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In my wake, take care
Great writers have left behind their share of cigarette butts, empty reels of typewriter tape, crumpled pages, and empty gin bottles. While I am not a great writer (someday, I hope) I too leave behind...
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Lonely Places
I think it is in the places that we expect to see people, to be surrounded by their familiar swarm, to be in the midst of the hive, it is in these places where we sense being alone the most. The...
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A little teaser – with cinnamon scrolls…
This weekend was spent taking long, mist filled morning walks with my little sister… We enjoyed the brisk air for 5 wonderful miles before hurrying home to defrost beside the oven and cook up some...
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Silence, and so much to say
My dearest readers, Have you ever had so much to say that words simply escape you? So many thoughts, ideas, and plans chasing each other around, searching to be expressed, that you cannot utter (or...
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Blood Orange Poppyseed Cake (gluten free)
Unexpected guests and unexpected gifts provided sweet seasoning to the flavour of last weekend. After visiting with some old family friends and passing some pleasant hours talking about travel, tea,...
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Spring smiles, or, tomato, butter bean, and brown rice salad
The first were handed over with a shy smile, and were clutched in my still winter-numb hands like precious amber and citrine nuggets. The next week as I exclaimed over the wondrous flavour of the...
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My relationship with food: Food and family
I grew up in a family that loves food. We weren’t ‘foodies’ by any stretch of the imagination, but we always had fresh, home-cooked, handmade, delicious food on our table. My Dad has long been...
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Fitness and Food
Again, thank you to everyone who commented on my last two posts for this series about my relationship with food and my body. This post is much more upbeat I promise you. As always, please share your...
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International Women’s Day 2013: to my Dad
Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day. This year, I am dedicating International Women’s Day to my Dad. Or, more generally, to the people who are responsible for raising the strong, independent,...
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Shatter and Seek
Two years ago this would have crushed me. I would have crawled into my bed and stayed under the covers for a week. In my cocoon of blankets I could have pretended that the world outside hadn’t changed...
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Salted Cashew and White Chocolate Cookies (gluten free)
Today is Saturday. I don’t think you can find a person in the world who doesn’t understand the fragile and fleeting beauty of a Saturday morning. More energetic than a Friday night when you are tired...
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Hot Kipfler Potato, Capsicum, and Basil Salad (gluten free, vegetarian)
Let’s talk about potatoes. I am a picky potato consumer. My mother is Danish and my father Tasmanian (i.e. two of the biggest potato-based cuisines on earth), so as a youngster there were a lot of...
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Grateful For You, Dad
This week I am putting off the normal Gratitude List until tomorrow and dedicating today to my Dad. I am grateful to have this man as my father and my friend. My Dad and Me. Today, a number of years...
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Gratitude List Week Thirty-Eight
This week was packed with so many things to enjoy that the time flew past and now I can sit back and relive them and really understand what I was grateful for in the moment of each one. Monday: I was...
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Merry Christmas to All
This is only a short post today to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season. Although many find this time of year stressful and overwhelming we should really take the time to focus on all that...
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These Things Happen
I had an awesome taco recipe to share with you today. Proof: Sometimes though the universe throws a major spanner in the works and you end up having an emergency laparoscopy and cholecystectomy (the...
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Balsamic-Glazed Onion Tacos Two Ways
Let’s get back to some regularly scheduled eating now, shall we? Relationships, like dinners, are about compromise. I don’t see compromise as a negative experience – at dinner or in a relationship. In...
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Gratitude List 2014 – Week Six
Week Six of 2014 was very quiet, restful and full of healing. Sometimes the best way to heal yourself is to just let Mother Nature stay her course towards knitting you back together and making you...
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Coffee Banana Date Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream
How do you say thank you? Are you a flowers or chocolates person? Perhaps a nice note? Thank you notes are exciting and old fashioned and polite. No one ever seems to send them anymore. Note to myself:...
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Sprinkled Coconut Ice
I know a sweet recipe is good when my little sister, who is usually collected, healthy and wholesome about her diet, loses her control and eats two or three pieces in one fell swoop. When I was...
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