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Chocolate in bed

I’ve decided that living in a single room with approx 620 square feet of space makes it perfectly acceptable to eat chocolate in bed. While working, of course. 😉 And especially when I’m savouring this tasty, tasty bar from Fruition Chocolate. I grabbed this limited edition 68% along with their Maranon 76% at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. I […]

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Dowser 1: Cashmere and Chocolate

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1)

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Chocolate Tasting

Northwest Chocolate Festival: Dandelion Chocolate

I’d never heard of today’s chocolate indulgence, Dandelion Chocolates, before happening on their booth at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. I went straight for their Ambanja, Madagascar (of course and always). The chocolate was exceedingly smooth and bursting with fruit notes; the raspberry almost overwhelming. Though perhaps I shouldn’t have eaten so many pieces in such a short period […]

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Chocolate Tasting Little Pleasures

But then I ate them all.

I was totally planning to blog about these super tasty Fleur de Sel Caramels that I picked up at the Northwest Chocolate Festival from Jonboy Caramels. But then I ate them all.

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An office in a tool shed.

I’m back on my walking desk and blogging from my new temporary office in the tool shed. In which, even though I said it really wasn’t necessary, Michael insisted on cutting a window so I could have a view. I also hung my housewarming/birthday gift from my lovely friend, Gertie – the pretty spirit ball at […]

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Chocolate Tasting

Northwest Chocolate Festival: TCHO

I was lucky enough to attend the Northwest Chocolate Festival this year [Saturday, October 3, 2015]. The event was overwhelming but completely fun. Chocolatiers from all over the world had tasting booths spread over two floors of the convention centre. Today’s chocolate indulgence – TCHO – was on the top floor. And, even though I was in the first […]

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Birthday giveaway: a few of my favourite things

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNER: LUCKY #56 – Jennifer from Massachusetts, USA! It’s my birthday today – yay! I get as much enjoyment by giving a gift to someone else on the day of my birth as I do receiving a gift. Occasionally, I’ll buy a meal for a homeless person or take a group of friends out for brunch, […]

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Oracle 2: a second glimpse of a WIP

Warning:  the following excerpt is unedited and unproofed. A black butterfly flitted through my peripheral vision. My stomach bottomed out even as I raised my head to follow the butterfly’s flight path. It danced along the eaves of the garage, then up over Beau’s shoulder. He didn’t seem to notice as it stopped to kiss […]

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James reviews I See Me (Oracle 1)

Okay. I wrote this entire blog post, then deleted it because I was boring myself. Ha. Instead, I will leave you with a screenshot of the review that inspired my deleted blog post and let you make your own observations. James – I hope you don’t mind me sharing this but I loved finding your review […]

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Book sales by country – August 2015

I started tracking my books sales by country last May and am exceedingly pleased to have added a bunch more countries in August! I’m getting an education as I add some of these countries to the map. I know the general area of most of them, of course. But pinpointing the exact locations has been an exceedingly […]