This past Monday night, I made myself a cup of herbal tea as I always do, adding a scoop of collagen powder for good measure (this will likely make perfect sense to a few people and strike others as bizarre, but I won't get into it now). It's a nightly routine, and I mostly do …
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Traveling
I always see this sign on the way to JFK airport. There are plenty of billboards and signs along that road, of course, but this one doesn't change from year to year and it makes me smile every time I see it. Finally, I had the presence of mind to snap a quick photo of …
Popcorn chicken
Actually I can't believe that Popcorn Chicken is an actual thing. For those of you lucky enough not to have encountered this disgusting idea, it may come as a relief to learn that the thought of it is more horrible than the thing itself, which is innocuous. It is basically small scraps of chicken aggressively salted and …
Aromatherapy Christmas craft project – pomander balls
Baki is learning about the Bubonic Plague in his Social Studies class, and came home talking about fleas and rats and doctors with beaks, so naturally the first thing that sprang to mind was pomander balls, especially with Christmas around the corner. Plague doctors wore masks with beak-like protrusions on them (you might be familiar …
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Escape to London
In Antalya, our summers are perfectly dry. For about four months, it is not reasonable to expect any rain to fall. The temperatures soar and then coast along in the upper regions of the thermometer. This must be why people come here on holiday - no risk of staring out at the rain soaked beach …
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