I’ve been working on my comedy about love this afternoon, no it’s not a romantic comedy – because I said so. I’ve been playing around with a couple of opening scenes (set at a wake) including this one (set in the bathroom of a community centre). Trixie dramatically flings open her stall door and then […]
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Eggnog Cheesecake Bars
I chose to bake Eggnog Cheesecake Bars (another Martha Stewart recipe) specifically for Michael because he is a such a fan of eggnog (especially when added to coffee). I followed the recipe pretty precisely, though I needed to strain the mixed batter, as it was lumpier than I liked, before pouring it over the crust. I think […]
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Yesterday I tried baking a couple of items out of Martha Stewart’s Holiday Cookies (a special issue of her magazine). Every now and then I find a recipe I really, really like via Martha Stewart (though I usually modify it to suit my particular taste), but I don’t regularly collect her magazine as I am […]
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A series of Christmas baking photos:
I will elaborate on these further in an upcoming post, but here is a teaser of Icing Sugar Chocolates being dipped: Sugar Cookies being iced: Santa Whiskers baked and ready for consumption: And rather perfect-looking shortbread (if I say so myself) (though please forgive the grungy cookie sheet – it is my favourite one and […]
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Another New Hat!!
Bramble, pattern found here – free – on Knitty, is supposed to be a beret, and honestly I passed it by when I first saw it, because I really am not a beret person, in fact I rarely wear hats at all. I think it is my short forehead that doesn’t play well with hats. […]
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An Experiment with Apple Pie…
I know it seems like I am never happy when I experiment with baking and, unfortunately, this post does nothing to counter that general opinion. I had a bunch of apples. I had a brand new pie plate. I made a pie on a day that I had already been baking for 8 hours. I […]
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I love my new hat…
While down at Granville Island two weekends ago, I slipped into Maiwa to find some bulky yarn… yes, the early snowfall had driven me into wanting a slouchy hat, one that would cover my entire head. Once there, I happened upon some lovely natural handspun llama and, after quick conversation with the owner of the shop, […]
I am currently swathed in cashmere [vintage, it tried to snow in Vancouver last night – crazy!!], sipping chocolate mint tea [from my own garden] and researching “dark” poetry for a young adult novel I am working on called ‘TIL DEATH [working title]. I wrote a short film with the same premise last summer when […]
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Weaving with the Knitter’s Loom
Last September I took a weaving course at Birkeland Bros. Wool, taught by the famous Pearl. I had wanted to take this course for a while and I finally just signed up. Now, I thought Birkeland Bros and Pearl were great, but decided, after making 4 scarves, that weaving with the Ashford Knitter’s Loom really […]
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Oh! Ruby Longjohn Socks
I finally got shots of Michael’s newest socks – proudly modeled by himself by a blueberry bush in the backyard. These socks, paired with The Woolen Rabbit Kashmir yarn in the Oh! Ruby colourway, were knit from another fantastic pattern by Anne Hanson of KnitSpot. I really think the yarn perfectly suits the pattern. The […]