A Celebration of Mundanity

Here I am being sweet and cute making heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, sprinkled with wonderfully tart raspberries. It's just something small, but it's one of those small things that demonstrates…

What a sight today, two sights really. The first, seeing the museum being evacuated for some as yet unknown emergency, mobs and mobs of people spilling out the doors. It is unknown by me, as this…

My wishes for snow were granted. Although, it was only a dusting and it was short lived. And actually, just around the next corner onto the main road, the snow was already melted. It would have been…

Our dinner this evening was another work of art. This involved pork tenderloin marinated in pineapple juice, garlic and chili pepper. Apricots roasted with honey and orange juice. This was served…

Growing up we would always have pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day. Generally this involved kielbasa and pork chops, mashed potatoes and the kraut. This year, I put a twist on that tradition of…

It's the last day of the year already?  Well, here we are, 25 months into this adventure and it's the end of 2008. I know I've already reflected a bit on this already, but the year has flown by and…

This has been a strange holiday for us this year, no doubt. It is weird not being home and surrounded by family. However, we ended up really enjoying ourselves with just each other for company. It…

There I am, in a still photograph, in a promotional video about the numbers of specimens and the science done in the museum. It's in the main lobby and runs every few minutes. I honestly don't know…

This was the meal waiting for me when I arrived home from work tonight: Pan fried breast of pheasant served on poached pear. With two sauces: a shallot, vanilla, and white wine, cream sauce, and red…

I'm missing seeing some snow for the holidays, so I'm making some of my own using the Snow Days site.  I admit it is a little addicting.  It's also making me want to make paper snow flakes for in…