soap and swine flu
after a morning of reading increasingly alarming reports of swine flu, i have three suggestions for surviving the pandemic: 1. isolate yourself (stock up on food supplies and stay home….i’m going out to buy canned and dried stuff in a few minutes…even enough for a couple of weeks could make a difference). 2. cover your [...]
true blue treasury
i’m in another treasury….have a look at these gorgeous things curated by the lovely michelle at sierra snow soaps. link to actual treasury here.
etsy classic gifts for mom guide 2009
one of my lovely customers (thank you anna!) alerted me this morning….one of my soap listings is in the etsy classic gifts for mom guide. (yes, my mother always gets soap too). if you click on any of the thumbnails, you’ll be taken straight to the item pictured.
i was thrilled to be included in this delightful treasury, curated by heartsabustin.
something small but wonderful
i have just eaten two sweet, tart, perfumed passionfruit from my very own passionfruit vines! these are one of my very favourite fruits. how rewarding to plant a spindly little 20cm vine and well under than a year later, to be gathering a generous crop! it seems to be well-pleased with the soil and the [...]
food is culture
like, totally….. i’ve known this for a long time (maybe not intellectually, but definitely in my stomach)….and then i read massimo montanari’s wonderful book food is culture …..in which he explores the idea that absolutely everything to do with food is a cultural act. hunting it, growing it, cooking it or not cooking it, sitting [...]
lemon tree
this lemon tree languished in a pot on a hot balcony, for years, when we lived in cairns. when we moved here, it got transplanted into the ground at last, but i fear we didn’t pick a very intelligent spot for it. it’s still only about fifty centimetres tall and up until now, it has [...]
three beautiful things
i haven’t done this for a while. 1. cooking in our temporary, open-air kitchen. coffee and porridge just tastes so good. 2. our skinny boy, caramello, (or calamari, as maurice taken to calling him), has put on a little more weight…..you cannot see the knobs of his spine any more. he;s still a long skinny [...]
more taj mahal
i uploaded a few more photos of the taj mahal…out the dozens and dozens and dozens i took. there is a short slideshow here. i hope you find the bas-relief and inlay work details interesting. it was all exquisite, of course.
emusic.com
an internet friend put me onto www.emusic.com a month or two back. i suppose the whole world knows about it, apart from me, but if you don’t, then here is the scoop: all you kids with your ipods and mp3 players….emusic is a great place to get all sorts of very well-priced music. try 40 [...]
future primitive
i got such a nice blogging today from the lovely antonia at future primitive. she makes handmade soap ….so for all you brits who rightly cannot stomach the insane postage costs for soap from australia or the US…..future primitive looks like a fabulous homegrown option. she even has an artfire shop, how much simpler can [...]
