More Bits and Clips March 2013
Enjoy these links and videos! The photo is of the Kansas City Library…
Polly Castor
Recipe: Lemon Ginger Scones
We don’t “do” white flour very often, but if you are going to make an exception, this is the way to do it! I highly recommend these melt in your mouth morsels!
Book Review: The Power of Habit
I have thought a lot about the power of habits over the years. This book is good and well worth the read in a different way.
Christian Science Monitor Healing Newtown Article Shared
I am grateful to have been able to share locally 300 hard copies of this article in the Christian Science Monitor about Healing Newtown.
Our Daughter’s Team Won FIRST Robotics Spirit Award
Team 1009 was challenged this year by underfunding, etc. but enthusiasm for the process ran high and they won the Spirit Award at the Boston Regional.
Inventing Abstraction Show at the MOMA
Yesterday I was delighted to go into the city with a friend to see the Inventing Abstraction show at the MOMA. Here are some highlights in my photos and…
Photos of Young’s Lobster Pound
As discussed yesterday, here are the photos I took last fall at Young’s Lobster Pound, in Belfast, Maine. And check out the lobster roll I had.
Photos of Lobsters and Lobstermen
Paul Trowbridge’s newest painting titled “Dock Workers,” reminded me I had a bunch of photos from last fall I hadn’t yet edited from a scene very similar.
New Poem by Me: Bolts in a Fabric Shop
Gorgeous color all lined up, waiting/ on inspiration, cash or diligence/ potential energy, gaping/ on tip toe tender-hooks/ leaning on one another/ in solidarity
Recipe: Carrot Ginger Soup
This delicate soup is delicious on its own and also terrific as a base ingredient added to all sorts of other things. It is even good in a mug for breakfast!
Recipe: St. Patty’s Day Soup
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This pea, pesto and arugula soup is good any day, not just perfect for March 17. In the winter this versatile soup is good served…
Book Review: Georgia O’Keefe and Her Houses
This book is wonderfully well done and I give it five stars. Georgia O’Keefe had made $1,000,000 by 1929 on her art, and she spent it on these two sparse homes.
Art Donated to the Healing Newtown Art Center
Yesterday I posted a clay activity I volunteered for at the Healing Newtown Through the Arts center. I thought you might like to see some of the…
Photos of Healing Newtown Clay Date
The local pottery studios collaborated on offering three Saturday “Clay Dates” at the Healing Newtown Center for the Arts. Clay and glaze had been donated by…
Photos of Another Visit to Brown University
A year and a half ago I visited Brown with our middle child who ended up not applying there. Today I took our youngest for her first formal college visit…
Recipe: Strawberry Mango Cobbler
This cobbler is more like delicious biscuits over fruit than the sweet crumble topping type of cobbler, and it is much better than strawberry shortcake.