Culinary Chronicles - Asian Cuisine #1: Stir-Fried Bok Choy with Chicken

One of the things I like best is experimenting with different cuisines. This month I've been learning Asian, or more specifically, Korean cooking. Its all thanks to Chloe Lim, the Korean Food Addict (at kfoodaddict.com) who has posted many wonderful Korean dishes. I recommend you visit her site and learn some things. Its great!The first time I looked through her site I was like, "Wow! That looks so delicious but I don't have some of those ingredients."...

Read More

New Crochet Pattern (Part One): Floppy Hat

!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } -I iiiiiiiI !-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08i Hats fascinate me. I always wanted hats when I was younger but we were never hat people, and I couldn't afford them myself. So when I learned to crochet I found some hat patterns and have been experimenting ever since. My favorite to wear are beret's and similar looking hats. I don't do baseball caps, beanies (usually),...

Read More

In My Backyard - Issue #7 - Rabbit

 More Than Just a Rabbit When you look up at the moon, what do you see? The man in the moon? A rabbit making mochi? --What?! A rabbit? Making mochi?Never have I looked up at the moon and seen a rabbit; making a mashed rice dish, no less. But in Japan, it is said that Rabbits live on the moon where they pound glutinous rice in an usu, or what we would call a mortar and pestle. So much for the man in the moon. Then again, maybe now the man in...

Read More

Resolution or Plain Resolve

In my last post called Getting it Straight -- Maybe I talked about finally coming to terms with what I wanted, building my own business or writing. I realized that I could not devote the proper amount of time necessary to each of the projects I had and that I must downsize. Well, I am finally at peace with leaving my business behind (for now) and heading full force into writing, since it is the love of my life. This brings me to my post for today.The...

Read More

Getting it Straight -- Maybe

Its taken me years to come to the point where I can say I know what I want. I'm not sure its exactly slow-learning or preoccupied. I've said before how I've always wanted to do everything from crafting and writing, to medicine and history, and even astronomy. I have vast interests, yes, which have created a problem for me when it comes to settling down to working on one, or two. As I have grown, naturally my desires and interests have grown with...

Read More

Classic Christmas Movie Review #5 - White Chrstmas

(Well I had expected to have these reviews finished before Christmas but unfortunately my schedule didn't permit it. And since I promised to write them I will write them anyway. Ordinarily, I would be angry at myself for missing a deadline, even if it was only one I gave myself. But I am learning through all this how to balance my schedule and just how much I can write within the time frames I give myself. I seem to be a slow learner when it comes...

Read More