Month: August 2006
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How to do Pasta
When the salted water is spitting hot, toss in the pasta. As it goes around and upside down bubbling, entertain yourself as you confetti a porcelain bowl with the following friends… Purplish black olives, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted pine nuts, crumbled…
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Flew To London
Guess who flew British Airways to London, from San Francisco yesterday? His plane arrived safely, in fact it was the last plane to fly out of London (to Marseille,) before the Red Alert was put into action. When I heard…
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And the Beat Goes On
We all have a bad habit, some of mine include: Taking big bites- Putting my foot in my mouth- Waiting until the last minute- and amongst numerous others, I…
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Headache
Headache: The bruising bursting, light pounding, noise fearing, smell sensitive, one-sided, throbbing, vomiting, gotcha good headache. The type of headache where I feel like taken off my head, and walking around headless, I’ll even carry the dog and I am…
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Snapshots of the Last Few Days
On the way home from our family trip to Oregon we took a pit stop by this larger than life mural. Yann is petting the dog, as George takes a double take, "Is it real?" My Mother’s garden is full…
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The Storyteller
While waiting for dinner, Yann tells a story to entertain the little nieces and nephews. He has them by the first word, his accent doesn’t distract them, instead they are hypnotized by his tale: Wide-eyed-wonder, May-May is no longer in…