Posts in the "Random Musings" Category

  • I love this quote and think it sums up the spirit of this blog perfectly…
    “A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.”  ~James Beard
    I highly recommend reciting that to yourself 10 times when next that last brownie is beckoning to you, and you have any silly qualms about [...]

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  • spring has sprung!

    For some bizarre reason my mother and I got into the habit of reciting this absurd rhyme to each other every spring day, and now spring hasn’t sprung without it…
    So in honour of spring, mothers and weird traditions everywhere, I give you my version of the world’s silliest rhyme;

    Spring has sprung, the grass is ris,
    I [...]

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  • Today it’s so cool to live in the Southern Hemisphere ’cos for us it’s the first day of spring!  So sorry for all you Northies up there, your summer is over, and ours is just about to begin – WooHoo! Anyhow, in honour of this momentous day (especially momentous for me because I am so over [...]

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