Remember the 24 Months? – Returning to the notion of “What can I do with my life in two years, in 24 easy-to-manage one month portions” Project, I sum up the four major goals that I think will help me with housecleaning, and I start thinking about Pentathlon. (read more…)

The Big Kitchen Thing – I’m not a recipe girl. I mix and match ingredients I like, until I make food that I like. I shopped at the Farmer’s Market on Sunday, attended a swim party/BBQ on both Sunday night and again on Monday. And so on Tuesday I finally attacked all the fresh food in my kitchen. After staying up late and getting up early, I have a fridge full of food cooked, chopped, assembled, and packed for over a week of good eating. Enjoy my “recipes” for Rice Salad, Chopped Apple Salad, Green Salad and Toppings, Stir-fried Squash, and Curried Lentils and Beans. (read more…)

Fires, fires, fires (pics) and some summer updates – All the latest about the fires nearby: My experiences, my photos, and links to several maps, photos, articles, and videos. Then a quick summary of weddings, An Tir/West war, and visiting Florida. (read more…)

Crown Tourney Results – A little story about a Family Memorial I attended on Friday morning, and then my experiences as a Consort in the Crown Lists of Caid (which means in the SCA, I might have been the new Princess and the next Queen for our southern CA group, for the next 9 months). My fighter didn’t win, but it was a high-point of honor for me, that he fought on my behalf in this List. (And I do describe who won, for the rare person who might not know already.) (read more…)

East Coast Time – I’m home safely from Pennsic and although I don’t have Pennsic stories or photos for you yet (soon! soon!), I did leave you links to last year’s (in case you’re really bored), and I’ve started experimenting with the idea of just living on East Coast time, right here in the Pacific time zone. It’s got some potential! (read more…)