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And in the realm of "I really should have said something before...."
Yes, it's my birthday today. Many thanks to the kind friends who are organized enough to remember such things (I don't know how you do it!) - your timely messages make me smile ( Read more... ) -
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One year ago today, a little girl came along and made me a mother. Nothing within recent memory has changed my life as profoundly as that act.
So much I want to say about that, but she's done eating now and wants to be up and doing. So for now I'll just say:
"Happy Birthday, Joy." -
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Just wanted to let my LJ-community know that I'm taking a short hiatus from blogging altogether, to consider how and where (and whether) it fits into my life right now. If I continue, it will be elsewhere (given that LJ has not revoked their tagging-by-others policy, as far as I know), but if at all possible I will try to stay connected to my LJ ( Read more... ) -
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LJ has been sold.
Yes, that would be me stepping up my plans to leave.
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Over at lj_biz, I just posted the following explanation of why I currently plan to leave LJ over this new tagging-others'-entries policy. It's philosophical, but at least it served to clarify my thinking.
The search for alternatives continues; my deepest thanks to those friends who have made suggestions. Can anyone tell me how to back up my ( Read more... ) -
Thought Police
Wow.
LJ just announced a new feature: the ability to flag one's content as "adult concepts," or to otherwise indicate that entries might not be suitable for those under 14. Now, when I first read about this, I thought it was the ability to flag one's own content - and it is - but when I read about it here, as the 11/29 entry in LJ-biz, it seems ( Read more... ) -
Old bike, anyone?
Before I freecycle my old bike from high school, it occurs to me to ask if anyone local who's reading this might like it.
Here's the description I've written for freecycle:
Grey men's 10-speed Fuji Supreme bicycle, almost 25 years old but perfectly rideable. Thin wheels, approx. 24" in diameter; I'm 5'2" and rode this bike, so it's not for the very ( Read more... ) -
The Winter Palate: Bacon, Cabbage
In the way that writers sometimes use story prompts to stimulate their writing, I use recipe prompts to stimulate my cooking. One of my favorites is: How can I use up X?
This is a particularly fun prompt because it tends to cascade: in planning how to use up X, my solution may yield extra Y, which starts the whole process over again. This works ( Read more... ) -
Winter Food Game
Now that the CSA has wound up for the year, I have wanted to invent a new game for the winter (and early spring, I guess) that will shape my cooking into both a creative outlet and a learning experience, the way that the CSA does during the rest of the year.
I think I have one now. But first, a little story.
Through the CSA, I have come into a ( Read more... ) -
Final CSA/New Game
In this, the last CSA box of the year, we got:- salad greens
- radishes
- fingerling potatoes
- a head of cauliflower
- celery