Last weekend we walked to a local Vietnamese New Year (Tết) celebration held near our house called Tếtfest. Tết is the Vietnamese version of what most people refer to as Chinese…
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Every good survival story starts with locking yourself outside on your own deck. Which is what happened to me yesterday when I went outside to set up and photograph some product…
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These are the blueberry muffins referred to in my previous Corbin Cabin posts. When I first heard about this recipe, I thought that it was a joke. Cooking with rocks? It…
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A quiet Saturday afternoon on a sunny Winter's day. We have been experimenting with letting the kitties outside on our upper decks when the weather is nice. So far they have…
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We ushered in the new year with family: a quiet dinner at a local eatery (chicken friend steak with bacon for me), a bit of New Year's Rockin' Eve (in which…
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In lieu of the traditional family portrait of matching sweaters, gritting teeth and stiff, awkward poses in front of a gloriously large tree/roaring fireplace bedecked with stacks of neatly wrapped gifts,…
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I had a dream last night that it snowed like crazy, and then I woke up this morning and everything was dusted in white. Just when it seemed like the snow…
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It has been a nice and quiet Christmas at home. My family arrives late tonight so we are celebrating all the official Christmas hoopla -- presents, etc. -- tomorrow. That way,…
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It's Christmas Eve. I can't believe it's already that time of year, the past few months of traveling, packing and moving have more or less shielded me from any sort of…