Archive | August, 2011

Hands

I know I don’t have nice hands. I can count on one, the number of times I’ve put polish on in the last 20 years. I use them too much. They are tools. I use them to dig in the garden without gloves, dirt under my nails. They are often paint stained. Sometimes they’re rough [...]

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I love you

I love you chocolate, dark and smooth. You’re rich, but I can take you, a little bit at a time…not too much, for I may swoon! Especially when you make me forget that I have other obligations. Yes, you make me happy, but for now, I must be contented with small portions of you…a nibble [...]

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On A Movie Set In Courage, New Hampshire

When you live in Los Angeles, chances are you know someone in the movie or televison industry. So when I got an email from my Casting Director/Producer friend, Frances Mena, last Friday night asking if Sophie and I wanted to be extras on the set of “Courage, New Hampshire, a historical drama set in 1770, [...]

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Seviche-Style Shrimp And Avocado Tacos

I made these twice this week. Once when my long time high school friend, Rita, came to visit from Washington, DC. I’d never made them before so she helped me decide it they were “blog worthy”. They indeed were, but by that time, the sun was long gone and I had lost my opportunity to [...]

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Caramel Pecan Turtles With Sea Salt

I am pretty easily pleased when it comes to gifts, and my friends know that I am happy with food related things. So, for my “big” birthday, I received some Maldon Sea Salt flakes from France, White Hawaiian salt crystals, a salt cellar and lots other food related gifts. Way back in one of my [...]

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Sensual

Or, What A Girl Smells. I decided to write this post one morning while I was running. I realized that, every day, I reach out and try to run my hands up the stalks of the “lucky” lavender bushes that dot my route, until I reach the flower, and then I sniff my hand. I [...]

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