Be warned - once you use Meadowbrook Farms heavy cream to make whipped cream you will be ruined for any other whipped cream. Period. I don't know where the stuff is available retail, I just add it to my weekly order when I need a fix, but it is in your best interest to find this … Continue reading Best friggin’ whipped cream – ever
My first 5K!
image: Bob Kopacimage: Bob KopacThis was actually my second 5K if you count the year I did the Freihofer's Run with my friend, Sharon. I think it was 1998 and I know I had to stop and walk once or twice before finishing in about 38 or 39 minutes. And, I believe we lubricated our … Continue reading My first 5K!
Sunday dinner
Seems like a long time since I've done a Sunday dinner post. Last week's dilemma was my indecision about whether I should run or eat. Because I sometimes have an issue with making choices, I went with all three. "Three?" you say, "Weren't there only 2 options?" Perhaps to those who think in a much … Continue reading Sunday dinner
a weighty subject
In the last week, a minimum of 8 people made comments to me about my weight. No one was overly critical, but there was a note of concern in more than one voice. I can only imagine that if 8 people said something to my face, another 5 or 10 had said something behind my … Continue reading a weighty subject
Lark Street is for Lovers – and art and kids
On Saturday I actually was able to bring my youngest child to an event on Lark Street without fear that he would be visually assaulted by public urination (no, Quinn, it isn't ok for people to pee outside. Unless they're camping, of course) or intoxicated revelers. Yes, as you could probably tell by the rainy forecast, … Continue reading Lark Street is for Lovers – and art and kids
running diaries chapbook – part III
I was running the other evening and started thinking about a conversation I had shared earlier with someone to whom I am very close, a person who wants to take care of me in a way I have never known. I took note of my grey exercise skort and my different shade of grey jersey, and … Continue reading running diaries chapbook – part III
running diaries chapbook – part II
image from: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/ The runs I resist the most, are always the most satisfying. The unexpected charm of an arid mountain, climbing to the cloudless sky in 85 degrees. Running along the port on the north side of Amsterdam's Central Station, listening to Bono count to One...a drizzly jog down the west shore of Greenwood … Continue reading running diaries chapbook – part II
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