. It reminded me of a frontier town – how I imagine America used to be before it became settled. The scenery is gorgeous, the towns few and far between and the locals are friendly,...
13 Quotes About Love
This week I’m talking about love. Thirteen Quotes About Love 1. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. ~ James Baldwin. 2. Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks...
Moon Crazy
Hubby and I have been taking a lot of photos with our new camera. Here is a selection of moon shots. It’s amazing seeing the craters so clearly. This is the moon as we saw it from our back yard with no magnification. A little zoom and the shadows and craters are more...
Recipe: Delicious Limocello
When we visited Italy last year, we took the opportunity to taste lots of limocello. We also brought some home with us. Limocello is actually very easy to make, so if you have a surplus of lemons, give this recipe a try. This recipe is from From Simple Pleasures by...
Where Bella Teaches Shelley To Sit
Bella, our puppy is very smart, and she picks up things quickly. She was top of the class at puppy school. Recently she has been difficult when it comes time to go for a walk. She likes to go for a different walk each time, and if I head off in the normal direction,...
13 Quotes About Ideas
I’m about to start plotting a new book and my mind is spinning with ideas. Ideas are the inspiration for my 13 this week. Thirteen Quotes About Ideas 1. The best ideas come to me when I polish shoes early in the morning. ~ Johannes Brahms 2. Why is it I get my best...
The Cheeky Fantail
The fantail or piwakawaka is one of our native birds. This year we’ve seen quite a few in our garden and also while we’ve been walking Bella. They’re tiny birds with a tail that fans out—as their name suggests—and they live on a diet of insects. They like to follow...