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Good Things Friday
MY birthday It was my birthday this week, and along with that came the obligatory eating. My Dad rang me up last Friday “I’m ringing for your Mum, she wants us to have lunch on Sunday. Can you book somewhere” Cue me trying to find somewhere decent, convenient and open for Sunday lunch with room for six people. I settled on Park Street Pasta and Wine which is not too far from us and convenient for Mum and Dad to drop down off the freeway. My eldest had to work but the other two kids could make it and the six of us had a lovely lunch. Bonus that we…
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List #1: My favourite ways to eat leftovers
If you read my 101 list carefully (don’t worry if you didn’t) you may have noticed #5—50 lists blog project. This is the first entry. So leftovers, some people love them, some people loathe them. I’m a lover of leftovers. Maybe because I’m the main (only?) cook around here. Here are some of my favourite ways to finish off the leftovers. Do you like leftovers? What are your favourite ways to finish off the leftovers? Do you make extra food so you can have leftovers?
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October’s Books
I didn’t finish any books in November with all our travel but here’s the books I read in October The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays – Wendell Berry (5 stars) I read this book over several months and I know I will go back to it. I have reams of highlights that I need to trawl through. This is a collection of essays offering an agrarian alternative to our urban culture. Now, I’m not planning to take myself off to the country, but there are still plenty of things I can do from where I am. He offers a challenging critique of modernisation and industrialisation and their disruption…
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Good Things Friday
I know NaBloPoMo is finished but it’s Friday and I just had to do a good things post. TRAVEL … AND COMING HOME If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I’ve been travelling for a month which was exciting, fascinating, awesome, but it’s also good to be home. I love to see new places and experience new things, try all the food, and take all the photos, but it was still lovely to settle back into home this week. Sleeping in my own bed, relaxing in my big, beautiful bath and simple, home-cooked meals. BRINGING HOME SOME TRAVELLING HABITS AND SURPRISE ENCOUNTERS While we were away, we relied on…