From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Watercress Soup

May 29, 2010

I miss Bones when he travels but at least he does bring back good presents. No fancy jewelry (for me at least, Audrey’s another story). My gifts are usually (happily) food-related. Hot sauces, jellies, jams, honeys, spices, salts…and my favorite – cookbooks. Many years ago he took a solo trip to the London Boat Show; I wanted to [...]

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Think, Baby, Think

May 26, 2010

I don’t like to watch the news. I find it depressing, scary, often violent. I don’t really need the gory details of the unspeakable acts humans perpetrate upon each other. I don’t want a tally of yesterday’s car wrecks, train derailments, rapes, murders, plagues and natural disasters. I have a vivid enough imagination to conjure up for myself the myriad things [...]

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Mezcal in Mexico

May 18, 2010

I’m still trying to sort out our summer vacation but at least Christmas is already in the bag. We’re going back to Mexico to stay at the Casa Raab in the tiny village of San Pablo Etla, a few miles outside of Oaxaca. Bones put together a slide show of his photos from our last trip about six years [...]

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At the Market

May 12, 2010

Grocery shopping on a small island can be hit or miss at times. I learned long ago that menus and shopping lists are only rough drafts. Keep your plans flexible until you hit the shops and see what’s on offer. Otherwise, disappointment looms. Instead of planning for tagliatelle with a pork and mushroom ragu, try for pasta with [...]

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My Brother, His Bride and a Beach

May 6, 2010

The bride wore flip flops. So did the groom and the Registrar. There were in fact no proper shoes at all on display when my youngest brother, Bragg, and his fiance, Erin, became husband and wife Saturday on the beach at Mango Bay, Virgin Gorda. I do love a beach wedding.

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