Category: Travel
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Scalloped Potatoes and Knives
So I was making scalloped potatoes and using my son’s knives. Can you guess what happened next? Yes. You are right. I cut the finger. Really cut it. And I am quite the bleeder so I had to call in a Troop. Who was kind enough to be my hands. And I talked this very…
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Up in the hills of Sacramento
I have reached SACRAMENTO and have been gently transported to the Big House somewhere up in the hills. We did a lot of this yesterday. But today it is quiet and I will soon crank the big empty kitchen into gear. You will be thrilled to learn that I have joined the masses and am…
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Go West Young Man
Actually it is me who is going out West. On Wednesday. The Matriarch and I (in my favourite role as the Handmaiden) are flying out to California to attend her eldest son’s wedding and then I am sloping off to visit my son and his family. Would you like to come along? Oh? Really?! Cool.…
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Netball: The other New Zealand Sport.
Now if you thought rugby was popular. Check out netball. If you go to New Zealand in the winter you will pass girls playing netball often. So Focus. I need to say right now that I know almost as much about netball as I do about rugby. So don’t go yelling at me. I did…
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New Zealand Week: watching the rugby from the prairies!
As you know we do not have cable TV. But because the rugby world cup had low ratings in the States, it was being shown on the free TV channels out here on the prairies. So we got to see a bit of it. John decided to take an interest. What is that dance thing?…
The Kitchen's Garden 