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"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Peanut Zombies and Squeamish Vegans: My First Blogoversary
Today is my first blogoversary! I started my blog on January 29, 2011 with a post about Salsa dancing. I had thought the hard part was to get my husband to go to a dance lesson with me, but … Continue reading
Boxed in
Boxed in Petting tigers, singing in a bar, riding a mechanical bull? Should I really be calling myself “too timid and squeamish,” you may ask. I’ve been thinking about what I am the most “timid and squeamish” about. At the … Continue reading
Posted in 101 things
Tagged 101-things, comfort zone, Meetup, Photoshop, timid and squeamish
11 Comments
What’d You Do with the Money?
This is part of a series, “Scene from a memoir I haven’t written yet.” Please scroll to the bottom to see how to link up a post of your own. What’d You Do with the Money? “A long long time … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Scene from a memoir
Tagged American Pie, blog hop, link party, memoir, Scene from a Memoir, writing prompt
9 Comments
Homemade corn tortillas (and tamales too): Masa harina two ways
“If at first you don’t succeed, and you happened to have accidentally ordered fours times the amount of masa harina that you meant to while clicking away on the Internet, try, try again.” Homemade Corn Tortillas My first attempt at … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged corn tortillas, homemade, Meatless-Monday, recipe, tamales, vegetarian, whole grain
18 Comments
Three lies: Can you spot them?
I throw this challenge out to you: Identify the three lies below, and share your guess in the comments. (I posted something like this on Facebook a few years ago, but it has remained unsolved.) If any of you want … Continue reading
Maple Macadamia Nut Butter and Back to School Oatmeal
This simple nut butter is so easy to make and so special to have on my morning oatmeal. I have been making more of an effort to eat a good breakfast each day this week as part of the Healthy … Continue reading
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies in Cages with Tigers
This is part of a series, “Scene from a memoir I haven’t written yet.” Please scroll to the bottom to see how to link up a post of your own. Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies in Cages with Tigers I … Continue reading
Posted in Scene from a memoir, Travel
Tagged blog hop, link party, memoir, Scene from a Memoir, Thailand, tiger, travel, writing prompt
36 Comments
Quarterly report #3: 101 things in 1001 days
October, November, and December, 2011 I am nine months into my project to complete 101 things in 1001 days with 41 tasks done and 60 more to go; I definitely slowed down during the last few months. Still, progress is progress. With … Continue reading
Writing goals
Thanks for the support, but I am going to stop reporting at this time to focus on other things. Update: Sun., Feb. 12, 2012 Write at least one “Scene from a Memoir” draft a week, and publish a scene twice … Continue reading
More random blog comments
Photo by Nina Matthews Continuing my task to make 50 random blog comments, these ones were admittedly less random than my first batch. I am often a lurker, but I have been working on commenting more often on the blogs … Continue reading →