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Month: December 2012

In My Kitchen, December 2012

On 24/12/201224/12/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized9 Comments

Signs of the season -- a two-kitchen edition! In My Kitchen is a neat series that started out at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. To find more, go to the mother lode. In my kitchen this month, there are signs of the season. 1. Solidified olive oil in the A.M.   When I went out …

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On to the next thing — Cephalopodmas!

On 21/12/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized13 Comments

We survived the End of Days, and we're getting past the longest night, so it's time to celebrate... cephalopod style!I have a mild obsession with giant squids, which is how I stumbled upon a reference to Cephalopodmas. Yes, there is a holiday to celebrate squids, octopi, and their bretheren, and it's tomorrow, on December 22. …

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A tree of my own

On 16/12/201216/12/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized14 Comments

This year I have my own tree for the very first time. In the past, I've spent Christmas under other people's trees -- my parents' or my cousin Elaine's, or I've been abroad on my own somewhere and improvised. I feel a bit ambivalent about having bought a fake tree, but there it is. I …

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Snapshots

On 11/12/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized13 Comments

My father took it almost personally when it turned out that I was not so great at taking photographs, and this in turn made me not want to take them so much. Then one day I decided that I would just take snapshots and not worry so much about it, and just like that I …

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