“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every
experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
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This is Mr. Fish. Isn’t he just too freakin’ sexy-cute? (I’m not used to the beard, but I think it’s pretty fun). Sadly, he was unable to come with the Guppy & myself on our North American adventure. I’m missing him something awful. So is the Guppy.
The above photo was taken of him playing this [...]
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Holy portion sizes, Batman! I’m back in the land where everything is bigger, newer, brighter & shiner! I am extremely thrilled to spend time with my family, so excited to eat pinto beans, green chilies, or blue corn chips whenever I want to, and to catch Sesame Street on PBS with the Guppy! I [...]
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” From hunger I saw one man die, from eating I’ve seen hundreds die. ”
Benjamin Franklin
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NB: Just a quick yet sincere thanks to everyone who left me such kind comments on this post! You all really made my day! I’m not ready for Etsy yet (it hadn’t even occurred to me) but now you’ve got me thinking!
It’s that time of year : Summer Vacation! Before putting away our textbooks and [...]
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NB: Suite à un accident technique où j’ai perdu toute mes photos (sauf une) des gourmandises de cette journée, je voulais renoncer et ne pas écrire le suivant. Mais, me voila, j’ai un peu (beaucoup) de retard…faisons semblant qu’on est toujours au mois de juin? Due to a technical error where I lost [...]
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I’ve talked about my new-found obsession love for sewing here and here and here and here. A bit back I found the this great (super-easy) bag tutorial over at Tiny Happy (who just has the most lovely ideas). I was really motivated to try and make myself a bag, so after spotting some fun fabric [...]
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“L’avenir s’ouvre, plein d’opportunités, je n’ai pas de fardeau du passé à porter.”
Ingrid Betancourt
(”The future is opening up before me, full of opportunities,
I don’t have the burden of my past to bare.” Ingrid Betancourt*)
Ingrid Betancourt was freed after 2324 days of captivity by the FARC in Colombia. 14 other hostages were freed as well. [...]
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A few weeks back Ricki posted a most excellent raw bar she created. The “Fig and Cherry Bars have become my favourite raw bar and I’ve made these puppies 4 times already! (This is indeed a lot because neither the Guppy or Mr. Fish will eat them. I don’t know why. They are the [...]
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This month Ben of What’s Cooking? and Kellypea of Sass & Voracity proposed a fabulous challenge to the Daring Bakers, the “Danish Braid” from Sherry Yard’s The Secrets of Baking. I was honestly thrilled as I read through our défi for the month of June, because it was totally and completely new and 100% never [...]
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