Month: February 2011

Husband shopping and other Craigslist encounters.

From Craigslist: a carpenter to build my beehive, three antique food crocks at a good price, a fold-out couch, a very good friend, people to take away my boxes, a woman to buy some beads, a hazelnut tree, wine jugs, a contractor, fencing boards… Continue Reading “Husband shopping and other Craigslist encounters.”

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About casinos and city visions

(I really don’t want to become one of those chronic letter-writers, but it seems this week there is just a lot to be said about decisions being made. Tonight is the city council hearing on the expansion of Edgewater and I am sure it… Continue Reading “About casinos and city visions”

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Save Flores Island!

(See my own photos of Flores Island here to get an idea of why I’m so concerned about the logging of this amazing place. My travelogue from our trip there in 2009 can be found here). Dear Minister of Natural Resource Operations, Minister of… Continue Reading “Save Flores Island!”

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In the Bookshed: Two local foods cookbooks

Two great new cookbooks emphasizing food of the Pacific Northwest – quiet different in feel and focus: Northwest Essentials: Cooking With Ingredients That Define a Region’s Cuisine (2nd edition) Greg Atkinson Sasquatch Books, 2010 Right off I’ll let you know – this is one… Continue Reading “In the Bookshed: Two local foods cookbooks”

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Working at getting in.

Phew! I just received an email notification from  SFU Admissions letting me know that I filled out my application for graduate studies correctly and I am now allowed to pay my application fee. Thank-goddess. At least I can get that part right in addition… Continue Reading “Working at getting in.”

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