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Best Waffles from 101 Cookbooks
From Heidi Swanson’s venerable blog. A little rose water in the whipped cream goes a long way. I like that you don’t have to rest these overnight in the fridge or separate the egg yolks and whites. They’re really savory and satisfying–and not bad for you either with all the whole grain action.
Korean breakfast hand rolls
Kinda a cross between a breakfast taco and gimbap, a beautifully composed, portable snack roll with seaweed bark, an outer ring of rice, and a heart of anything delicious from kimchi to pickled radish to egg to tuna mayo. My version, you hand-fold and eat on the spot because you want the gyeran jim (KoreanContinue reading “Korean breakfast hand rolls”
Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season One: Comfort
I’m starting a short series today of excerpts from a project that I’ve been working on for about 3 years, a devotional that I started writing based on the Bible passages that got me through the most intense period of trauma and recovery from narcissistic discard. To be honest I’m nervous about sharing this projectContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season One: Comfort”
Upcycled Cashmere CYA Mini-Skirt
I love it when seemingly unrelated problems get together and solve themselves. It saves me a lot of work. In this case the problems were as follows: Don’t get me wrong: I own multiple pairs of tights. They are unbeatable for cycling and cross-country skiing, also climbing and running (in the winter). And I amContinue reading “Upcycled Cashmere CYA Mini-Skirt”
Friday Favorites: Feedly Clean-up (Arts Edition)
Wednesday’s Child: The Sword of Damocles
For all of us who are a few years past AP History… “The Sword of Damocles” was an Ancient Greek morality tale about a courtier who wanted to be king. Damocles was a hanger-on in the court of the tyrant Dionysius II of Sicily, and one day he got carried away with his flattery andContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: The Sword of Damocles”
Wednesday’s Child: With your shield or on it
Among the ancient Greeks the Spartans fielded the most feared and skillful hoplites, or infantrymen. They were famous for their ascetic lifestyles, training in martial arts from the age of seven. Spartans disdained luxuries of every sort in order to harden themselves for battle and keep their egos in check. (A visiting traveler once quippedContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: With your shield or on it”
Ceramics Saturdays: Ippodo Gallery NYC
I was in New York last weekend for a concert, but it was also Asia Week while we were in town–an annual Asian art fair that always features a couple big auctions, great shows at galleries and museums, etc. I’ve always wanted to go, so even though we were busy with the concert and eatingContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Ippodo Gallery NYC”
Aikido and Rhetoric: Opposites Attract
The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, fire and water, yin and yang. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace I think that if one were to order all mankind to bring togetherContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Opposites Attract”
The Rookery 