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Tim.
Last Friday, we packed up our bags and headed to California for a family vacation. Before taking off, we dropped off a very sick kitty at Murdo's parents' house, with instructions for how to administer...
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Kitties, California and oysters.
First: Thank you all so much for your warm-hearted comments on my last post. It has been nearly two weeks since we lost such a big part of our little family, and even more since I last held Tim in my...
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Family photos, family dinners.
I shot seven rolls of film in California and more than 600 digital images. There were photos of sunsets and rocky cliffs, city skylines and bridges, murals, houses, street signs. We hiked through Muir...
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Kamote leaves and tomatoes.
I should start with the tomatoes.I've been eating them all summer long, from the moment I could get my hands on them at the farmers market, usually reaching for one as soon as I get home from work, or...
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Happy one year, with fried rice.
A year ago today, my husband and I were married in Michigan. We danced in a big white tent that was set up in the backyard, on a hill, with a long staircase that led to a lake, where we said our vows...
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fall.
Last week, I made soup with butternut squash and completely gave in to fall.It gets tough living in denialthat summer is gonewhen all around there are trees ablaze with coloragainst bright blue skies.
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This change of seasons, and split pea soup.
It rained today*, leaving the trees bare and the sidewalks littered with orange and yellow and brown. I stopped outside the office and looked down to see my brown boots against the fallen colors, the...
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Dear Michigan.
I will miss your sunshineand your sparkly waters.I'll be back next year.Until then,I'm taking your good company back with me.I need themto get through the winter.love, Jacqui.
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Film Friday, and some inspiration.
All photos taken with a Canon A-1 with Fuji Pro 400H film+ I recently discovered Ashley's blog, Not Without Salt, and especially liked her Film Fridays series. Not only because I love film, and because...
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Head cold, Hot Toddy, November.
Oh, November.So far you've brought dark skies at 5 p.m., a sore throat, a stuffy head, a horrible cough, a lingering curry smell in the kitchen, and a waterlogged, three-month-old laptop that no longer...
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Thoughts, and cake.
Is it too late to share some photos of Thanksgiving? Because guys, I'm not too sure what happened to November. It may have been the whiskey.I started to write this post about Christmastime, but three...
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Heath bar cookies, and holidays past.
About this time last year, I made my first batch of cookies. A year ago! They were chocolate chip, and there was snow on the ground, and I made them in my parents' kitchen while they were out of town...
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Arroz caldo, and Merry Christmas!
I'm not usually one to make lists until my tasks start to get too overwhelming. There are grocery lists, of course, and there was the beast of a wedding checklist, but everyday chores, errands or goals...
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Here's to the new.
We're in Florida right nowenjoying familyfoodroller coasterssunshineBloody Marysand a new year.Happy 2012!to you and yours.Looking forwardto what comes next.
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almost Film Friday.
Some scenes from Decemberthat involved homemade pizzaand cinnamon buns.Tonight, there was chicken in the slow cookertopped with biscuits.Right now, there is a fire.Tomorrow, a snow storm.This...
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Winter evenings, and slow-cooked feijoada.
Here is what I have been loving about this winter: clementinesrelatively mild weather chicken and brown rice soup a new board game Canal House Cooking Vol. 3 rewatching LOST episodes reading lists...
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Fried eggs and crispy kale.
When I was younger, my mom used to get me to eat certain foods by telling me they were crunchy. That's how I started liking water chestnuts. We were in California visiting relatives, and it was...
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A bonus day, with chicken and brown rice soup.
I'm making myself write a blog post right now because I feel like I was given this extra day in February to make sure I write at least two posts this month.And what an extra day it's been. I got a...
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The slow burn, with spicy Sriracha chicken.
OK. It's about time we talk about Sriracha. I've mentioned it in passing here before, suggesting you add it to some kale and eggs, or sneaking a blurry image of it into a photo of fried rice. But we've...
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Film Friday: Family History Edition.
Here is a photo of my dad on his very first day in the U.S. He just got back from the airport. There will be many more photos of him posing next to cars in the years to come. Here's my mom in the...
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