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Projects
Now that everyone has gotten whatever surprises there were, here are some of the things I’ve been working on in past months. Mostly, though, I forget to take photos before I give things away. I enjoyed making these cute little … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gifts, Things I made
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Cleaning lady lives matter
In an interview in the Sunday Business section of Sunday’s (Feb. 7)  New York Times,  Adam Bryant asked Walt Bettinger, C.E.O. of the Charles Schwab Corporation, about lessons he had learned in college. Here’s Bettinger’s response: A business strategy course in my senior year … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, How to live
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I’m still here
I appreciate my blog. I do. I appreciate my daughter Lyza for quietly renewing the URL every year. It’s just that there are so many other things to do than write entries in it. Things mostly involving fabric and yarn, … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Things I made
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All folks want is recipes
I did my 6-week pass at Facebook today and found two requests for recipes I helped publish when I was working for The Oregonian’s FoodDay section in the late ’90s. I remember battling another editor to the mat over publishing the … Continue reading
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Artisan bread: easy, easy, easy!
I’ve known for several years that home cooks could bake artisan-type bread, the kind with the crispy crust and the chewy interior with lots of air holes, in a Dutch oven, but a recipe published in The Oregonian in about … Continue reading
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I can see clearly now
I Â look at my face in the mirror and think, this is how I am going to look for the rest of my life. I wander into the bathroom late in the evening and start to wash my hands before … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Happiness, Observations
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A rutabaga recipe
In 1997, when I was working with The Oregonian’s FoodDay section, I had to fight to get this recipe included among the Top 10 recipes of the year. I thought it was so good that I steam-rolled the rest of … Continue reading
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