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Another baking day
I decided to have another big baking day, this time for “Comfort For Christchurch”, a group who are delivering food parcels to the worst-affected suburbs. So I made: Lemon & Coconut Slice (which didn’t work as well as I hoped, because the filling didn’t quite set. MrPloppy reckons they still taste good though, and happily…
Oh Christmas Tree…
So our annual Bookcrossing Christmas party happened on Saturday night, but our traditional Christmas tree didn’t. It was just too wet. Heavy rain for most of the day, and although it had eased off a little by evening, it was still drizzling and very cold, and hanging books from trees wouldn’t have been fun. So…
Look what just arrived
Thanks, Yetzirah, it’s absolutely gorgeous!
What I read in 2006
Total: 140 books January (16) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Disappearing Rain by Deena Larsen (hypertext novel) Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes Diary by Chuck Palahniuk Clara’s Heart by Joseph Olshan The Color of Television by Stuart Moulthrop and Sean Cohen (hypertext novel) Joe’s Heartbeat in Budapest by Ruth Nestvold (interactive fiction) Star…
From my travel journal: Friday 8 April, 8.45 am
Lubbock, Texas A very late night last night, as we all were reaching the end of our supplies of clean clothes so had to hit the motel’s laundry after dinner. There was only one machine, so it took a long time for our two loads to go through, and then even longer waiting for another…
I'm not one to jump on a bandwagon…
…but as everyone else seems to be stealing this questionaire from each other, I thought I’d have a go too: Things you may not have known about me: A) Four jobs I have had in my life:1. Making sandwiches for the Otago cricket team (ok, it was only for one weekend, but it gave me…