Clinging to Summer, What I Wore

It’s been forever since I’ve done a What I Wore post — I’ve either been too busy with company or have been too much enjoying my, um, relaxed summer wardrobe, one that really doesn’t warrant…

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Leopards and Cheetahs and Tigers, Oh My!

 I hope you all saw the very helpful educational post at Une Femme the other day, clarifying the difference between leopard and cheetah patterning. In that same spirit, I thought a Public Service Announcement about…

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Down and Up, Up and Down

I crashed. Plummeted, really, this weekend. Can’t quite remember the trigger, but sometime after watching the engrossing and satisfying final Harry Potter on Saturday night, I settled in with those black dogs of depression and…

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Crab — Bait to Plate . . .

We’re still not done with that gorgeous chinook salmon my brother brought to last weekend’sfamily gathering.  After the leftovers were stripped of meat for the fishcakes, there was still head, skeleton, and odds ‘n ends…

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Fish Cakes, Get your Fish cakes right here . . .

Remember Saturday’s fish, caught by my bandana-ed brother in the background there, being expertly filleted by my son-in-law, the cook. While he and my brother prepared the fish to bone-free grill perfection, they put aside…

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