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Whole-wheat buttermilk

I’ve had a pretty fun time joking about my rack on this lovely website.  I have hailed The Glorious Rack in all its wonder… I have also called it a couple of socks with oranges in them behind The Rack’s back…  shhhh.

In celebration of all things baby this week, I posted a giveaway at Blissfully Domestic for this beautiful kusakizome kimono from Tomo&Edie. Madder root has been used for centuries to achieve deep reds and oranges.

I put this in my Netflix queue this week. For some reason, I'm feeling a strong urge to watch it again.

Iron Jawed Angels Preview: We Ask Equality

Chris Elrod has been writing a great series on warming up your winter interiors.  My favorite, of course, is the cheapest least expensive.  You can paint, get new curtains window treatments,

Good neighbors are such a blessing, and we feel lucky to be surrounded by terrific people we really like. We invited our Japanese friends Isamu and Akiko and their children for dinner one night — they are such nice people, and Akiko takes my child to school on the days when the bus arrives early or never arrives at all. It’s hard to know what to cook for people you don’t know well, so when Akiko mentioned that they had honeymooned in Lisbon, I settled on Spanish food.

As the post below notes, context is crucial in weighing the merits of an accusation or claim in political campaign. I had read this info about Romney's "tough on crime" ad running against Huckabee in Iowa, and had dismissed it as typical campaign rhetoric; however, in light of my post about Huckabee's fiscal record, I thought it was significant to point out the pitfalls of comparing the "

So earlier, I was making pomanders by sticking cloves in oranges. Don't be impressed -- I was desperately avoiding decorating the second tree, wrapping presents, doing laundry and cleaning the bathrooms.

So earlier, I was making pomanders by sticking cloves in oranges. Don't be impressed -- I was desperately avoiding decorating the second tree, wrapping presents, doing laundry and cleaning the bathrooms.

I'm not usually crafty, but I had inventoried my spices and herbs this afternoon when I was printing my recipes for our Christmas Eve get-together. I'm going to try to get the bulk of my grocery shopping done tomorrow, leaving time Sunday afternoon to run back to the store for the ha