Oh the shame. What will my reputation be now? For I have left behind the truffles and the dessert recipes of many obscure and costly ingredients and dabbled in….
one hell of a great recipe using saltine crackers and chocolate chips.
I gave myself a challenge to fix dessert for friends with only things I had on hand. As [...]
Archive for July, 2009
A Summer Weekend in Western NC.
Posted in Asheville, Blue Ridge Mountains on July 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I just want you to sit back and experience the beauty of the our Blue Ridge Mountains and a morning hike. Enjoy!
Moore Cove Falls
God as supreme artist.
The big adventure, a drink from the stream.
Thanks park ranger
Looking Glass Falls
When is your next trip to Asheville and the Blue Ridge Mountains? We always have room at what is [...]
The Waiting Game
Posted in Cancer, Chemo, Family, Husband, melanoma on July 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Waiting can be rough for me. Or is it that I get a plan worked out in my head and don’t like it messed with? Maybe it’s both. Bob had a medical port inserted yesterday. It will be used for his upcoming chemo. We needed to get to the hospital at 8:30 for a 10:30 procedure. Looks [...]
Let me just set up the slide projector. It will only take a second…
Posted in Asheville, Cancer, Chemo, melanoma on July 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We are having a whirlwind couple of weeks with friends and family,medical procedures and test results, togetherness and loss.
Remember slide shows? Remember the inner groan you would attempt to suppress when someone suggested that we all sit down and watch their slides from their latest trip? Remember how it always took a lot longer than the [...]
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Posted in Cancer, melanoma on July 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Two Cyber Knife treatments on Bob’s brain stem tumor down. Monday and Tuesday, Bob was in the hands of an amazing robotic radiation treatment. While melanoma is known for being radiation resistant, the CyberKnife is pretty effective at reducing the tumor it targets and often can “take it out” with it’s robo skills. Some very impressive [...]
I love summer food.
Posted in Bread, Cooking, Vegetarian Cooking on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Easiest post ever. Summer food. Tomatoes, fresh bread, a little goat cheese spread with roasted vegetables on top. Pickled peaches and fresh gazpacho. Do you want recipes? Really, because these things almost don’t have recipes but I will try.
Gazpacho
Haul out the food processor and add the following
one peeled cucumber, 3 large tomatoes, a clove or [...]
