today i received this beautiful icon by the hand of paul drozdowski. it made a rainy day in raleigh much nicer.


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i have been playing this song in my head for a while thinking about good friends of mine ( Read more... )

2 cups dry posole (picked over for any dirt or stones ( Read more... )

for the book fellowship members who asked for this recipe ( Read more... )

Christ is risen!

forgive me, a sinner.

the information blackout is over.

no cable or internet since 12/26, but it was restored yesterday.

"hmm sir, it seems your service was mistakenly turned off." go figure

the information dry spell did let me catch up on some reading - so all in all it was only a small inconvenience.

and happy birthday to doara

i made these potatoes for dinner tonight with some channa masala. i laughed thinking that for ambermae the potatoes would be kryptonite ( Read more... )

i recently gave nadine (she's got a livejournal account, but she won't give me her journal name) my recipe for aloo gobi - so i thought i would post another one of my favorite indian recipes ( Read more... )

happy birthday to chris_of_egypt

didn't leave work until 11:30 pm last night, so it was a very long day (0630-2330). my head was swimming when i woke up so i missed 3rd hour prayers - i hate missing 3rd hour.