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Recently I've received emails and questions via Twitter on the same subject.
In this post I'd like to offer another perspective. Here I will introduce different "types of reading." In other words, I don't see all reading as equal, and what some people might call "reading," I don't consider to be reading at all!
After reading this post you may find you can adopt one or more (or really all) methods in your own knowledge journey.
The key to this post is to recognize that different types of reading exist, and you have to decide how you are going to approach a book, article, or other printed resource.
My list follows.
- Proofreading is a very intense activity where the reader scrutinizes every aspect of a book. The reader pays attention to technical accuracy, grammar, production value (quality of screen captures, etc.) and all other customer-facing elements. This is usually a paid activity because it can be very demanding and time-consuming!
I doubt most people find themselves in this situation, but I have been hired in the past to do this sort of work.
- Reading for correctness is a subset of proofreading where the reader focuses on the accuracy of the written material.
For example, is the author correct when he says the TCP three way handshake (TWH) is SYN ACK -> SYN ACK -> ACK? Wrong! (True story.) Here the reader is trying to see if the author knows what he is talking about. I usually enter this mode when I smell blood in the water. In other words, when I encountered the wrong TWH in a book years ago, I continued hunting errors until I was mentally exhausted.
This is an unpleasant form of reading reserved for error-prone books. Once an author proves he or she knows the material I usually don't enter this mode. I only read for correctness as preparation to write a book review of a technically inaccurate book.
- Memorization is another intense reading form, usually reserved for academic classes. If you've had to study for a biology test, you've probably read for memorization purposes. If reading for memorization, I will likely heavily mark the text and create independent, supplementary materials like flash cards. Yes, on real index cards! The act of writing the material helps activate other areas of the brain to memorize information.
Thankfully I haven't had to do this sort of reading in years, or at least not regularly. I have had to memorize information for amateur radio license tests, and I like creating flash cards for that information.
- Reading for learning is one of my common modes. With this approach I mark up a text (generally underlining or bracketing key terms and sections) and add comments or questions in margins.
You might think the previous (and possibly the subsequent) reading modes are all about learning too, but simple learning for me is a more relaxed endeavor compared to memorization or correctness.
The goal of learning is to be able to remember a subject, preferably well enough to at least describe it (but not teach it) to a third party.
Reading for learning is as fast as you are able to absorb material.
- Reading for practice is closely related to learning, but it involves material that has an operational aspect. For example, reading a programming book for practice, for me, involves trying the code examples, and even better trying the sample exercises.
Practice is a more active form compared to learning. With learning I might be able to explain a pointer, but with practice I could write a program using one.
Due to the hands-on manner, this is a slow form of reading.
- Reading for familiarization is another one of my more common reading forms. Here I am just trying to understand the author without necessarily planning to implement his or her concepts in real life. For example, I plan to read a book on Windows internals in April, but I do not plan to become a Windows kernel programmer.
Reading for familiarization is probably the fastest way to read a technical book and still derive value from it. I may or may not mark up a book for familiarization purposes.
- Reading for reference starts to enter the gray area of possible "fake reading." If you only read a few sections or chapters of a book, have you really "read it?" For example, I've relied on the massive book Unix Power Tools, but because I've only referenced parts of it, I've never formally reviewed it.
In my opinion, unless you heavily reference a book over time, you're not really reading at the level the warrants a review.
- Sampling is not reading. Top Amazon book reviewer frauds, this means you. Looking at the front cover, back cover, index, table of contents, and a few sample pages doesn't make you qualified to write a book review. The sorts of people who write more than a few book reviews per day are the fakers who consider "sampling" to be "reading."
- Reading for entertainment is not generally an approach I take with technical books! Sure, I enjoy them, but it's not like reading a classic fiction book. When reading a nontechnical work, I tend to devour pages. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it's exceptionally fast since the emotional component engages additional brain components that would allow me to later describe the content should I wish to do so.
How does reading for reviews fit in? In my view, as long as you're not "sampling" or reading for reference, any of the methods above qualify for writing a review. I suggest adding one component to your reading process to assist with review writing: keep a separate notebook and take notes as you read. Be very specific, e.g., "p 121 had this quote... etc." The more notes you take, the easier your review will be to write.
So what does this mean if you want to know "how does Bejtlich read so many books?" The answer is to decide just how you want to read a book. When I read a book on C or Windows Internals in April, I will likely be reading for familiarization. I don't plan to be a C coder or Windows developer, but I do want to be conversant in certain topics. If I get really motivated I will turn to my PC and try some examples. (In fact, I'll probably do that for a book on coding for Windows, since I've never done that before.)
What this means is that I, reading for familiarization, will probably read faster than someone else reading for practice, or memorization, or another time-consuming purpose. It all depends on your goal! On another day I may be reading for practice because I really want to know more about a topic, and then I'll be slower and more engaged.
Incidentally, the more you read, the faster you will likely become. I don't think improving your reading is limited to children, either (although my daughters are pretty scary in terms of speed).
Don't overdo it though. I would not be surprised to learn that chemical reactions are involved with reading, especially the more intense learning modes. In some cases I can feel my ability to absorb material shutting down, and at that point there is really no reason to continue. Take a break.
I also advise against reading in bed, although this is a truly personal opinion. For some people, it works great. I don't make it past five minutes!
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Summer is reading season for vacationers, and as the nation's capital clears out next month for its annual August sabbatical, there's no doubt that most Washingtonians will tuck one book in particular into their beach bags and backpacks. If they haven't already snagged an advance copy, as notables are wont to do, and set out for a marathon read.
"This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral – Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! – in America's Gilded Capital," by New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich, skewers the inappropriately chummy, often insufferable incestuousness that is Washington today. It was a book so feared before publication that Politico, the city's online chronicler of every tick and tock, did "some reporting on his reporting" several months ahead of its release, which is scheduled for next week.
The New Republic – in classic Washington fashion – then wrote that Politico's scribes were simply trying "to kneecap a writer whose upcoming revelations may well depict them as the people that they are: obsessive insiders who are obsessed with insiderism."
This is, of course, a prime exhibit of why just such a book is necessary, The New Republic concludes.
The picture Mr. Leibovich paints of this company town as sadly self-promoting, with few workhorses and a vast stable of preening if also less-than-spectacular show horses, is as to be expected, according to the reviews. At least if you live here. There is no modest intersection of government, media, and the special-interest lobby in "This Town." Instead, it's as if the Venn diagram of Washington, which once contained a modest overlapping center between those three worlds, has fallen in on itself, forming one large swarming circle of always-striving inhabitants.
As if to taunt this master class of very important people, Leibovich failed to include an index at the end of his book. But no matter, The Washington Post published an unauthorized version. (Pity the summer interns who spent their weekend on this project.)
So who is targeted? Will the rendering of them be devastating? Literary blows too damning to endure? Which subjects will be forced to flee to flyover territory?
Most of those chronicled are probably no-names to the vast majority of Americans outside the Beltway. They include: party-thrower and -goer and media-relations guru Tammy Haddad, super lawyer Bob Barnett, and a young congressional aide named Kurt Bardella. These folks are cogs, Leibovich suggests, with personal agendas that barely, maybe never, touch on the public interest.
Then there are the boldfaced names, weighing in on other boldfaced names – often in a fashion that makes them all seem a wee bit smaller. As a headline on the Fox News website puts it: "Book: Harry Reid Says John Kerry Has No Friends."
Reviewers who have logged Washington time (many of whom must publish accompanying disclaimers about their work or social relationships with the author) say the book is a witty and accurate portrayal.
"His tour through Washington only feeds the worst suspicions anyone can have about the place – a land driven by insecurity, hypocrisy and cable hits, where friendships are transactional, blind-copying is rampant and acts of public service appear largely accidental," writes Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post.
Mr. Lozada adds: "Only two things keep you turning pages between gulps of Pepto: First, in Leibovich's hands, this state of affairs is not just depressing, it's also kind of funny. Second, you want to know whether the author thinks anyone in Washington – anyone at all? – is worthy of redemption."
Under the headline, "Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is (Duh!) Washington," one New York Times reviewer suggests that extreme partisanship has contributed to the city's lack of productive work for the nation as well as to its draw of fame-seekers. Those hard at work, in journalism and beyond, writes David M. Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh Press, would never appear in a book like this one. Why? Because they're doing their jobs, not schmoozing it up.
"So here's to all the big mouths, big egos, big shots, big machers and big jerks," Mr. Shribman toasts. "In case you're wondering, Mark Leibovich is on to every one of you, and his portrayal of 'This Town' is spot on. Because Mr. Leibovich, perhaps alone among capital insiders, has realized that Washington, once an inside joke, now looks more and more like a bad joke."
So will you read the book? Or does 24-hour cable tell all you need to know about This Town?


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Not sure I believe everything he said in the video about brain connection as music to me is more soulful than something so mechanical. Great music to me is always spiritual and the ability to portray it is brain or mind to hands.
But the point he was making corresponds to athletes in that it is visualized or in this case auralized which is really what separates great athletes or musicians from lesser performers.
How many great golfers do we hear say they visualize the shot before they make it. Many if not most.
I think Beethoven is a great example of this. He wrote songs after going deaf because he could still hear it in his head and from his years of practice new how to write it to make it sound like what he heard.


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In a perfect world, we would have enough time to do everything we need and want to do. There would be plenty of time to finish that project, train new staff members in different locations and meet in person with those perspective clients in Boston and New York.
Well, this may not be a perfect world, but with the advent of web conferencing, technology has found a way to create more hours in the day. Everyone is talking about how web conferencing technology is reducing our carbon footprint. In fact Terrapass.com has a Carbon Footprint Calculator that will tell you how many pounds of CO2 you are saving by web conferencing instead of traveling and meeting in person.
However, we often forget about how much time is saved by meeting online. A one hour in person meeting can take a half a day's time if you have to travel an hour to the meeting and back. It can use up a full day if air travel is involved.
Wasted hours and days on simply getting to and from a meeting or training session adds up to a lot of lost productivity and opportunity to grow the business, which is critical to small businesses. Although nothing can beat the face to face connection that is made when meeting in person, web conferencing offers several advantages, including the gift of time. This is especially true if the web conferencing service is full featured and doesn't cost anything. Then, time is truly a free gift.


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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Fifa has expressed alarm about repeated delays in readying the Brasilia stadium for the Confederations Cup in June and next year's World Cup.
The inauguration of Brasilia's 71,000-seat Mane Garrincha arena, initially set for Sunday, was postponed until May 18 because of problems in preparing the pitch.
It was the fifth delay in delivering the stadium, where the Confederations Cup is to kick off on June 15, with a Brazil-Japan match.
At a meeting with Brasilia federal district governor Agnelo Queiroz Tuesday, officials of Fifa and Brazil's 2014 World Cup Organising Committee (COL) expressed alarm.
"Fifa and COL expressed concern about the tight deadlines and the short time available for tests to ensure the operational success of events such as Fifa's Confederations Cup," the two bodies said in a statement sent to AFP on Wednesday.
Between the delivery date and the opening of the Confederations Cup, Fifa wants at least two test events to verify that everything is running smoothly.
Fifa and COL said they have scheduled a new series of inspections of the Brasilia arena in two weeks and announced they would step up daily monitoring of the renovation work.
And they warned that "delays like those observed will not be tolerated for stadiums that will host the World Cup, which involves a significantly greater number of arenas, teams, fans, matches, journalists and TV viewers".
Of the six host stadiums for the Confederations Cup, four have been completed, although only those of Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza met the December deadline initially set by Fifa.
The stadiums of Salvador and Recife were completed this month.
Rio's iconic Maracana arena is to be delivered on April 27.
Fifa's deadline for six other stadiums hosting next year's World Cup is December 31.
Eight countries are competing in the June 15-30 Confederations Cup: Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Uruguay, Japan, Italy, Nigeria and Tahiti.


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Dark Arts was a class taught at several wizarding schools. Unforgivable Curses and numerous other forms of Dark magic were taught in this class. It is possible that students were used as victims as a form of punishment.
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- "Durmstrang takes a far more sensible line than Hogwarts about the Dark Arts. Durmstrang students actually learn them, not just the defence rubbish we do..."
- —Draco Malfoy comparing the two schools.[src]
The Dark Arts were taught at Durmstrang Institute. This, along with their pure-blood supremacy, are reasons why Lucius Malfoy considered sending his son Draco there, and why the school had a negative reputation.[1]
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Salazar Slytherin
Early after Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded, in c. A.D. 993, disagreements sprung up early around the teaching of the Dark Arts.[2]
Salazar Slytherin may have wanted to teach his students spells of which the other three founders disapproved, and it is a possibility that he had initially constructed the Chamber of Secrets as a place in which to teach the Dark Arts.[2]
1997-1998 school year
- "Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defence Against the Dark Arts, except now it's just the Dark Arts. We're supposed to practise the Cruciatus Curse on people who've earned detentions..."
- —Neville Longbottom, matter-of-factly discussing the changes that have been made at Hogwarts[src]
During the 1997–1998 school year, Amycus Carrow was appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts, and changed the subject to just Dark Arts. The seventh years learned how to cast the Cruciatus Curse (which was to be practised on students who earned detention), and possibly how to conjure Fiendfyre and other Unforgivable Curses; Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were said to be top students due to their inclination to cruelty.[3] However, Crabbe apparently did not pay attention to how to control or stop Fiendfyre, which was what led to his demise later that year.[4]
After that year, Carrow was replaced and the subject returned to teaching defence.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 15 (Beauxbatons and Durmstrang)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Chamber of Secrets" at Pottermore
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 30 (The Sacking of Severus Snape)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
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VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs in 2014, bringing a flood of cash to B.C. sawmills and restoring health to provincial resource revenues, according to a report by the Vancouver consulting group International Wood Markets.
Wood Markets president Russ Taylor said the dynamics have been in place since 2008 for a so-called "super-cycle" that will push lumber prices into the stratosphere. The only missing element, he said Tuesday, has been a recovery in U.S. housing starts. Barring a broader economic calamity, such as failure to resolve the fiscal cliff, the U.S. housing sector has begun that long-awaited recovery, he said.
"We are already seeing some of this happening already. We are seeing the highest prices in six years right now — the middle of December, which is usually when you see the lowest prices of the year. The supply chain is very tight."
The Wood Markets report covers the years 2013 to 2017, a period during which U.S. housing starts are expected to double. At the same time, North American timber supplies are expected to be constrained by issues like the mountain pine beetle in B.C., and harvesting cutbacks in Quebec, leading to a supply-side crunch. Further, the distribution chain in the U.S. has been reduced by half because of the recent recession. Many of the companies that survived are on credit watch, Taylor said, and are unable to buy enough lumber to rebuild their inventories.
Those North American factors are playing out in a global wood products market where China is taking a stronger role. China now accounts for 25 to 30 per cent of lumber shipments from the B.C. Interior, a market that didn't exist the last time the U.S. housing market was strong.
Lumber prices have already jumped significantly in 2012. The composite lumber price — the price used to set the rate for the softwood export tax — is now hovering around $360 US a thousand board feet, up $100 from the beginning of the year. Taylor expects a 10-per-cent increase in 2013, and a further 10-per-cent jump in 2014, which would mean a record $440 US per thousand board feet of lumber.
Further, the softwood tax drops to zero above $355 US, which means, beginning in January, B.C. companies will be paying no tax, an added bonus.
Higher lumber prices will also mean the B.C. government collects more tax revenue through stumpage, said Taylor. The current provincial government forecast for stumpage revenues is $352 million for the year ending March 31, 2013. The 2014 budget anticipates a 13-per-cent increase to $415 million. Taylor expects stumpage rates to triple, if prices hold. Lower production rates because of the mountain pine beetle will eat into that revenue, but he still believes there will be a substantial increase in the government's forestry revenues.
The year is ending on a positive note for B.C. lumber, said Joe Heath, general manager of North American sales at West Fraser Timber. But he tempered his optimism by saying many factors are at play that could affect the recovery. Recovering markets do not follow a straight line up, he said.
Nonetheless, the last three months of 2012 have been unusual. West Fraser is running all its B.C. mills.
"We have seen a run this last six to eight weeks that we didn't forecast. I think it has taken a lot of people by surprise. We are questioning what is really driving it. A lot of it has to do, I am sure, with the percentage of product that is going offshore. I think North Americans always thought they had a supply readily available to them and yeah, things are changing a little bit out there."
He said wholesalers normally run their inventories down at this time of year, but this time they ran them too tightly.
"It doesn't take much of a scare for people to buy a little more than they need," he said. The unanswered question for Heath is whether the extra lumber inventory coming in the front door is also going out the back door as sales.
"Can we really sit here and say this is the beginning of a huge ride? I would be careful."
Bruce McIntyre, consulting partner at PWC, said that although there are still uncertainties, he agrees with Taylor that a strong recovery is underway.
"All the signals are heading in the right direction," he said.
He said that the recovery means stronger stumpage prices in B.C., which will translate into increased resource revenues for the provincial government. And a stronger forest industry will mean more people being put back to work.
McIntyre speculated that increased government revenues from the forest products sector could provide the provincial government with the flexibility it needs to deal with the reforestation of timber stands damaged by the beetle.
"It's all good news. Will it hold? That's the question. But everyone is optimistic that the U.S. is finally coming out of the hole."


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Here is a short list of 5 things you don't want to do if you want to successfully lose weight.
1) Have unrealistic expectations.
Weight loss takes time. When you give it all the time it takes you can lose weight and be a lighter and maybe healthier version of you. That is a realistic and fabulous expectation.
If you're trying to lose weight as fast as you can don't be surprised when you're disappointed. You may lose weight quickly but it may not be fast enough to satisfy you. You may be thinner but you could also be less healthy because you're not getting all the nutrients necessary for good health.
FInally you have a genetic blueprint that makes you YOU. You can't expect to be anything but a thinner you. If you want to have legs likes Heidi Klum and abs like Alessandra Ambrosio you will need to have similar traits in your gene pool.
2) Starve yourself.
It might make sense to go on a very low calorie diet to compensate for all those years of eating a very high calorie diet. Don't do it.
You will lose weight, of course, but much of the weight loss will come from lean tissue as well as body fat. When the calorie deficit gets too great, the body doesn't just use stored body fat to fuel itself, it raids your lean tissue (muscle) too. You could end up with a skinny, unfit body.
You also have effectively lowered your calorie burn at rest rate because losing muscle means that your body burns fewer calories at rest. Yes, that increases your likelihood of regaining lost weight faster and possibly gaining back more (maybe a lot more) weight than you lost and it will cause a negative shift in your fat to lean tissue body composition putting you at a higher risk of metabolic disease such as type 2 diabetes.
3) Hurt yourself with too much exercise.
If a little exercise is good for weight loss, then it stands to figure a lot is better – right? Wrong! The more exercise you do the greater your chances are of getting hurt. This is particularly true of people who are engaging in heavy exercise to lose weight fast without the guidance and expertise of a physical trainer.
Even if you don't hurt yourself you can hurt your chances of maintaining your loss by going overboard with exercise. Think long term – when exercise is a major part of your weight loss equation, it must be just as important to your maintenance efforts. If you drop back to a reasonable level of exercise once you have reached goal you will be burning fewer calories. If you think you can eat more when you no longer want to lose AND exercise a lot less (or go back to being sedentary) your weight goal will be fleeting.
4) "Detoxing" yourself.
Detox diets? Hold up! What for? What exactly do you think you need to detoxify and how do you think it's going to promote better weight loss? It doesn't.
Cleanses can make you weight less by removing stool and water from your body, but that's not the same as losing stored body fat. It's temporary and it can be dangerous. You are risking dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
"Losing lots of fluid without medical supervision is a bad idea. When you combine that with fasting it's even more dangerous. Your body is knows how to detoxify and excrete toxins. It's built to do that all by itself without your interference just like it breathes and circulates blood automatically. That means that cleanses are unnecessary and dangerous and can lead to serious complications by messing with your body's system.
Instead of detoxifying, pay attention to what you eat. If you want to cleanse or detoxify your body, drink plenty of water and eat lots of high-fiber foods including lots of fruit and vegetables.
5) Use drugs that are not specifically prescribed by your physician for the purpose of weight loss.
There are both legal and illegal drugs that are rumored to help with weight loss. Using drugs other than prescription weight loss drugs prescribed by your physician for the specific purpose of weight loss is a mistake with the potential for a very scary outcome.
The risks associated with abusing drugs such as cocaine, speed, and meds prescribed for attention deficit disorder, thyroid disorders, or diabetes to lose weight are serious and must be considered. They include addiction, relationship and financial problems, anxiety, severe headaches, stroke, and heart,lung, and kidney problems.
Using illegal drugs for any purpose is simply a very bad idea.
Using legal drugs (which, by the way, if they were not prescribed for you, are also illegal) for their unintended purpose is dangerous. A bariatrician can decide if you need the help of meds to lose weight and if so, prescribe the appropriate meds and evaluate their safety and efficacy while you are taking them as directed.
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The un-foodie truth is, I sometimes resent the fact that I have to stop what I am doing and eat. It interrupts my flow. My doing flow. My thinking flow. My reading flow. Cooking takes time. And energy. And a certain level of focus (if one wishes to avoid burning the last clove of garlic, anyway). Cooking takes planning. One has to remember to physically get to the market now and then (which requires driving, another activity preferably avoided, right up there with drafting grocery lists). Avoiding said planning, one can far too easily find oneself without a scrap of dark chocolate in the house.
Chocolate may be the primary reason I get to the grocery store at all.
Before I discovered I had celiac disease, I ate simply. I was a vegetarian. Food was no big whup. As long as I had a bag of brown rice in the pantry, I was golden. I stir-fried veggies. I bought French baguettes daily. I baked the occasional chocolate chip brownie. But I wasn't hyper-focused on every single morsel that went into my mouth. I was loose and free, and true, I cooked. But food was more of a natural expression of my life as an artist and a mother. Cooking was as organic as breathing, a creative thing that didn't require surgical precision. I cooked simple, down to earth food. The kids grew up well fed and acquainted with pasta and fresh basil, olive oil, pumpkin soup. And real mac and cheese. Today both sons are amazing, intuitive cooks.
But when celiac disease made its appearance (in vivid ways you don't want to know about, Sweetpea) it complicated everything. Spontaneity (my favorite trait) atrophied. My easy going relationship with food morphed into an anxious love-hate alliance. Yes, I rolled up my can-do sleeves and problem solved. I did. I was a good sport. I tackled gluten-free head on. And I've been churning out gluten-free recipes for ten years. And I tried dairy-free for
four five seven years. I'm no slacker. But.
Some days?
I wish I was "normal". As in, I wish I could grab a crusty bakery baguette and a salty wedge of Parmigiano Reggiano for dinner. Like I used to. When making art was romantic and love was new.
Wishful thinking.
Which gets me nowhere.
Except back to the place I started.
A Craving
Yesterday I craved an easy old favorite. Zucchini gratin. You know the one. Classic Italian comfort food, hot from the oven, bubbling with pan-tossed zucchini and garlic in a creamy cheesy sauce topped with Italian herbed bread crumbs. Zucchini gratin is the perfect marriage of tenderness and flavor. Melted gooey cheese and toasty crumbs. Gluten-free and dairy-free.
Wait. What? Seriously?
Yes, Darling. A gratin to love. Even if you aren't a foodie and need to avoid gluten and dairy like the plague, doesn't mean you have to give up a lovely, cheesy, comforting gratin.
It just means you have to plan a little.
And make a list.
And shop.
And cook.
And then. You can eat.
And smile.
Because it's so freakin' tap-dancing good.
Karina's Gluten-Free Zucchini Gratin RecipeRecipe posted September 2011 by Karina Allrich.
Zucchini gratin is an easy home cooked side dish that will entice even veggie avoiders to indulge. If you don't need to be dairy-free, use milk and shredded mozzarella cheese.
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, as needed
4 medium zucchini, trimmed and sliced
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
Sea salt, to taste
2 organic free range eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk or milk
3 tablespoons fresh chopped basil leaves
1 cup gluten-free bread crumbs
2 tablespoons almond meal
2 teaspoons dried Italian herbs
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 cup shredded vegan cheese or mozzarella
Fresh chopped Italian parsley, for serving
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
Lightly oil an 8-inch square baking dish or two 8-inch oval gratin dishes. Set aside.
Heat a splash of olive oil in a large skillet, using medium-high heat, and add the zucchini slices and garlic. Season with sea salt. Shake and toss the zucchini to cook lightly- just until tender-crisp.
Spoon the zucchini into the baking/gratin dish.
Sprinkle with fresh chopped basil leaves.
In a large measuring cup, beat the eggs with a fork. Add in the soy milk and beat till combined.
Pour the egg mixture over the zucchini. Top with most of the vegan cheese.
In a small mixing bowl toss the gluten-free bread crumbs with the almond meal, dried Italian herbs, and one tablespoon olive oil.
Spoon the oiled bread crumbs on top.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Loosely tent the gratin with a piece of foil.
Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes or so, until hot and bubbling. Remove the foil and cook for another 5 minutes if the top needs needs browning.
Serves 4.
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GFG Notes:
To make your own gluten-free bread crumbs (highly, highly recommended), use two toasted plain waffles or two slices of your favorite gluten-free bread, processed into crumbs.
If you are avoiding nuts, replace the almond meal with more GF bread crumbs.
To replace the eggs, thicken the sauce with gluten-free flour: Add a tablespoon of olive oil to a saucepan. Add two tablespoons sweet rice flour; whisk to combine. Cook for a minute. Add the soy milk, stirring to warm through and thicken. Pour over the zucchini slices.
If you prefer to use milk and dairy based cheese, I think goat cheese or good Parmesan would be lovely, as would fresh mozzarella.
More gluten-free gratin recipes:
Andrea Meyers - Zucchini Tomato Gratin
Pinch My Salt - Zucchini and Tomato Gratin


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Rocco DiSpirito's Now Eat This! Italy: Episode 4, Pollo al Forno (Video)
A typical must-do list for travelers to Italy runs as long as the Appian Way. You must see the Vatican. You must commune with David and the diners at The Last Supper. You must go back in time to 79 A.D. in Pompeii. You must wander around Venice until you get lost. A list can go on and on and on.
Italy offers so many significant things to do, though, that unless you've got a year or two, it's hard to actually do everything. Yet one thing makes on everyone's list: You must eat in Italy. For sustenance, of course, but also because Italy's cuisine is among the most celebrated in the world.
Among those who have eaten their way through Italy is New York Times best selling author and celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. In Now Eat This! Italy, a new video series for AOL, DiSpirito travels to Italy to learn how to make great Italian food in the shadow of real Italian mothers. The twist? He wants to make great Italian food that won't expand your waistline.
This week DiSpirito takes to the kitchen with mama Carmela Vacca to prepare Pollo al Forno, an oven-roasted chicken dish.
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Japanese Tatami mats are more than just a design element in Zen décor; they are steeped in ceremony and connected with prosperity and good fortune.
Originally used by Japanese nobility, these rectangular floor coverings are traditionally made with a rice straw core and a wetland rush grass covering, or "omote". The Tatami omote is formed by tightly weaving the stems of soft rush into a soft mat covering. In early Japanese society, Tatami mats were associated with exalted members of society, whose privilege permitted them to sit on a Tatami mat, while others sat on a wooden floor.
The rules concerning Tatami mats are important to remember, especially if you are aiming for a traditional, and "auspicious", Japanese arrangement.
According to Japanese tradition, an "auspicious" layout means that Tatami mats must never be laid out in a grid pattern, meaning at no point should the corners of three or more mats touch. An auspicious layout is achieved when the junctions of the mats form a "T" shape. An "inauspicious" layout, which forms a "+" shape, is believed to bring bad fortune to a home.
While Tatami is associated with longstanding Japanese traditions, such as tea ceremonies, most modern Japanese homes still have a Tatami room. Today, Tatami is still commonly used for Japanese religious rites and ceremonies, but many people also use them for protective purposes during martial arts training, such as Judo.
Traditional Tatami mats are exactly twice as long as they are wide, and usually have "heri" cloth edging on the long sides. According to Japanese culture, Tatami floor mats must be kept as clean as a dining table or bedding surface at all times.
With their rich, high quality, natural bamboo slat surface, Tatami mats can be used to enhance any room décor. They are durable, alluring and easy to maintain.


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i've admired the work of oakland based artist monica canilao for quite some time. my friend katie first introduced me to her work. one of the first things i noticed about monica's work is the influence of folk art in her work. i really appreciate how she combines craft such as sewing, embroidery, lace, etc w/in her pieces. her work takes many different forms; drawing, printing, sculpture and installation. monica's materials vary from piece to piece from tea bags, wax paper, thread, hair, recycled envelopes, feathers to basic pen, paper and painting. it seems as though no item can not be turned into goodness w/ in her work. it's impressive.
before mountains.
monica is talented, driven and above all passionate. just by looking at her work you can catch glimpses into her own personal life and her convictions...you can tell she rides the rails, is against prisons, is pro- worker's rights, loves nature but is a city kid and is kind hearted and thoughtful. of course these are all guess of mine. but regardless, i love how passionately her work speaks w/ out really saying anything at all. i don't know, perhaps it's because i just walked in from an iron & wine show and am lovey and connected. but it's just refreshing to see an artist keeping it real.
looking at monica's work on her website alone, the devotion is clear. there is an enormous amount of feeling and dedication generating through her hands. take the impressive piece "owned worker" w/ the smoke stacks in the background, the assembly lines of workers, the small infinity symbol/circle of life that adorns the house of the headless body it's perched on. or "correctional institutions" w/ the looming electric chair, the words "i care for nothing" at the bottom and the large S.O.S imprinted on the building. so much is said in both of these pieces.
correction institutions.
the titles of the pieces also really resonate w/ me. maybe it's because i am going through serious changes w/ moving and leaving such loved friends behind in san francisco that titles like "tender again", "when this smog clears from our throats we will still be in love w/ the same things" and "the distance makes no difference" all really strike a chord for me.
monica's work is vibrant, dynamic and speaks to not only my sentimental heart but also to my brain as just a person existing amongst many, many others. it tends to make me think a bit more about the bigger picture. w/ subjects such as capital punishment, workers rights, creating community and family it's hard not to think about w/ such powerful images.
her work also makes me want to lock myslef in my room and snap to it. her art instills an electricity in me that makes me want to create.
worker owned.
monica is showing in march w/ another one of my all time favorite artists; swoon at the luggage store. i've specifically planned my trip back to san francisco just in time for that show. i can barely wait.
p.s. you can also check out monica's most recent show w/ mike "the polaroid kid" brody on paper boat gallery's flickr page.
** all photos gleaned from monica's website w/the artists sweet permission.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR/CNN) - Police want to speak to two people caught on surveillance cameras moments before a veteran with disabilities was allegedly attacked and robbed while exiting an Oklahoma City bus.
Veteran Johnny Neely, 61, says he was targeted and robbed on an Embark bus in a violent incident that left him afraid to take public transport again.
"When I have to get on [the] bus... it makes me real nervous because I don't know if this guy will be on there. I don't know if something will happen," Neely said.
Neely says he was on the bus when it stopped because there were too many people on it.
"I guess the feller on board the bus was pretty mad. I guess I was in his way," Neely said.
According to the police report, as Neely was getting off the bus, one of the suspects started yelling at him saying, "Veterans think they're better than everyone else." He went on to say, "You don't know who I am."
"He was screaming that, and then, he swatted at my head. When he did, I said, 'I'll dial 911.' I went to dial 911 on my phone, and he knocked it out of my hands and then stomped on it and then took it with him," Neely said.
Neely says he was screaming for help, hoping the bus driver or another passenger would call 911, but no one did – until a kind woman across the street noticed and called police.
The veteran says he was afraid he was going to die.
"Fortunately, the victim is expected to be OK. He did suffer some minor injuries, but he will be all right," said Sgt. Megan Morgan with the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Police want to speak with a man and woman seen on bus surveillance cameras who may be connected to the alleged attack. They have asked the public for help identifying them.
Neely says the terrifying ordeal is still haunting him.
"Could something else happen to the next person that would be a lot worse than me?" he said.
Officials with the bus company say at the time Neely was allegedly attacked, some passengers were being transferred from one bus to another and were all the way off the bus, 15 yards away. The bus drivers say they didn't hear the veteran calling for help.
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The BBC has released more details on the return of Tom Baker to the role of the fourth Doctor after twenty eight years.
Baker reprises his role in a new five part audio adventure for BBC Audiobooks.
Doctor Who: Hornets' Nest, is written by Paul Magrs and also stars Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey, Rula Lenska as the Hornet Queen and Stephen Thorne.
The first story, The Stuff of Nightmares, will be available to buy from 3rd September 2009 with the remaining four stories following in subsequent months.
- The Dead Shoes – 8th October
- The Circus of Doom – 5th November
- A Sting in the Tale – 3rd December
- Hive of Horror – 3rd December
'This is the first adventure with the Tom Baker Doctor since Logopolis. And it feels fantastic to write for him. I would say he's a brilliant mixture of everything the Fourth Doctor ever was. He's dark and sombre at times; other times he's gleefully macabre and mischievous.'
Responding to an advert apparently worded for him alone, Captain Mike Yates (retired) is reunited with a ghost from the past. But why has the Doctor, that mysterious traveller in Time and Space, sent for his former UNIT acquaintance?
Trapped by a horde of vicious creatures in an apparently innocuous English country cottage, the two old friends are on the brink of an enormous adventure.
As the Doctor relates his recent escapades, it becomes clear to Mike that they – and the Earth at large – are facing an enemy of unimaginable power and horrific intent. The nightmare is only just beginning.


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ICNA condemns attacks on Nigerian church-goers
JAMAICA, New York (December 27, 2011) – The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) condemns the brutal attacks on innocent church-goers in Nigeria who were murdered after attending mass on Christmas Day.
We call on the Nigerian government to act swiftly and bring the perpetrators to justice and to take immediate steps to curb the recent rise of sectarian violence in the country.
We appeal to the local Muslim and Christian leaders to join hands to stand against such violence. We must not let criminals succeed in tarnishing the centuries of peaceful coexistence between the religious communities in Nigeria.
Muslims are obligated to honor and protect any house of worship dedicated to God – "And were it not that Allah checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is much mentioned." (Quran 22:40)
"Hence, who could be more wicked than those who bar the mention of God's name from [any of] His houses of worship and strive for their ruin, [although] they have no right to enter them save in fear [of God]? For them, in this world, there is ignominy in store; and for them, in the life to come, awesome suffering." (Quran 2:114).
In this spirit ICNA has always stood to defend religious freedom for all people against any religious extremists. ICNA is currently organizing a nationwide campaign to defend religious freedom for all in America.
The Islamic Circle of North America is a leading American Muslim organization dedicated to the betterment of society through the application of Islamic values. Since 1968, ICNA has worked to build relations between communities by devoting itself to education, outreach, social services and relief efforts.
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Immunity finding to help stem spread of viruses
SCIENTISTS have discovered how mosquitoes develop viral immunity - a significant finding with the potential to halt the spread of crippling mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue and West Nile.
Researchers from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong showed that a protein called vago is released by infected mosquito cells. It warns other cells to fight the invading virus, effectively giving the insect's immune system a heads up.
''It's front-line defence,'' said virologist Peter Walker, who worked on the research over 18 months with colleague Prasad Paradkar.
Before the discovery, little credit was given to the mosquito, which was not thought to have much of a natural defence. Instead it was considered that a virus infecting mosquitoes went easily onto its host because it was critical to transmission.
Instead researchers found mosquitoes are able to detect infection by a virus, then they secrete vago, which binds to the surface of cells and turns on the anti-viral response.
''This is a fundamental discovery as it changes the way we think about controlling these diseases,'' Professor Walker said. ''It allows us to shift our thinking and attack the diseases in a different way.''
Mosquitoes spread viruses such as dengue fever, Ross River virus, Murray River encephalitis and West Nile virus - threatening the health of people, livestock and wildlife.
Dengue infects about 75 million people around the world, killing about 22,000 a year.
Professor Walker said another virus, called chikungunya, has been spreading rapidly out of Africa and through Asia with some concern that it could enter northern Australia.
Published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the discovery will be used to harness the mosquitoes' natural defence system to make them more resistant to the viruses.
''It may be that we can come up with really novel ways of treating these very important diseases,'' Professor Walker said. ''Our work is not so much about how you might treat humans but how you might attack the mosquito. If you can make the mosquito super-resistant to viruses so that when they became infected, they were not as effective in transmitting the disease.''
Vago has been identified in fruit flies and other invertebrates, and exists in the body at all times at a low level. The level rises when infection strikes.
The findings could also prove useful to the aquaculture industries in Australia and overseas.


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Hirst came from a non-conformist family with strong ties to Cobden's free trade and anti-war movement of the mid-19th century. He attended Oxford and trained as a lawyer before becoming active opposing the Boer War. He helped revive the Cobden Club in 1904 and became editor of The Economist in 1907, a post he was forced to resign in 1916 because of his strong opposition to the First World War. He went on to write many books on free trade, armaments, and biographies of leading liberals such as Smith, Gladstone and Morley. He was a leading individualist and classical liberal during libealism's bleakest period.


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The mother of Kimberly McClaskey said she was relieved by the ruling into her daughter's death by a Fulton County coroner's jury. She also said she has never given up hope that her daughter's murderer will be brought to justice.
The death of Kimberly McClaskey, a 17-year-old Canton girl who disappeared while hitchhiking in July 1983, was a homicide, a Fulton County coroner's jury decided Thursday.
Police and McClaskey's family have long suspected homicide, but McClaskey's mother found the jury's decision "really surprising."
"I thought it would be inconclusive," Elizabeth Murphy said.
McClaskey's skull was turned over to police in 1993 by a boy who found it in Fulton County four years earlier and thought he had discovered American Indian remains, said Dan Daly, who was sheriff at the time.
At the time, DNA testing wasn't advanced enough to positively identify the skull.
But last year a test at the University of North Texas compared the DNA from the skull to that of McClaskey's family members. The test found it was 6 million times more likely than not that it was Kim McClaskey, Daly told the jury.
A forensic anthropologist told police the skull had been fractured and that McClaskey had sustained a blunt force injury to her nasal bridge when or shortly after she died.
Murphy clutched two photos of a smiling Kimberly in quilted fabric frames with lace and ribbons during the inquest. She shed tears as she listened to Daly recount the investigation into Kimberly's disappearance.
At the moment the jury foreman stood to read the verdict, Murphy squeezed the hand of her best friend, who sat next to her through the inquest. She cried when the foreman declared her daughter's death a homicide.
Murphy said she was "relieved" by the verdict.
"That gives us something to hang our hats on," she said. She said she has "never given up hope" that her daughter's murderer will be brought to justice.
Police suspect Bill Reinbold, who is serving life in prison for the bludgeoning murder of a Farmington woman in 1988, also killed McClaskey, though he has never admitted it.
Jeff Standard, who was recently elected Fulton County sheriff, said the investigations division is going through the "huge file" on the case.
"This is certainly a case that we don't want to go by the wayside," he said. "Reinbold may talk to one of these guys. He has nothing to gain or lose."
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Maybe your mother was right.
When she said you'd forget your head if it weren't attached, she might've been onto something.
You completely missed an important meeting yesterday. You've left vital documents at home on the counter (lotta good they'll do there), you filed something yesterday but can't find it now and every morning is a mad scramble for hide-and-go-keys. And you forgot your lunch twice this week.
Embarrassing? Can't remember a thing these days? Maybe you need to step up your game.
In the new book "Moonwalking with Einstein" (The Penguin Press, $26.95) by Joshua Foer, you'll see how it's done, times ten.
Imagine life minus your smart phone, calendar, chime-reminders, online nudges and sticky notes. What did we ever do without them? Foer says that, before the invention of inexpensive printing, memory wasn't just everything. It was the only thing. People with prodigious memories were the rock stars of their time.
So why can't you — with all your gadgets and reminders — remember where you put that document? Why can't you remember to grab your lunch on the way out the door?
As it turns out, there's a good excuse for your lapse.
Psychologists say there's a "curve of forgetting" that starts the second you learn something, and if there are more than seven components, the problem worsens. Phone numbers, you see, are what they are for a reason.
But life's details are not completely forgotten, because everything you learn is stored somewhere in your gray matter. It's just a matter of recalling it correctly, which is something you obviously didn't do with lunch. The nice thing is that learning — even reading a book review — physically changes your brain in some way.
So what can you do to help your defective cranium?
Foer went on a mission to find out and landed in a world of memory athletes who can memorize and repeat back — in order — thousands of random numbers, hundreds of shuffled playing cards and thousands of words, names and faces. And in his quest for total recall, what Foer did with his own brain surprised even him.
Has that old string-around-your-finger thing failed again? Sick of seeming like a schmo? Then don't forget this title: "Moonwalking with Einstein."
Part serious brain science, part history, and part rompish fun, Foer takes a peek inside our heads to learn why we have few strong memories of our toddlerhoods, what it's like to live with a complete loss of short-term memory, why Malcolm Gladwell was right about practice, how scientists are trying to "see" memories in our brains, how our brains compensate for memory loss and why you can recall your whereabouts on Sept. 11, 2001, but you don't know where you left your glasses.
I enjoyed this book, both for the look inside our heads and for the ways we can make what's there work better.
If your instant recall isn't so instant, or if your noggin needs a nudge, "Moonwalking with Einstein" is a book to find. Reading it may help you get a head.
The Bookworm, Terri Schlichenmeyer, is a Wisconsin-based book reviewer.


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10 Ways to Get Kids to Eat Their Veggies
Do your kids wage war with broccoli spears? Next time there's a battle over greens, try these tips for a happier and healthier dinner table.
If your kids are veggie haters, you might find yourself playing hide-and-seek come mealtime. Peas hidden in pancakes? Check. Squash added to pasta sauce? Yep. Pureed spinach in fruit smoothies? Of course.
But as your kids grow older (and wiser), it might be time to stop hiding the vegetables and start teaching your kids to enjoy healthful, nutritious foods as they are. And fortunately, research has shown there are less excruciating ways to teach your kids to like vegetables than forcing them to sit at the table for hours, staring at an untouched plate of broccoli. Read on for painless ways to up your family's vegetable consumption.
1. Don't treat veggies as the enemy. "Kids hear a lot of negative messages about healthy eating," says Sheela Raja, PhD, an assistant professor and clinical psychologist at the University of Illinois in Chicago. "When we say things like 'you have to eat your Brussels sprouts before you get any dessert,' we are sending a message that vegetables are something to be tolerated, not enjoyed." Let your kids know that all food groups serve as fuel for the body and that nutrition plays a big role in growing up healthy and strong, she adds.
2. Stop hiding vegetables. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that kids will happily eat baked goods that contain vegetables — even when they know there are veggies in the dough. In the study, researchers served zucchini chocolate-chip bread, broccoli gingerbread spice cake, and chickpea chocolate-chip cookies to groups of schoolchildren. Kids liked the zucchini and broccoli treats, and only vetoed the chickpea cookies because they were unfamiliar with chickpeas.
3. Put the power of nutrition in kids' hands. Researchers in the Netherlands studied 259 children between the ages of 4 and 12 and found that when kids got to choose which fruits and vegetables to eat, they were more likely to consume a healthy amount of vegetables without complaint.
4. Grow your own. "Kids love this," says Joan Salge Blake, MS, RD, a nutrition professor at Boston University and spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "If you can, start a small garden and let the kids become farmers. They will have a ball watching their veggies grow and then eating them."
5. Stick to vegetables with crunch. Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands gave children carrots and French beans prepared six different ways, and found that the kids overwhelming preferred "crispy, crunchy, and juicy" veggies over "mushy, squishy, and slimy." Sorry, okra.
6. Do as you say. "The best way for adults to encourage vegetable consumption among their children is to be good role models," Blake says. "If you eat them and enjoy them, the kids will follow your lead."
7. Consider nonfood rewards. Stickers might be the ticket to a happier dinner table, researchers in the United Kingdom found. In their study, 173 families with 3- and 4-year-old children were divided into three groups. One group of kids got a sticker after trying a bit of a disliked vegetable, the second group got verbal praise, and the third group was not rewarded. After 12 days, the children who received the stickers were eating more vegetables (and liking them better) than the other two groups. After one and three months, the kids were still eating their veggies. .
However, not everyone is a fan of this method. Both Raja and Blake fear this idea sends the message that vegetables are so distasteful, a prize is necessary to eat them.
8. Make food fun. Researchers from Temple University wanted to see if offering a salad dressing "dip" along with broccoli could make a group of 152 preschoolers tolerate the much-reviled vegetable. After giving kids the healthful green twice a week for seven weeks, they found the youngsters were more likely to eat the vegetable when it was paired with dip, even when the dip was low-fat. Blake suggests using salsa instead of high-calorie dressings and to try the technique with more than just broccoli. For example, quarter and seed red, yellow, or green bell peppers and have kids use them as salsa "scoops," she suggests. For example, have your kids use quartered and seeded red, yellow, or green bell peppers and as salsa scoops.
9. Ask other caregivers to help. Discuss your preferences and expectations for vegetable consumption with caregivers at your child's daycare or school. If you pack lunch for your children, encourage them to eat well when you're not there to supervise.
10. Don't give up. As with so many aspects of parenting, persistence and consistency are critical to the success of your veggie game plan. It can take 10 or more exposures to a single vegetable before a kid becomes accustomed to a particular taste, Blake says, so keep trying.


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Giveaway Day! ~ PotLuck
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159 comments:
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- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 9:53 AM
I'm in! Thank you! :)ReplyDelete
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Have mercy, please, I have wanted these ruler prints for so long. They are gorgeous. thanks, kathyReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 10:40 AM
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I've always loved the tape measure print - now I don't have to hoard mine anymore - yay!ReplyDelete
holy cow this fabric is awesome. I love the coin purse too. I have always wanted to make a purse with the latch that you used. I am too nervous to try. I don't know why I make all kinds of purses all the time. I need to be brave and just go for it. Maybe if I win I could make that oh so cute coin purse. wish me luck!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 6:28 PM
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You always carry the cutest fabrics. I love seeing the latest prints. I just got some tape measure ribbon, I surely need some tape measure fabric to go with it!ReplyDelete
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Star Firework
Enjoy a Summer filled with days of fun with our Star Firework applique design. This design is perfect for adorable outfits for special photo sessions or just a fun day of play! Stitch it on a burlap door hanger or tote to really celebrate the season.
The Star Firework applique design listing includes five sizes for a wide array of hoops: 4×4, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 inch.
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