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Cast Away
It’s a sad day in the Maslen household.
After many years of faithful service, I have decided it’s time say goodbye to my cast iron frypans.
I bought them over 20 years ago on a day trip to Parklea Markets. Wandering finding stuff not to buy, I spied this set of three cast iron pans. They were simple but solid with strong wooden handles and at 22, ( Read more... ) -
Farewell 2011
I did say I was going to post at least once a week, and needless to say I have fallen behind. In my defense I will say that two weeks before the Christmas break I had to take on a new range of duties at work and I was getting home each evening exhausted and stressed out from trying to learn procedures that TPTB expected me (and everyone else in my ( Read more... ) -
Beware the Were
There’s a full moon tonight. And if that’s not enough - there’s a lunar eclipse expected ‘round midnight. Double the fun, eh ( Read more... ) -
Experiments in Cooking #457: Cake Mix Cookies
NOTE: This has been post dated because I didn't get the chance to upload it at the time of writing.
Baking Day is not till next Friday but I had a yen to do something cakey. Maybe it’s the cooler weather , which is decidedly un-Sydney in December. I figured I’d whip up a little something from my stockpile of recipes and take it into work for my ( Read more... ) -
Incident on Central St
Read something a few minutes ago that reminded me of an incident last week.
There’s this little side street that I cross on the way to and from the office each work day. It’s not much of a thing - one way and barely 2 car widths, but it does have a traffic light on the corner because it opens on to a busy city street. For those of you who know the ( Read more... ) -
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Thanks to those who responded to my tentative toe back into the water of livejournal. It has been a long time between drinks. Well... not really, but we’re not here to discuss my alcohol intake :-)
I’d like to say my life has undergone dramatic and life altering changes - for the better - since I last posted but...nah. So, for the benefit of ( Read more... ) -
Testing
It's been a while...need to see if I remember how to do this thing.
