Things getting a little boring in the kitchen? Wondering what to serve this weekend? If you don't mind a naked chef, here's an idea or two:
Oh, and here's more from Gino. I love to start the weekend with a laugh.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Time for some flowers
Pioneer Woman is having another photography contest on her blog, and this time the theme is flowers. I pulled out some of my old flower shots mainly because they cheer me up this time of year. Just think, all these little beauties are right there, sleeping beneath the snow. Hard to imagine when I look out the window.
Gasland News
The little documentary that could...
Gasland has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category!
If you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to do so. If you can't find it on your local cable, or find it online, it's available for sale on Amazon HERE .
Pennsylvania in particular is in dire straits, as this state is now poised to become one of the largest natural gas fields in the world (along with the Middle East and Russia) if the oil and gas industry gets their way.
They want to do the same fracking thing here where I live.
Cancers, brain damage, asthma, neuropathy (disease or dysfunction of one of more peripheral nerves, typically causing numbness or weakness and pain) are just some of the side effects people have reported from living near these drilling operations. People can no longer drink their tap water, their livestock and pets are dying, the surrounding wildlife is dying. There is no fixing the problem, either. Once this toxic soup is in place, it's there forever.
If you think these chemicals are benign, or that the documentary is one-sided, ask yourself this one question:
Why are these drilling companies exempt from regulation by the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act?
Gasland has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category!
If you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to do so. If you can't find it on your local cable, or find it online, it's available for sale on Amazon HERE .
Pennsylvania in particular is in dire straits, as this state is now poised to become one of the largest natural gas fields in the world (along with the Middle East and Russia) if the oil and gas industry gets their way.
They want to do the same fracking thing here where I live.
Cancers, brain damage, asthma, neuropathy (disease or dysfunction of one of more peripheral nerves, typically causing numbness or weakness and pain) are just some of the side effects people have reported from living near these drilling operations. People can no longer drink their tap water, their livestock and pets are dying, the surrounding wildlife is dying. There is no fixing the problem, either. Once this toxic soup is in place, it's there forever.
If you think these chemicals are benign, or that the documentary is one-sided, ask yourself this one question:
Why are these drilling companies exempt from regulation by the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act?
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Better and yet...
I am almost recovered from a nasty bout of pneumonia and a few random attacks of the collywobbles. I've been fortunate to be able to lay low for a week and except for walking the dog I've pretty much stayed inside. (And it's going down to minus 30 this weekend so that's no great hardship.) My dear husband has been advised to do the same, and so this weekend has been a marathon of movies and hockey games, as spectators not participants.
Today I watched a compelling documentary GASLAND which shook me up pretty badly. It's about drilling for natural gas, a process called fracking.
From the GASLAND website:
It also enables those hazardous chemicals used in the fracking process (around 80,000 pounds worth on average) to leach into nearby groundwater, streams, wells, and the air. Upwards of 70% remain. Permanently.
Why can't we use wisdom and integrity and practice good stewardship for this earth we all call home? It's the only one we have. If our water is gone, so are we.
Do yourself a favour and look for this documentary. We can't afford to be complacent.
Today I watched a compelling documentary GASLAND which shook me up pretty badly. It's about drilling for natural gas, a process called fracking.
From the GASLAND website:
It also enables those hazardous chemicals used in the fracking process (around 80,000 pounds worth on average) to leach into nearby groundwater, streams, wells, and the air. Upwards of 70% remain. Permanently.
Watch the full episode. See more NOW on PBS.
We're not safe in Canada. Fracking has been going on in Alberta for years and is pretty widespread. There's an interesting article HERE and it talks about an Erin Brockovich type crusader by the name of Jessica Ernst. Canada has no national water policy (are you listening, Mr. Harper?) and now there's talk about developing a huge shale gas field along the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City.Why can't we use wisdom and integrity and practice good stewardship for this earth we all call home? It's the only one we have. If our water is gone, so are we.
Do yourself a favour and look for this documentary. We can't afford to be complacent.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Bah, I say
Novel Woman hasn't disappeared completely.Novel Woman has pneumonia.
Worse, Novel Woman's prescribed medication resulted in the sudden and violent loss of her breakfast followed by dry heaves all afternoon.
Bah. Novel Woman wouldn't wish this on her worst enemy. Well, maybe her worst enemy, but no one else.
Think happy thoughts think happy thoughts thinkhappythoughts...
And remember:
I shall be back soon. Pass the Kleenex and keep your distance.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Better than Vitamin C
As I struggle to fight off this nasty bug, which has settled into my chest like a cat on a warm duvet, I look to things that will cheer me up. Like this guy. Amazing how it takes so little to make him happy, and it makes me happy to see him dance.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Question: What stays on your nose and eyelashes?
And individually, I'd say they could be one of my favourite things, but when they join forces and drop from the sky in clusters, they are relegated to one of my least favourite things. Let me explain. Not only is it January in Canada, which is a dark and dreary post-holiday time of year, there's this.
1. Novel Woman has the flu. Novel Woman, dutifully but sceptically,was coerced into getting got her flu shot for the first time last fall. Novel Woman now has the flu. Novel Woman says you do the math.
2. Novel Woman currently sounds like she is a two-pack-a-day lifelong smoker. When the telemarketers call, they refer to Novel Woman as "sir".
3. Novel Woman is feverish, so much so that she's talking about herself in the third person.
So she's going to post some cool shots of snowflakes.
(I know it doesn't make sense. See #3 above.)
with permission from SnowCrystals.com
If you want to know more about snow crystals, and really, why wouldn't you, go visit the website where you'll learn exciting snow crystal facts like:
1. How to tell the difference between a stellar dendrite and a capped column. (Who knew?)
2. How to grow designer snowflakes. (Because the everyday ones are so ho hum.)
3. Everything you ever wanted to know about snowflake physics. (Everything? How about how the snowflakes know exactly which morning I'll need to use the car and decide that's when they'll drop from the sky in huge numbers. Evil and psychic? You tell me.)
4. And my favourite - myths and nonsense. (See #3 above. Not a myth, nor nonsense.)
So maybe I'll go out and photograph a snowflake or two. When in Rome, as they say, or in this case, the Great White North, you might as well use what is right on your doorstep. And all over the driveway. And my car.
Off in search of medication...
Addendum: Youngest just sent an email from Uni. She said this:
THE SNOW HERE IS ACTUALLY INSANE.
That's maritime weather for you, this morning was clear, sunny, and as of 2 pm it's been like GOLFBALL sized snow clumps coming down. The side walk to my house is up to my knees, and everything, the homes, the wires, the branches, the streets are COATED in thick layers of poof.
"Thick layers of poof." HAHAHAHAAAA!! (Sorry. That's the fever talking.)
1. Novel Woman has the flu. Novel Woman, dutifully but sceptically,
2. Novel Woman currently sounds like she is a two-pack-a-day lifelong smoker. When the telemarketers call, they refer to Novel Woman as "sir".
3. Novel Woman is feverish, so much so that she's talking about herself in the third person.
So she's going to post some cool shots of snowflakes.
(I know it doesn't make sense. See #3 above.)
with permission from SnowCrystals.comIf you want to know more about snow crystals, and really, why wouldn't you, go visit the website where you'll learn exciting snow crystal facts like:
1. How to tell the difference between a stellar dendrite and a capped column. (Who knew?)
2. How to grow designer snowflakes. (Because the everyday ones are so ho hum.)
3. Everything you ever wanted to know about snowflake physics. (Everything? How about how the snowflakes know exactly which morning I'll need to use the car and decide that's when they'll drop from the sky in huge numbers. Evil and psychic? You tell me.)
4. And my favourite - myths and nonsense. (See #3 above. Not a myth, nor nonsense.)
So maybe I'll go out and photograph a snowflake or two. When in Rome, as they say, or in this case, the Great White North, you might as well use what is right on your doorstep. And all over the driveway. And my car.
Addendum: Youngest just sent an email from Uni. She said this:
THE SNOW HERE IS ACTUALLY INSANE.
That's maritime weather for you, this morning was clear, sunny, and as of 2 pm it's been like GOLFBALL sized snow clumps coming down. The side walk to my house is up to my knees, and everything, the homes, the wires, the branches, the streets are COATED in thick layers of poof.
"Thick layers of poof." HAHAHAHAAAA!! (Sorry. That's the fever talking.)
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