Nov 23 2008
Marked in Ma.gnolia
Random things I’ve found on the web this week.
Trader Vic’s Crab Rangoons - Asian Appetizer Recipes
Crab puffs - Also known as crab rangoon, this excellent recipe comes from Shirley Fong-Torres.
Archive for November, 2008
Nov 21 2008
Shrinking
I feel like I need to consolidate my online existence. I have too many accounts at too many communities, and I’m just overwhelmed and failing to keep up with any of it. I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do to rein it all in, but I have to do something. For starters, I’m thinking about making Foxy Writer more of a “writer” site, with longer articles, a bookstore for recommended stuff, more in-depth reviews and so on. I don’t know if I’d stay with the blog format or not . . . To me, a blog seems to demand daily or almost daily posting. I find I can’t write about writing or reading fiction on a daily basis. It saps all my joy for doing either. I’m pretty certain I don’t have enough topics to post about to warrant two blogs (three if you count my Livejournal).
But I don’t know how I feel about posting shorter SF/F reviews here. They don’t seem to fit . . . yet they’re a part of my life as much as anything else. I need to think about it a bit, brainstorm or something. I just don’t want more than one blog anymore.
Nov 18 2008
Jewel Bug
This little costume jewelry bug belonged to my mother’s aunt. It was given to me at a family reunion this weekend, and I just love it! I think it’ll help brighten the cold winter ahead.
Nov 09 2008
Marked in Ma.gnolia
Random things I’ve found on the web this week.
Garden Fairies: Hand Embroidery Book Catalog
Embroidery Book Catalog. Garden Fairies has been in business since 1986 serving the smocking and heirloom sewing community. Give us a try we’re user friendly
Beginners Guide Books: Beginners Guide to Berlin Woolwork, Blackwork, Crewel Work, Drawn Thread, Goldwork, Mountmellick, Silk Shading, Stumpwork
Embroidery Merchandise. Embroidery Books, Royal School of Needlework, Inspirations a-z embroidered flowers, a-z of embroidery stitches, Mountmellick embroidery, book Blackwork embroidery books, Embroidery history books, Crewel embroidery books, Goldwork books
Nov 02 2008
Marked in Ma.gnolia
Random things I’ve found on the web this week.
Is Maman mean or magnifique? - Telegraph
An article on French child-rearing, from an Anglo-Saxon point-of-view.
“I will never forget my husband’s horror when some visiting Upper-West-Siders I barely knew arrived at one of our dinner parties with their uninvited nine-year-old son.
That would have been fine; except that Seth was one of these precocious Manhattan kids who had to sit at the table with adults. He completely took over the evening, interrupting adults’ conversations, and - to the delight of his besotted parents - performed a 10-minute hip-hop routine between courses.
In France, that would simply never have happened. The child would have been paraded out to say bonsoir, peck cheeks, and then scurry back to his or her room to read or study.
‘Children in France are seen, but not heard,’ says one American friend, Katherine, who is a mother of two. “Except on the playground, where the parents don’t get involved and then it becomes Lord of the Flies.’”
Tea and the Guillotine
“Along with the heads of Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette, another casualty of the French Revolution was tea.
Yes, really. It’s a little known fact, but after its introduction to Europe in the 17th century tea was tremendously popular in France. It first arrived in Paris in 1636 (22 years before it appeared in England!) and quickly became popular among the aristocracy. Cardinal Mazarin, the most powerful man in France under Louis XIV (great-great-great grandfather of the unfortunate Louis XVI), took tea regularly. Actually, he started drinking it because he thought it would help his gout, but it’s a safe bet he continued because he enjoyed the taste! “
