I have a big old Victorian house. One of the corollaries to that is that when the temperature drops precipitously outside (60 to below zero in less than 32 hours this week) it can get a tad cool inside.

That means, to me, it's baking weather. (I'm convinced that there's a reason Midwinter is traditionally cookie and pie season.)

So I pulled out the ( Read more... )

Fractals for dinner anyone?


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I finished a story last night, just need to read it over and tweak it a bit, and submit it. It's a novelette, 8,000 words before tweaking, and a prequel to Wild Snowy Chase. Jrilii just doesn't want her tale to be short!  I'd call her greedy, except she really isn't, except when it comes to wanting her people's snow-unicorns to survive and thrive ( Read more... )

I decided this weekend I needed to bite the bullet and get a new cell phone, but virtuously put it off until a couple of writing deadlines had passed (and stories submitted). So, today after work I looked up a close Verizon store, wrote down the address, and called them to check their hours. I told the cheerful, friendly (and doubtless cute) ( Read more... )

Joyous Solstice!

I'm not ready for the holidays, but I'm certainly ready for the days to start getting longer again.In cookie news, I've tried a new recipe that worked really well:

1 cup cashew butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
a few shakes of cayenne (or more or less to taste)
Ghiradelli chocolate bits

Mix the first four ingredients until well blended in a ( Read more... )

The Gluten-Free Trading Company is having a cookie exchange tomorrow. I may go, or I may not, but it got me thinking about holiday cookies ( Read more... )

So, Sunday and Monday I only ate things I had reason to believe were safe. The foods I ate at work were all things I've been eating safely for weeks, and the dinner, while at a restaurant, was at a restaurant where I've ordered the exact same meal repeatedly and been fine. The only thing I did that I haven't done since being on this diet was go to ( Read more... )

Last night I realized that my friend Susan Urban was playing as part of February Sky at the local coffeehouse. My Angel wasn't feeling well, having refused to call the dentist for weeks, so I made her eat soup and left her at home. The music was very good, including a new-to-me song about Guenevere:

She gathered her rosebuds while she might, the way ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned, I'm allergic to corn.

Now they're making "cornplastic" glasses, plates, forks, and the like.

Is it safe for me to eat with/out of them?

Another installment in my Gluten-Free Adventures--and an announcement ( Read more... )