I am so pathetic in my sickness (it’s just a cold, but a bad one), that Kavi came to me after Anand went to bed and said, “Mommy, I still have an hour until bedtime and I’ve done all my homework; are there any chores I could help you with?” So in the last 45 […]
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In case it’s of interest, I had a gift certificate for $200 in books, and I decided to go all in on food memoir-ish stuff. This is what I’ve ordered: The Language of Baklava, Diana Abu Jaber A Cook’s Tour, Anthony Bourdain My Life in France, Julia Child Home Cooking, Laurie Colwin How to Cook a
You know I’ve been too busy when I get months behind on posting photos from my phone. Let’s see if I can identify these meals: a) I made a salad with roasted brussels sprouts — I remember that it was tasty, but don’t remember the occasion! b) This was dinner in Greektown with George R.R.
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I’ve started reading this book, and while some of it isn’t so relevant to me (geared towards professional food photographers or those who would like to become them, so talking about apertures and the like), some of it is. I’d like to take better photos for you all. And the intro was actually just rather
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Recently someone in our garden club asked about how you put together a terrarium. Since our house cleaner also recently knocked over and broke the small terrarium we had (sitting on an overly-tippy end table), I took that opportunity to pick up what I’d really wanted all along — a taller, free-standing terrarium, big enough
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Family tech & habits update: We’re trying to wean the kids from spending so much time passively consuming visual entertainment (Kavi has watched all of Friends TWICE, which just seems wrong), so with the new year, we’re trying something new. We turn off all family devices at 7:30 (bedtime for the 10-year-old is 8:30), so
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GAH. Woke up with yesterday’s cough turned into a different kind of cough, more phlegmy. I think that’s actually progress, but it feels worse. Also, my head is a ball of snot. I may refrain from trying to do delectable food descriptions for a day or two, as right now, every adjective I come up
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Here’s a little Feast milestone — we’ve sent out all the Kickstarter edition copies we’d ordered. Eep! In theory, I could still buy more from IngramSpark as POD, but I’m hoping to never do that again, as they cost $20 each to print, which means I don’t even really break even on those, once you
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Kavi has discovered the #spacecats can also be very helpful when one is writing return addresses on Christmas cards. (Yes, we haven’t sent out our cards yet. Don’t judge us. They’re coming!) #serendibhome
It’s been an evolution, figuring out how to do at least three different jobs (professor, indie publisher, nonprofit arts director) as one person. Part of that was realizing I needed help, and then it turned out that it took me quite a while to find the right *kind* of help. I think I’m making good
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