Monday, April 25, 2011

whites.

i get a certain satisfaction out of folded laundry.
sometimes it's all about the small stuff.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

chicken noodle soup for this cold.

since i have a bit of a theme going here with the food in bowls, i might as well continue with this delicious chicken noodle soup i made last night to heal my head cold. this was also the first time i've made noodles, so it was pretty exciting. the night before i had made some pork dumplings, and i had some dough for them left over. perfect. pretty good for the first try! even though it's spring time and it's time to open the windows, look to the horizon, look up, look down, i am still looking at closeness, the particulars. these simple perfect moments in amidst the chaos of the out of home life are fascinating me. it brings some calm and some focus to the day.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

dinner in a bowl.

my solo week night dinners usually involve greens of some kind combined with various other delights in the beautiful gailan bowl i received for christmas...
everything tastes better when it's in this vessel.
in a calamity jane moment last week, however, i hit the measuring cup against it in the sink, and chip when the pottery, and down the drain the piece fell.
i guess this is what happens when beautiful objects are used in every day life.
here are a couple of meals i've enjoyed in the past week.
notice one before the chip incident, one after.

Monday, April 4, 2011

salif!

the crowd called out "salif! salif!" when the mali musician left the stage.... amazing energy, the crowd was ecstatic, the show was long and full. such power was in that room, and at the centre of it was this talented musician who seemed to glow from deep within. people getting up on stage, shaking their fantastic booties feeling the groove. in the crowd- hands up!!!!