Cure for what Ails Me? Bread-baking and Kimchi-makng

My last post evinced a determination to stay still for a moment; that determination has been significantly aided by something nasty of the Upper Respiratory variety. That the Universe insists I stay put is underlined…

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Six (and a jumble) Things Saturday, Some Random Before Christmas. . .

Still bubbling over with Random here, and I was looking forward to coralling that Random into a Five Things Friday post. Instead, yesterday was conscripted for 1) Finally writing the final post in my Ferrante…

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Apple Pie and Patience and Metamorphosis — Really! All in one Post!

Success! Or closer to, at least. And I thought you’d all like to be reassured that yes, she can bake an apple pie in a Bordeaux kitchen far from home.  Using a completely different recipe…

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Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

 We had a wonderful weekend — a tour of the Portes Ouvertes of some of the wine chateaux of the Fronsac appellation on Saturday. I was brave enough to contribute my very obviously fait-main, rustic tarte…

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Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Renting an apartment in Bordeaux for two full months is an extravagance, but for years, I have wanted to nestle into a home in France long enough to get a sense of living here, to…

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