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Monday, January 24, 2011
I am back, now if i can just remember where i am back from
well, it has been awhile. so many thngs have changed. mainly i lose my oldest son. it has really taken me for a loop. i love him so much. the what ifs is really driving me crazy. my alzheimer's has really taken a nose dive. i try not to stress but that is a useless effort. i see him and it takes my breath away. we had gotten so close in the last few years. i lose my mother last year and the pain with losing my son is so far out there that there is no comparison. we no longer have a chapter here and i am here alone now. no more speeches, no more interviews, no more getting the word out. i feel like a redheaded step child. i keep busy sewing, crocheting, knitting, whatever it takes to keep my hands going.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
What a great Thanksgiving
Wednesday before Thanksgiving I received the most wonderful news. I had been trying for months to get into a case study with a drug that stops Alzheimer's where I am at. They had to do a Cat scan Tuesday b/c I was diagnosed with vascular dementia and if this was true I could not get in the study. The results came back that I did not have vascular dementia it is all Alzheimer's. Somebody else may have been upset with that news but I was so excited I cried. For a chance to stay where I am right now and not get worse is great. Now for the drug to work. YEA! I had a wonderful Thanksgiving, up until Lynn's accident Thursday night. Oh yea, I start my first visit to the research clinic Thursday Dec 3. I am including a picture of me, Lynn, Chelsea, Angel and Susie at the 2009 Northeast Louisiana Memory Walk.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Hey ya"ll
It's been so lond since I sit down and wrote on my blog. I am hanging in there. I finished the National advisory board in July, I think, and the La. Task Force in Oct. I try to stay busy on a local level now, every chance i get. Here are 2 newspaper articles printed this month. They miss quoted Sandy about not being able to stop Alzheimer's, they left out the word not after can. Other than that I have really been trying to get the word out.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009911060313, http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20091115/NEWS01/911150306/Alzheimer-s-disease-touches-many.
Sal at www.whimsydoodlegraphics.com has some new purple ribbons for those of you that machine embroidry, so stop by and look around. I really have been pushing other companies to remember us next year for National Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Till later. Hug someone you love. Sue
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009911060313, http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20091115/NEWS01/911150306/Alzheimer-s-disease-touches-many.
Sal at www.whimsydoodlegraphics.com has some new purple ribbons for those of you that machine embroidry, so stop by and look around. I really have been pushing other companies to remember us next year for National Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Till later. Hug someone you love. Sue
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Friday, October 30, 2009
National Alzheimer's Awareness Month
I am so proud to be a part of this. Sue
I am so proud to be a part of this. Sue
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Well, it's been awhile since I wrote. I think about writing then I get sidetracked and forget about it. Alot has happened since my last writing about me including my Alzheimer's getting worse. I have been under alot of stress lately and the last month has proven stress is not good with Alzheimer's. My mother passes away a couple of weeks ago after a couple months of amazing the doctors by being taken off the vent and living more than a couple of hours as they predicted. My youngest son has gotten married and until a couple weeks ago refused to move out. My oldest daughter is stressed out carrying for her mother-in-law with Alzheimer's and taking care of her granddaughter, so my next to the oldest and I are taking turns caring for the baby (2 year old). I finished my year with National and we are wringing down the task force. It has to be finished to present in Sept. I am so thatnkful for the year I had the priviledge to be on National, it was very rewarding, and I have to admit the third Tues seemed strange not doing a conference call. I am trying to get in a clinical trial study. I have to keep getting involved or else I will go down even faster. I feel like I am in a race to do so many things that I do not have time to do. Oh well that is it for now. Don't forget about the memory game at the bottom of the page.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
I found this on the www.alzquilts.org, FREE $$$. This is a great way to help raise money for alzheimer's awareness. Please stop by and check it out. Thanks Sue
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Looking my future in the eye
I am sitting with my mom in the hospital. She has Alzheimer's along with other medical problems. They did a biopsy this morning. Back to her Alzheimer's, yesterday I spent the day listening to the way I will be one day. She was so out there. One minute she knew who I was and then she thought I was her sister. My brother has been dead for years but yesterday she thought he was 21 looking for a job. Then she thought I was dead and my grandparents were in heaven watching over me. The list goes on and on. I was able to handle all of it but I worry that my kids and Jesse are not going to be able to when I get to that point. I will miss my first task force meeting tomorrow. Guess I will close for now. Hug someone and let them know you care. Sue
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San Francisco To Do
August 30, 2012
So I wanted to write a post about all there is to do in San Francisco…
Of course you don't need to do anything special, it's a beautiful city to explore and you can do so by walking, cycling, using the various trams and cable cars too.
But there are some great tourist attractions too…
This is the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
We didn't go inside due to time but the exterior is amazing. If I make it back here one day I will go inside…
We did visit SFMOMA which we loved.
The entrance is spectacular.
I loved this piece…
You stand opposite, and then when the lights change you see an image. We missed a ballet dancer by a few weeks, so gutted by this one of birds was amazing. So beautiful, I wish I could have captured it for you.
We also joined a tour, something we never normally do but I would highly recommend. This one took us around all the Andy Warhol pieces and the very knowledgable guide told us all about his life and his art and explained some key pieces to us.
I love art but I don't always understand it and my appreciation goes ten-fold when I do so I will definitely do this more often when I visit a gallery.
Next up… Alcatraz.
This is the main attraction in the city, and the company that run the tours is a slick machine. My husband wanted to take the night tour, which means you get to wander the prison in darkness and with far fewer people… Luckily we didn't book in advance so our options were limited (I am a huge scaredy cat it would not have ended well) so we went one afternoon.
It's a really great tour that I would recommend you try.
The boat trip is short… and you get some great views of the city and the island.
As you can see there are a lot of people here…
You get given headphones when you arrive and the tour guides you around the island telling its history and famous stories. So very interesting.
Alcatraz was notorious because the most dangerous or repeat escapees were housed here.
The state maintains that no-one ever did escape, many tried and failed, only a few have never been found, either they failed and drowned or, did they make it?
I cannot imagine living in a cell, no privacy ever.
I know it sounds strange feeling sorry for criminals, but the US system is so harsh. No rehabilitation… no chance to change.
This is the yard, you can imagine how bleak life was for the inmates when they were here, seeing life going on as normal just across the water.
This is the view from the wardens office. Pretty amazing.
A really fascinating trip.
Next up… Lombard Street.
It's not really crooked but super curvy.
It's so pretty though, and great exercise just to get here let alone to walk up it.
The street is lined with what can only be described as mansions… such amazing buildings and all different.
Pretty cherry blossoms and great views await you at the top…
Another thing you must do while in San Francisco is take a ride on a cable car.
It feels crazy dangerous, like you could lose control at any moment. The only thing between you and the car running away down the big hills is a guy with a break.
We found out once on board you need to buy tickets in advance, we had our cash already but the guy couldn't take it.You can find more information here
One activity recommend by a San Francisco native was to visit the Ferry Building and try food from lots of stalls…
Jordan from Oh Happy Day has a multitude of Eating recommendations and more to do here
My husband immediately made a beeline for this place…
A huge pulled pork sandwich… so messy but oh so tasty.
I headed straight to Miette… again as recommended by Jordan but I would have spotted this place a mile off, its ridiculously cute.
I really wanted everything. I really was like that child who having been told they can only have one thing wanted to make sure they were making the right decision. I swear I stood there for 15 minutes trying to decide.
I got there in the end and my treat did not disappoint.
Banoffee Cream Pie. Banoffee is my all time favourite. This pie was insane. I couldn't even share.
This is where we spent our last dollars before we flew home… taking a last look at the Bay.
You should definitely go check it out, and try to leave room in your suitcase, as we didn't and there were all kinds of amazing treats that would make amazing presents for friends and family… or souvenirs for you.
That's it… Honeymoon blogging done.
You can see any one of the posts by search the tag honeymoon.
I had an amazing time and feel very lucky that we had three months of travelling just the two of us seeing lots of very different places.
It really opened my eyes.
San Francisco – The Bay
August 29, 2012
I thought the Bay area of San Francisco deserved it own blog post… we spent quite a bit of time down here, in evenings and during the day. It's quite a touristy area to be but if you walk away from the main strip a little you can find some amazing spots…
Pier 39 is fun… but be warned it is tourist central.
You gotta get an ice cream (or Fro-Yo)…
It's definitely a fun place to visit with children, there are little rides and points of interest everywhere, and don't forget the ice cream.
And you must visit the sea lions, we watched them for ages. They are very noisy and it's funny to watch them flop all over each other basking in the sun and falling in sometimes.
You can see Alcatraz from here too… we'll come back to this place tomorrow.
You can easily walk here form the centre but it's fun to take a tram ride… and while in San Francisco you must do this.
We also hired bikes and rode around down here which was great fun. You can cover a much bigger area.
We rode right up to the Golden Gate bridge…
A great tip is to ride right over, take a picnic and enjoy the view from the other side. You can even ride to a cute little town and get the ferry back.
We didn't have time with all our other plans so we rode halfway before turning back.
I love these houses up by the bridge, real Americana.
And I loved checking out the mansions on the Bay…
And we were told to visit Boudin's… it's fun to see the bread being baked into shapes but we ate better food elsewhere, service was actually shocking. We never had anything but amazing service in the US so here was strange.
I had to have some Chowder served in the sourdough though. Had to be done.
I do recommend visiting the little restaurants at the end of the strip towards the Ferry Building, we went into one and had a seafood feast!
It's very pretty here at night…
And we chose to spend our last few hours down here before we drove to the airport…
This is a very confused me… I was so ready to go home but I really didn't want to. I wanted more adventures.
I have one more post about San Francisco for you… as there is so much to do here I have picked out my favourite activities to recommend for you…
San Francisco – The City
August 28, 2012
So the week we reach our first anniversary is the week I will finish blogging our Honeymoon.
This is it people, the last stop… San Fran!
We loved it here, being able to walk around and be in one place for 4 days was great.
The city is so fun.
Silly amazing hilly streets to more than rival Bristol…
I love a tree-lined avenue, my dream is to live on one… this is a good'un.
Such beautiful houses and apartment buildings. I saw so many I could have just moved right in to…
I love this tall white building, they gotta have window seats in those big bays or they're not living there right.
The big grand houses in the bay ruled.
And we had some great shopping here… I went on a Kate Spade spree. Man I love that store, so glad we have it here now.
San Fran has more than its fair share of buskers and street artists. This kid down by Bloomingdale's was amazing. His Mum was sat with him too, great way to earn your pocket money.
A great looking dive bar we found near our hotel… we'll come back to this spot later.
Some really lovely evening walks taking us anywhere and everywhere in the city and capturing some great city scape sunsets.
We walked everywhere everyday, my Husband loves to walk and explore. Morning strolls were always short, ending as soon as we found a good-looking breakfast spot…
I couldn't help but stop at all the beautiful doorways around our district.
This was the morning we found a real live bagel bakery. Good Morning!
And more strolls. It was so cool being in a city I have seen so much of not just in movies but so many blogs I read are written by lovely people based here.
We tried to go to a super cool bar here, recommended by many it sounded amazing. It's an old prohibition era place called Bourbon and Branch. We couldn't book which is advised as there was a large event on in the early part of the evening so we thought we would try our luck
This was the queue.
Except when we got close it wasn't a queue but a mob of people freaking out because they couldn't get in. We tried to have a very English and polite word with the doorman to see if it was worth us coming back later that night but people were being so rude and desperate to go in we realised we probably didn't want to be inside with any of them anyway.
So we left.
We instead went to a bar opposite our hotel… no idea what it was called but they barman loves Hip Hop, as does my Husband so they went on a full on geek out and go on so well the barman bought us drinks. We left quite drunk after $1 mojitos and freebies.
Then we visited another recommendation from a native; Colibri for some Mexican food. This wasn't the kind we had been eating the whole time we were in California, but almost fine dining Mexican.
We started with more drinks… the best margaritas I have ever had. For food… you can visit Full as an Egg…
After which we headed back to Gold Dust, that dive bar we spotted earlier. The bar is being closed down so they were having a massive party to protest or mourn I wasn't sure which.
It was rammed and they had an amazing band of 3 old guys and the whole bar was singing.
We positioned ourselves by a waitress station… big mistake, they were working so hard!
We had the best time, I am gutted I can't remember the song we heard when we went in because for weeks it was stuck in my head and reminded me of that night.
Needless to say we were super drunk by the time we left… all my photographs were terrible, but it was one of those stand out nights that I loved.
On our last day we headed to Chinatown…
It's like all Chinatown's, mental… busy and a little world all on its own.
In our drunkenness I dropped my bag, which held my camera. This was me trying not to cry while we took it to get fixed. If you can get a camera fixed anywhere its Chinatown right?
Luckily it seems to work itself out.
These were little snaps of the neighbourhoods we managed to see… much more to come!
We stayed at the wonderful Hotel Adagio
Frances Ford Coppola's Winery
August 24, 2012
One winery I was excited to visit was Frances Ford Coppola's, mostly because his director cut Chardonnay is one of my favourite wines ever and is available in Bristol… We had been warned off, told the wine wasn't the best in the area and that it was a bit of a tourist trap.
We were tourists… so we went anyway, and loved it.
I would love to visit in the Summer… check out these cute beach huts you can hire for the day…
While you frolic in the pool!
As you can see it's a bit wintery at this moment.
The tasting rooms, shop and restaurant are filled with movie props. This was fun to see…
Mostly I love the company's branding. The bottles are all labelled so beautifully. I have to admit it's why I picked up my beloved Chardonnay from the shop in the first place.
Lots that we cannot get in the UK have very arty labels…
My favourite…
And more that we hadn't seen before…
And one we had to take away with us, Sofia (named after the lovely Sofia Coppola of course) is so good. It's so very popular in the US and even comes in cans… sacrilege? Or really handy?
All I know is I wish I could get it here.
Ignore any critics we loved it here, we wished we had time to eat here too; the menus looked amazing.
Frances Food Coppola Winery – Sonoma, California
Sonoma Part Two – California
August 23, 2012
After a mostly cloudy first day in Sonoma County we were pleased to watch up to clear skies on our second and only full day… this is the lovely view from our hilltop Bed and Breakfast…
Every morning we ate an amazing spread of coffee, juice, fruit platters and something hot, we ate scrambled eggs and bacon one morning and waffles and syrup on another all on beautiful china plates.
The view over to the mountains…
And the swimming pool we didn't get to use!
Then we headed off for a scenic drive and to find some more vineyards…
Our first stop was Alexander Valley Vineyards…
This guy was guarding the door but eventually he let us in…
They have won a ton of taste awards here…
I told you it was chilly, they even had the fire going here.
So worth a visit just for the beautiful setting. We also learnt a lot from our server about how things work out here… once again he explained about shipping; the sheer volume of US customers meant most of the wine from smaller vineyards never leaves the country.
He also told us about the tastings… the time of year where you can buy futures. This is the time to visit (I believe it's March) where all the vineyards open up to ticket holders and you drive (or more sensibly get driven) around and pick out your future cellar wines.
I'd love to do this one day, obviously minus the buying unless we could sort out a shipping method, hire a driver and set up a route around all the vineyards. People get very merry apparently!
This was my favourite winery and I cannot remember the name unfortunately but the family owned vineyard is beautiful as is the main house (how classic?!) and we were served by the grand-daughter of the third generation owner. This family had been here since before they owned vineyards, they used to grow prunes!
This is where we brought our final present for my Father-in-Law as their Chardonnay was just amazing. I was so sad we don't get this at home…
We did make one more stop but I am saving that for its own post…
Then we went back for Cocktail hour for more cheese and wine and booked a taxi for dinner so I could finally get involved.
And heard more stories!
Our hosts had crazy stuff all over their house including lots and lots of these crazy silver animals… this one is a wine cooler…
The great thing about all the restaurants here is that you can bring your own wine pretty much everywhere, it works well for everyone.
The restaurants charge a $15 corkage on average but given that your amazing bottle of wine would be worth a lot more it's worth paying that small charge to drink something great from your cellar.
We were also surprised that the mark up on wines in restaurants was quite small, purely because they can't get away with it I guess, people with either just complaint because they know exactly how much that very local bottle was or they will always bring their own.
We visited Zin, which is a proper California bistro the food was beautiful, classic and light while the service was amazing and I really enjoyed drinking our bottle of Zinfindel from Zichichi.
And that was our whirlwind two days in Sonoma… which we picked over Napa Valley because we wanted to visit smaller vineyards and winerys which are here in abundance.
Really lovely place to visit… and I would recommend staying in Healdsburg itself which would have been more convenient and there is a really great hotel which is where I wished we had stayed.
Sonoma Part One – California
August 22, 2012
Moving up from Santa Cruz we had to drive through San Francisco to get to our next destination…
We also got to go over the Golden Gate Bridge… our first look was stunning, pure sunshine and blue skies. We kept the top down and drove on over.
After San Francisco we really felt like we were north, the palm trees has changed into firs and it had definitely gotten chilly…
We arrived at our next Bed and Breakfast which was in Sonoma, we were here for a couple of days of vineyard action.
The bed and breakfast was in a grand house at the top of a hill… we had a strange time here, I don't want to bad mouth it because it really was great but it wasn't really the right place for us so I cannot recommend it either.
We checked in and immediately got sent off to a few vineyards not too far away…
The first being Ferrari Carano… a very grand house and gardens (although compared to some gardens in England they were not amazing as we were told)…
This wild boar statue was a present to the lady of the house, you're supposed to rub its nose for good luck. I lvoe that its nose was all worn.
We went straight down into the cellars for a tasting…
In California most of the vineyards hold tastings which you pay a small charge for, we much preferred this as it meant we could just do a tasting without explaining our situation; that we couldn't take any wine with us as we were going back to the UK in a week, even if we wanted to we didn't find one vineyard that would ship to us.
We tried some really delicious wines here but they were not our favourite, and neither was this vineyard. It is a stunning building but we felt other places so much friendlier.
These were little chocolate covered berries… served with the above. Really amazing.
Ferrari Carano had lots of these White House menus on the wall, for which they had provided wine.
By this time we were starving so we took a little de-tour into the town for a snack… We were staying near Healdsburg and it is such a pretty town. Once again… I wished we were there longer! How many times have I said that?
There are so many nice restaurants, boutiques, tasting rooms and theatres, this small town is quite sophisticated. I could live here for sure.
We loved the Flying Goat Coffee house…
I loved the space…
And we had some amazing coffee and pie. Really good pie.
A little like Santa Barbara, this town has plenty of cute…
So filled up a little we hit another vineyard. Please remember I was driving, this was like torture. I was able to have little sips of some at the tastings but my Husband enjoyed it a lot more.
The Zichichi vineyard was so lovely, the people were lovely, the wine was delicious and they gave us a little tour and told us all about the family owned company.
All in a really pretty setting, I love this truck in a field.
We actually did try to buy some wine here, even looked into how to ship it home (as they do not ship outside of the US, I guess they don't need to since the country is so big) but we couldn't.
The best thing about Californian vineyards is that they sell futures, so you can buy bottles of wine from a barrel that isn't ready yet, saving a fortune and building yourself a cellar. This is what we wanted to buy into. So gutted we couldn't.
We did buy ourselves one bottle we would have to drink at some point before flying home. Their zinfandel was so good, I think its something we don't really drink much of in this country because we only get bad ones… but here it's major.
So like I have mentioned Bed and Breakfasts in California were all about cocktail house, nearly always serving cheese and wine. At this b&b it was taken to another level, both nights we were here our hosts opened an amazing bottle of wine and served us proper cheese (who knew they even had it here!) and told us so many stories…
Before recommending us a spot for dinner in town, this bar and grill was so fun, a sports bar in that they had a couple of tv up in, that does posh bar food. Our hosts said they go here every Tuesday for a Hamburger.
I had mac and cheese taken to another level…
And that was just day one, and we arrived at lunch time!
More to come tomorrow…
Santa Cruz
August 21, 2012
After leaving Carmel and dropping into Monterey Bay we drove further North and had a one night stop over in Santa Cruz.
This place must be amazing in the summer, the California version of Blackpool; there is a boardwalk and a proper fair ground with a huge ferris wheel and everything. Unfortunately we were there in February so most of this was closed.
This was the view from our amazing hotel room. This hotel was extra lovely, probably because we were only there for one night but they upgraded us to an ocean view room right at the top of the building.
To the left we could see the rest of the hotel, with an amazing pool area. Gutted we couldn't use it but the further north we went the colder it got.
We didn't get much chance to explore as we arrived early evening, I went out for a walk to stock up on shampoo etc (I loved the US drugstores and we were near the end of the tip) I loved the small town feel Santa Cruz has.
Then I got back to more treats from the lovely hotel staff… how cute is that?
Then we went for a stroll along the boardwalk and checked out the cheesy fairground bits there were open…
Before an amazing dinner at our hotel, I had some beautiful scallops with a mushroom pasta dish…
But my Husband totally out menu'd me with his choice of fried chicken with mac and cheese, now I adore scallops but look at that…
And then at the end as a nod to the seaside fairground location they gave us some candy floss for dessert.
This little bed and breakfast across the road looked so spooky!
We stayed at the lovely Dream Inn and we were only there for 1 short night and morning but I couldn't fault it, I loved our room and would really love to visit during the summer. I think it would be a really fun place to have a break.


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Two Alone by Sandra Brown was her 37th novel and was first released under the pseudonym Erin St. Claire.
This book was published on November 1, 1987.
Two Alone book description
Beautiful and self-confident businesswoman Rusty Carlson was hurt, terrified and alone with a man she feared. But one thing was certain – she would surely die without his help.
Vietnam vet Cooper Landry had a deep-rooted grudge against beautiful women like Rusty. Experience had taught him they were takers.
But he'd survived far worse dangers, and this time he'd be damned if he'd let her risk his chance for survival.
But there were predators in the dense woods – both animals and human – and the odds were against them. They could handle that.
What Rusty and Cooper weren't prepared for was the discovery that they desired more than just survival….


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Take a bite out of this website hamburger. – Kimberly Gosney
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Poles could be forced into either the German or the Russian military depending on whether they lived in the western or eastern part of their partitioned homeland, while German-speaking colonists in Russia were required to serve a six-year term in the Russian army regardless of whether or not they spoke the Russian language. Likewise, citizens of the area absorbed by Austria-Hungary could be conscripted and possibly forced to fight fellow countrymen or family members. The situation motivated many to emigrate.
Andrew Boytz, a blacksmith, was conscripted into the Austrian army to teach soldiers the art of blacksmithing, but he rebelled against the idea. In the days before photos were used for identification, he was able to borrow a passport, desert the army and come to America, eventually settling in Globeville. Fred Gerhardt, however, served his six-year term in the Russian army before settling in Colorado.
Although their new life in Globeville could be difficult, these immigrants appreciated the freedoms we often take for granted.
top photo, Andrew Boytz lived a long life in Globeville
bottom photo, Fred Gerhardt in his Russian army uniform


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Once again, it has been a while since I posted - over a week, as it turns out. So my apolgies to all who tune in on a regular basis (and the stats tell me that more and more people are starting to follow this blog) - I will try to do better in future!
This is a report on a really rather enjoyable tasting of wines from La Loire and its sub region of Le Loir. As is usual for these events, the organiser produces a tasting sheet for us to follow. Unfortunately (as is also often the case) the information provided on the wines tends to be rather rudimentary, to the point where one even has to fill in the gaps on the names, growers, etc. And woe betide anyone that holds onto the bottle for more than a few seconds as it is passed around, in order to fill in those gaps! Hence, some of the details are a little lacking, notably as to the grower(s) on wines 1, 13 and 14. I'm sure they were produced by someone - I just don't know who, at the moment. So if anybody who was there can let me know, I would appreciate it. Prices, where shown, are what presenter Andy Grainger paid, either at the cellar door, or from UK merchants. So to the wines (and apologies for the poor quality of the photo - taken on my mobile phone, since I forgot my camera).........
This week's line-up of wines, with presenter Andy Grainger on the right
and a rather stern looking Stephen Freeland on the left (he's not scary - honest!)
1. Domaine Gigou(?) sparkling Blanc de Blancs Coteaux du Loir - €8.00
Dark gold colour - several years bottle age, perhaps? Wet dog, mineral, talc and citrus on the nose - in other words, classic Chenin Blanc. Palate is rich, full and flavoursome, and agreeably rustic. Lovely acidity and grip. Fairly simple, but delicious.
2. Domaine Gigou Domaine de la Charrière Cuveé du Paradis Jasnieres 2004 - €7.00
Quite perfumed and floral, with hints of menthol, cider apple, quince, cream. The palate is tart cider, lemon, mineral, but the finish is long and even slightly warming, but it is beautifully balanced. Really nice wine.
3. Domaine Gigou Domaine de la Charriere Clos St Jacques Jasnieres 2004 - €8.00
Emulsion paint and menthol, minerals and herbs. Sounds unappetising, but it is actually anything but! This was sent round as a pair with 3a (below) and the difference was quite marked. They both had a distinct tartness on the palate, but this was rich, briny and savoury and very long. Already lovely, but with lots structure and some real scope for ageing. A delicious wine!
3a. Domaine Gigou Domaine de la Charriere Clos St. Jacques Jasnieres 2006
Emulsion and menthol again, butless expressive and complex than the 2004, with notes of rotting apples being the main theme. And the palate is like biting into a very small, very unripe apple, but very light and seemingly simple. It may develop and fill out, but I doubt it.
4. Domaine du Closel La Jalousie Savennieres 2006 - €10.00
This smells like a red wine to me, with some or other red fruit aromas lurking amongst the apples and spices and a touch of caramel. It is fairly rich and long, and perhaps even a touch warm. An enjoyable wine, but atypical.
5. J F Mériau Coeur de Roche Sauvignon Blanc Vielles Vignes Touraine 2004 - €12.00
Hints of reduction and gunflint, well-judged oak, citrus and mineral. This wine has definitely been given the treatment, but it is very well done - but not at all typical of Sauvignon. Rich and honeyed and - as a super cuvée - it definitely works. I like it.
6. Bernard Baudry La Croix Boisée Chinon Blanc 2006 - £12.00
Smells of lime oil, herbs and stone - intensely zippy nose, and with some interesting vegetable/legume notes. Very complex stuff, although undoubtedly some way off from maturity. The palate has apples and quince, and a distinct mandarin note. The citrus/orange quality and the sheer complexity of this wine lifts it above the crowd. superb wine.
7. Domaine Gigou Coteaux du Loir 2005 Pineau d'Aunis - €6
Smells to me like Beaujolais Nouveau - and tastes like it. Others disagreed, but I'm sticking with that view, since those same people didn't get the red notes in wine number 4, and I certainly wasn't mistaken twice! The bitter-sweet palate was far too obvious and sickly for me. All spangles and flowers and not much to endear it to me.
8. Domaine Gigou, Coteaux du Loir 2006, Pineau d'Aunis - €6
This is more like it! Softer, leaner and lighter that the 2005, but beautifully tart and zingy, without any of the bitterness. Like an ultra-light Bourgogne Rouge from a good vintage. A year or two ago, I wouldn't have enjoyed this sort of wine. But now I do!
9. Domaine de la Chevalerie Peu Muleau Bourgueil 2007 - £10
"Cow's feet", exclaimed Mr Bennett, from the opposite corner of the room. I'm not sure what he was on, but it must have been mind-expanding! Light and soft, with decent balance, though little in the way of tannin. A decent enough wine, but ultimately lacking interest.
10. Domaine de la Chevalerie, La Chevalerie Bourgoueil 2006 - £11.50
This was rich, ripe, balanced, but doesn't really set the world on fireTo me, the acidity seemed unnatural (in a citric sort of way). I have a couple of bottles of this tucked away - I think I'll leave them for a few years, to see if they develop into anything interesting - though I won't be holding my breath.
11. Bernard Baudry Les Grezaux Chinon 2005 - £15.00
Smells of rye bread or perhaps granary, with notes of cedar/old oak, orange, tobacco and bramble. The palate is fruity, but rich, in a slightly fruit-cake sort of way, with absolutely no greenness. Ripe, balanced and complex. A modern wine, but the acceptable face of modern winemaking. Most of us were impressed - including me.
12. Charles Joguet Clos du Chêne Vert Chinon 2001 - £10.00
Hints of brett peeping out from behind the cherry and orange peel aromas. A slight volatile acidity, together with notes of lilies and bramble might have me thinking of an "Hermitaged" Bordeaux. I didn't write too much of a note on this, because I was far too busy enjoying it. A lovely wine. Who would have guessed it could be 100% Cabernet Franc!
12a. Pierre Jacques Druet Clos de Danzay Chinon 1996
Volatile acidity and varnish galore. Quite tannic, austere, oaky. Cedar and pencil lead. In other words, not an awful lot of fruit. Nice acidity, but lacks body and depth, though it is quite enjoyable, in an austere sort of way. Needs food.
13. Jasnières Demi-sec Selection de Grains Nobles 2002 - €14.00
Smells like Jurancon with a generous splash of Calvados, with a similar sort of taste. Slightly cheesy, sweaty and seemingly very mature for its age, with a touch of tartness giving lift. Tangy, so I imagine it would be even better with some cheese or paté. Nice.
14. Vouvray Moelleux, ?Vendanges Manuelle 1989 - £5.00(ish)
Savoury and even more cheesy, but tangy. Not so much moelleux as demi-sec, to my palate, as it is fairly light-bodied, with cracking acidity. Again, would really go well with some cheese. At 20+ years old, this is aged to perfection, and really lovely.
15. Prince Poniatowski Aigle Blanc Vin de Tris Vouvray 1989 - £10.00
A lovely nose that you could sniff and savour until the cows come home. Wet dog/wool, lemon and lime marmalade, herbs. Complex stuff. Amazingly tight and focused for such a mature wine. Again, more demi-sec than totally sweet, with cracking acidity and plenty of depth. Yum!
15a. Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Moelleux 1989 Foreau
This really does smell sweet and honeyed, like a true moelleux. Again cheesy and sweaty (it might not sound attractive, but it is meant to!), with notes of orange, gloss paint and clarified butter. Complex stuff, though with a touch less acidity than the Poniatowski. A nice way to finish the evening.
My overall impression (and I think most of us were in agreement) is that, although a couple of the reds were really very good, the whites were more successful and consistently good. And although it is of course possible to get bad sweet wines in the Loire, the ones we tasted were all lovely.


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Wildlife Viewing Area
Wildlife viewing
area to be constructed
along County Highway K
By Ted Pennekamp
Crawford County may soon embark upon a nice project for those who enjoy viewing birds and other wildlife on Gremore Lake. A wildlife viewing area will be constructed along the west side of a portion of County K just south of its intersection with Ambro Road.
A variance was obtained and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has given its approval for widening the shoulder to create a safe area where vehicles can pull over to view wildlife and take photographs, said County Sanitation and Zoning Technician Jake Shedivy.
The area will be a trapezoid, said Shedivy, who noted that it will be 125 feet long on the highway side and 95 feet long on the "water" side. It will be 14 feet wide.
Highway Commissioner Dennis Pelock said that left over dirt that the Highway Department had from building the new salt shed in Prairie du Chien as well as from flood material from 2016 and other projects will be used to widen the shoulder of County K and create the wildlife viewing area. The dirt pile is located along County K not far from where the viewing area will be.
"The Highway Department will be working in partnership with Blair Dillman and Prairie Sand and Gravel," said Pelock. "It was Blair's idea in the first place."
Pelock and Shedivy said the project will be completed at little cost to the county. Shedivy said there may be some relatively low costs for signage once the widening is done.
"A lot of people walk or park out there," said Pelock. "This will allow vehicles to get off the road farther and out of the walking and bicycling lane and out of traffic."
Pelock said some trees will be picked up and the area cleaned up within the next couple of weeks in order to get ready for the widening project, which will begin when temperatures rise and things thaw out a bit. He said the Highway Department would like to have the project completed before their major spring projects begin.
Shedivy said the project will involve some grading within the ordinary high water mark. He said the area will be seeded and maintained.
"I think it will get used a lot," said Pelock. "A lot of people park out there to watch wildlife."


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Hope everyone had a terrific Mother's Day!!
Remember when I said I was going to blog everyday in May?
I was clearly kidding.
I have been CRAZY busy the past couple of weeks!
The shop has been super busy, and I have been working overtime getting ready for Brooks first birthday party.
I can't believe my baby boy will be 1 on Wednesday...where has the time gone??
Revolt Fitness program.
Although I haven't lost any weight in the 2 weeks since I started, I can definitely see my body becoming more toned, which was my goal.
I've lost 2.5" off my waist and 2" of my thighs. So that rocks!
And that was even with eating one of these:
And lastly, the winner of the GOYA Foods cookbook and ingredients giveaway is...
Betty Dennis!!
Thanks to everyone who entered!


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NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme in Cheshire and Wirral is part of a National Programme providing support to those at high risk of Type 2 diabetes. They are helping individuals with personalised support to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes with education on healthy eating and lifestyle, weight loss and exercise programmes.
The programme is free and is held at various locations throughout Cheshire with times to suit you, including daytime, evenings and weekends.
If you would like to find out more information you can click here to read the patient leaflet or visit their here.


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|I have recently purchased RM1305 currently 799 UXA and are upgrading it a little and wrapping it in red tartan.I am new to the bus game though have lots of old car experience. My wife is already complaining about being a bus widow but I am loving it! The bus was previously used by LD Lines for promotion and we are intending to rent it out for events. It will (sadly)not be carrying fare paying passengers for now but I wondered if anyone could give me any advice on how it should be taxed and what kind of licence would be required to drive it. It will not be used for hire and reward on the road but will be on hire once at the venue. It is currently taxed as a historic and I am led to believe, can be driven on a normal car licence. Can it carry any passengers at all if they are not fare paying and number under 8 and finally, does anyone have any suggestion as to who would be good to approach for insurance? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Over the weekend the New York Times revealed new details about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions authorizing the National Security Agency's broad, classified surveillance programs gathering data on millions of Americans. The paper reported that a whole "secret body of law" has effectively been built up that vastly expands the NSA's powers to collect huge amounts of info while carving out "an exception to the Fourth Amendment's requirement of a warrant for searches and seizures."
Progressives and Dems who continue to care about this issue can push Democratic leaders to vocally call for more transparency around these opinions and to get behind the proposal being pushed by a bipartisan group of Senators, including progressive Jeff Merkley and Tea Partyer Mike Lee — and a companion measure in the House — that would compel the Obama administration to declassify and release them.
Here's the current state of play so far: Most Democratic leaders have yet to take a public position on this legislation, according to a quick survey of their offices I undertook today. The current tally is as follows.
On the House side, Nancy Pelosi's office confirms to me that she supports the version of the bill being pushed in the House by a handful of Dems and Republicans. That's a step forward.
On the Senate side, Harry Reid has promised to "take a look" at the Senate version of the legislation, but he has not publicly said whether he supports it; his office didn't return an email asking for an update. Dick Durbin has publicly encouraged the effort, though he predicted it would be "ill-fated," and his office confirms he continues to evaluate it.
Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Community, has signed a letter generally expressing support for declassification of FISA court opinions, but her spokesman confirmed to me the other day that she has no position on the current bill. I'm awaiting an answer from Chuck Schumer's office as to his position.
Patrick Leahy, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has co-sponsored the legislation, and Senator Patty Murray has also signed on as a co-sponsor, her office confirms. That makes Leahy, Murray, and Pelosi the only Dem leaders I'm aware of who have supported it so far.
To be fair, all of the above Dem Senate leaders (with the exception of Feinstein) voted for a similar amendment declassifying FISA court opinions at the end of last year. That's good. But since then, of course, we have had the revelations courtesy of Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden, which theoretically should prompt an increase in calls for more transparency, yet many Dem leaders still are not yet prepared to back the current bill to accomplish this.
"Many of these Democratic leaders are on record supporting transparency for these programs, including some `yes' votes on identical language just last year," Michelle Richardson, a leading attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, tells me. "They should cosponsor the proposals and make them a priority."
The Times story should theoretically prompt still more urgency here. It demonstrates that the FISA court has created this new body of secret law "without hearing from anyone outside the government, forgoing the adversarial system that is a staple of the American justice system."
To reiterate, pushing for the declassification of the opinions authorizing the NSA programs — which could be done in summary form or with redactions to protect sensitive information if necessary — does not constitute opposition to the programs themselves. Dems should support this step, and push for it. If they have a good reason to oppose it, they should tell us what it is.
UPDATE: Senator Schumer's office just confirmed to me that he supports the Merkley bill, which is definitely another step forward.


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Hello SOTGC community,
For those of us women in business, there are a few words starting with the letter M that can trigger a slew of anxiety from within: MONEY. MARKETING. MANAGEMENT.
MONEY. We need it to eat, pay our rent, travel, retire.
MARKETING. This is one of the ways we attract money. It's the means by which we promote our services, our messages, our products. It's our connection to our audience, customers, community, tribe.
MANAGEMENT. Whether you yourself have to manage people or are being managed, this word brings up a slew of emotions. How much management is "too much"? How much is "too little"? How can you oversee and systematize things without becoming BORING.
Each word also has an influence on the next. Marketing can attract money, which will require management. Management can influence marketing, which will attract money. Money goes back into marketing and management to help things grow and prosper.
With each of these topics, a specific resistance faces us: the resistance to put ourselves out there; the resistance to being seen as a "micromanager"; the resistance to attract TOO much attention because it can be misconstrued as bragging, not being humble, or being annoying; the resistance to asking for more money because we don't want to be perceived as ungrateful. This anxiety isn't gender specific either. Men can feel just as "heavy" from these terms because each of these words carries its own sense of priority and at the same time.
But for the sake of today's article, What Marketing IS And What It ISN'T, we are going to touch on the topic of MARKETING. Because if you are truly able to align with what MARKETING is and what it can do for you, you will start to see it as less of an obligation and activity that you feel ICKY about and more as an art, as a bridge between you and your customers, as a means to SHARE your gifts, products, services, STORIES with the world.
What marketing IS:
- A consistent approach to taking a brand, product, or service from UNKNOWN to familiar.
- An OPPORTUNITY for you to share your story, your WHY, your solutions with the world.
- A way to EDUCATE people about what it is that you offer, on a recurring basis.
- A way to build TRUST with your ideal audience, clients, customers.
- YOUR masterpiece and means to showcase what makes you UNIQUE from other people in the marketplace.
- A magnet to attract potential customers and support them through their purchasing process.
- A way to get your loyal customers/audience to help you spread the word about your work.
- A science, a true means to TEST and collect data such as feedback, responses, and sales, and then reviewing that data to see what can be done better the next go round.
- The potential to be as creative, or as clever as ever, to build BUZZ, to connect with your audience/customers emotionally and to story-tell not only YOUR benefits, features, and WHY but that of your customers' too.
What marketing ISN'T (or shouldn't be)
- An excuse for you to hide or avoid talking about your story, your products, your pricing, etc.
- CONSTANT talking about your prices, sales, and offers (you want a healthy ratio of messaging).
- Not talking about your products, prices, sales, or offers EVER.
- Copying someone else's exact formula/strategy and thinking it generates the exact same results for you.
- Solely considering your thoughts, opinions, and desired talking points without considering what your audience/clients/customers NEED.
- Short-term "sprints" then expecting INSTANT results.
- Doing the same redundant thing over and over again to drive a goal, yet expecting different results.
- A reason for you to compare yourself to others and deem yourself inadequate.
Again, marketing—whether that entails using the Internet to showcase your brand digitally (a la Humans of New York), or having a loyalty program such as Kohl's (and their Kohl's cash), or mailer coupons like Bed, Bath and Beyond's 20% initiative, or hosting a webinar to promote your service-based business, OR passing out product samples at an event—allows you to SHARE something that would otherwise be unknown, unsolved, or unfulfilled with PEOPLE. Marketing lets people know how you save them time, money, heartache, headache, you name it. And more importantly than the examination of HOW you are going to market is clarifying and adjusting HOW you FEEL about marketing.
I hope this article starts that shift. In future articles to come, I will expand upon marketing and strategies further. But for now, I want to hear your biggest marketing hang-ups. Go ahead; get them off your chest!
The first, (a little cheat/gift from me), may be that you have a lack of time to market.
What else? What else holds you back from marketing? Comment below! Let's see if we, as a SOTGC community, can help you embrace marketing once and for all in the New Year.


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NAMI's vision drives our policy priorities: that all people affected by mental illness should have the opportunity to experience resiliency, recovery and wellness.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to get sample questions to ask candidates!
About 1 in 5 adults and youth in the U.S. live with a mental health condition. Sadly, nearly 50 percent of children and 60 percent of adults go without care. Quality mental health services and supports and enough mental health professionals to carry them out are critical to a functioning mental health system. Without access to care, people are kept in emergency departments for days and sometimes weeks. Others end up out of school, out of work, in jail, on the streets or—most tragically—die by suicide. 40,000 American lives are lost every year to suicide.
Mental illness is a public health emergency affecting youth across our nation. 50 percent of all mental illness begins by age 14, 75 percent by age 24. The quicker a young person gets quality services and supports, such as with a First Episode Psychosis (FEP) program, the better the outcomes. Yet, in the U.S., there is an average delay of 74 weeks from the time a person first experiences symptoms of psychosis to when he or she receives care. The UK beats us by a mile with average delays of just 7 weeks. Delays in treatment lead to poorer life outcomes and greater costs.
About 2 million Americans with mental health conditions are admitted to jails each year—most for non‐violent offenses. In many cases, individuals are incarcerated simply because they did not get the treatment and supports they needed. Jails are designed for punishment, not to provide mental health care. Many people leave jail in worse health than when they entered and are more likely to get locked up again. All of this comes at a tremendous cost to individuals, families, communities and taxpayers.
Health insurers are denying mental health care at nearly 2 times the rate of other medical care—often with no explanation—according to a NAMI survey. The federal parity law requires most health plans to provide equivalent coverage for mental health and medical care, but without appropriate enforcement, insurance companies do not comply. This leaves people unable to get the mental health care they need and are entitled to under their insurance. To make matters worse, few plans provide their enrollees with details of their mental health coverage, accurate lists of mental health providers and the criteria used to make mental health coverage decisions.
An estimated 8.4 million Americans provide care to an adult living with mental illness. The majority are family members who spend an average of 32 hours a week helping a loved one stay safe and stable. Half of caregivers report they get to work late, leave early, or take time off to provide care for their loved one. Most find it difficult to get the services and supports their loved one needs. Not surprisingly, 3 out of 4 mental health caregivers experience high emotional stress. Caregivers of children with serious mental health needs experience similar challenges and also face untold stress.


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As reported in the May 20 View ("Carters Survive Trial by Writing" by Elizabeth Mehren), Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's book on health in the second half of life includes rules such as not smoking, not drinking to excess, fastening seat belts, and "so forth."
Wow. Heavy. I can't wait to buy the book to be blessed with their other esoteric "rules," which no doubt include items such as don't walk in front of speeding cars, get out of your house as quickly as possible when it's on fire, don't play with loaded guns, keep rat poison bottles out of the medicine cabinet, don't try to breathe while swimming under water, and other sagacious gems of wisdom.
With a mind full of such sharp, perspicacious and incisive advice, is it any wonder that Jim Boy's presidency was such a roaring success? It makes you wonder how the United States, and the world, survived from 1977 to 1980.
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I regret deeply not being able to participate in the 2004 opening of the National Museum of the American Indian—my family flew in to dance for the celebration, but I was presenting at a conference, and wasn't able to join them.
Over the intervening years when I'm in D.C., I've always tried to leave time to visit the Museum's Mitsitam Café (in the Piscataway and Delaware languages, mitsitam means "let's eat"). It's been recognized as one of the major culinary attractions in the D.C. area, and Rachael Ray has recommended it on her television show. Atlantic Monthly has featured Mitsitam Café and its Executive Chef, as has Cowboy and Indian Magazine. Gourmand Magazine has awarded its new cookbook as "Best Regional" in the U.S. In March, it will be competing in Paris for "Best in the World."
Executive Chef, Richard Hetlzer, was involved from the inception of the restaurant, with its intention of integrating the Museum's emphasis on Native cultures through indigenous foods. He is a 1995 graduate of the Baltimore International Culinary College, "We were involved with
planning a year and a half before the opening," Richard told me.
(Richard Hetzler)
In the Atlantic Monthly article, architect Duane Blue Spruce discussed some of the challenges in designing the café: "The assumption was that, of course, the cafeteria would serve native food, but we had a difficult time backing that assumption up… We wanted to show that there are regional differences. Not only culturally, but in terms of food."
The Mitsitam Native Foods Café is divided into five geographic stations, with each region having a separate menu. These include the Northern Woodlands, South American, Meso America, the Great Plains, and the Northwest Coast and Columbia Plateau.
(Three Sisters Salad)
Several of the stations also provide a "feast for the eyes" as visitors can
watch their food being prepared in grill fires and pots.
Richard has discussed working with foods very familiar to most Native Americans, such as fry bread, or salmon prepared on cedar planks. He's also been creative about combining what
was available to local Native Nations. "A great example is the maple-brined turkey…We know that Native Americans cured items in salt, so essentially they were doing a brine, infusing the flavor, adding moisture…They definitely had turkey. They had maple syrup. It works for us," he said in a Smithsonian Institute interview.
One of the issues that came up during our interview was the
challenge of providing Native based foods for the enormous volume of customers served. "In the winter, our slow season, we're serving 500-600 people a day. During our peak that climbs to 1,500-3,000 a day." Richard is always looking for sources of Native foods from tribal suppliers. He has salmon flown in from the Quinault Nation of Washington State. To supply buffalo meat, he works with the Montana based Intertribal Bison Cooperative.
(Mitsitam Indian Buffalo Taco)
We also talked about working with what food sources are available. Some items that a tribal group might supply may be too small in number, or simply too expensive for the general Café format. This isn't a problem, according to Richard. "Nothing is too big or too small. Winter is a slow time of the year, and we might feature something on the menu that we couldn't provide in the peak season. We change menus every three months. We can run it as a special—turn it into a vinaigrette—giving customers the flavor. For example, with fiddlehead ferns, it would be too expensive to serve them by themselves. But I can have twenty pounds of salad and add five pounds of fiddleheads, so everyone gets a taste of them. " (Fiddlehead Ferns)
Richard also mentioned his fondness for saguaro cactus syrup, comparing it to a truffle as an item that costs too much to use every day. He buys the syrup from Tohono O'odham Community Action (TOCA), a Native American non-profit organization based in southern Arizona. Expensive items like this might be used as a drizzle for a special presentation. One of the reasons it costs so much is how labor-intensive the syrup is to make, as the TOCA site explains:
The saguaro fruit ripens during the hot months of June and July and is hand harvested just before the torrential monsoon rains using a traditional picking stick up to fifteen feet high made of saguaro ribs. Traditionally, the fruit is made into syrup and the tiny black seeds and saffron like pulp are sun dried. Most saguaro syrup – bahidaj sitol – is used in the annual rain ceremony. A very small amount is available to the public. Thick and mahogany colored, this is the most rare of the world's fruit syrups. Made from hand-harvested saguaro fruit, cooked slowly over mesquite fires, its unusual, deep flavor is both sweet and smoky. Saguaro syrup can be used in a similar manner as the finest aged balsamic vinegars. It is excellent as a glaze, garnish or drizzled over fresh fruit or ice cream. The crunchy seeds are rich in healthy oils and fiber and can be used in place of poppy seeds in any recipe.
TOCA provides Richard with another favorite of his– Ciolim (Cholla Cactus Buds), as well as Bawĭ (Tepary Beans). It's easy to understand why these Cholla Cactus Buds are such a hit—again, turning to the TOCA site: Ciolim – cholla buds – have sustained the Tohono O'odham for countless generations. Just before the buckthorn cholla cactus flowers in the spring, its buds are hand picked, cleaned of their many thorns and dried for use year-round.
Cholla buds have a unique flavor that includes tones that range from artichoke to asparagus –green and vibrant. Once cooked, cholla buds will triple in size. These delectable desert vegetables love marinades and will readily absorb the flavors of whatever they are cooked with. Terrific in antipastos, chiles, salads and sautées, use them as you would artichoke hearts or asparagus tips.
Cholla buds are incredibly healthy. Even as a side dish in a meal, cholla buds can improve how food affects the body. Two tablespoons of dried buckhorn cholla, for example, provides as much calcium as a glass of milk (14 grams of dry cholla buds supply 394 mg of calcium while one cup of whole milk supplies 276 mg of calcium). Yet, while a glass of milk may have 100-150 calories, the cholla buds only have 28 calories. And because cholla buds contain soluble pectins, they slow down digestion of sugars and other carbohydrates. The result is better control over blood-sugar level, eliminating the highs and lows.
(TOCA Art)
Richard shared with me the restaurant wants to buy from and give back to Native communities, the way they work with TOCA, ITBC, and the Quinaults. While the non-Native Richard has had the opportunity to employ only two American Indian workers, the week of our interview, he had entered into discussions with the Navajo Technical College to explore placing interns with the college's culinary arts program.
The Mitsitam Café Cookbook was the result of three years of labor, and features 90 recipes with beautiful photography from Renee Comet. Because the restaurant serves so many people per day, the recipes had to be modified to meet the needs of a home cook. Richard explained, "The staff at the museum each took three or four recipes home, made them and critiqued them, and we adjusted the recipes. One of the pushes behind the book was to really find and make recipes that any person could make. You don't have to be a chef to recreate any of it."
Richard will be flying to Paris this March, where the Mitsitam Café Cookbook will compete at Gourmand Magazine's World Cookbook Awards. There are 53 categories, with over 150 countries represented. When I asked him what he will demonstrate, he told me he planned to showcase his Wild Rice Salad, explaining it was something he could do that would easily fit within the 20 minutes he will be allotted, and uses ingredients that are easily available.
Best of luck, Richard—and here's the recipe he will be using:
Wild Rice Salad
This recipe is from Mitsitam Cafe,
National Museum of the American Indian.
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
6 cups chicken stock
11/2 cup wild rice
1 carrot, cut into
half-inch-long matchsticks
3 tablespoons dried cranberries
1 Roma tomato, finely diced
4 or 5 scallions,
finely chopped
3 bunches watercress
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Spread the pine nuts and pumpkin seeds in a small baking pan and toast them in
the oven for about 10 minutes, until they are golden brown. Let cool.
Combine the chicken stock and wild rice in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, for about 45–55 minutes, until the grains are just opened up and tender. Spread the hot rice on a baking sheet and let cool.
When the rice is cool, scrape it into a large bowl and add carrots, dried cranberries, diced tomato, toasted pine nut and pumpkin seed mixture, and scallions.
Toss all of the ingredients together with the vinaigrette, refrigerate for at least 1 hour, and serve over watercress.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
3 tablespoons
apple-cider vinegar
1/4cup plus 2 tablespoons
canola oil
2 tablespoons honey
Place cider vinegar in a bowl, and slowly mix in oil. Sweeten with just a touch of honey.


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The Uncredibles
Are you thinking what we're thinking? That having dragged ourselves to the end of this dull yet down-and-dirty UK general election campaign, we're in dire need of some light relief. British animation duo Spark and Zoom, ever quick on the draw, have magicked up a gleeful Westminster spoof in the style of the hit Pixar movie, which pits the three party leaders at one another's throats. But can Tony Blair and his prudent pull-string weapon, Little Gordon, neutralise Michael Howard's iron giant, The Election Machine? Has the leader of the opposition genuinely got bats in his belfry? Will Charles Kennedy ever get that baby puke out of his superhero suit? Whether you're voting tactically, reluctantly, or just using the blindfold-and-blunt-pencil gambit this time around, this will be your favourite all-party political broadcast.
White Bits
In memory of the wave of warm May weather - sadly over, alas - which forced the British to show amounts of flesh normally only seen in Lil' Kim videos, Cyber cinema turns to Alex Jovy's cheeky sun-kissed comedy to find out the real cost of a tan. An even £400, according to sleazy Pete, who conducts a doorstep auction with his best friend's girl, the amber-coloured Jessie, starting with the command 'Show us yer white bits'. Nick Moran, doing his patented geezer turn from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a shifty delight to watch as the man who can't believe his luck - or his eyes - in this easy, breezy one-joke short.
Forest Grove
Remember The Swimmer, the 1968 Burt Lancaster film in which a man decides to 'swim home' by using all the pools in his suburb, one after another? Maya Churi's intricate interactive narrative draws on this idea, chasing after Charlie, an alienated young boy adrift in his gated community who is forced to sneak into the neighbourhood's pools after he is banned from the clubhouse. You track Charlie around the sterile nightmare that is Forest Grove, and watch him uncover a hotbed of Cheeveresque secrets and lies, by simply clicking through brochures and maps to explore one household's filmed encounter at a time. Churi creates her entire world with wooden models peopled by plastic toy figures, but her persuasive lo-fi storytelling and faux-naif narration allow her to imitate a pack of teasing nymphets, Margaret the senile loser of false teeth, or Leon the juvenile delinquent, at the click of a mouse. One of the pearls of this year's Sundance online film festival - it's only available online until the end of June, and it'll take you that long to exhaust all its poignant possibilities.
For Love of the Film
Still smarting from the fact that George Lucas didn't pick our own hotly-tipped favourite for this year's Star Wars Fan Film Award (The Yody Years), we are big enough to admit that Barry Curtis's cute 'ode to fandom' is probably the most original and amusing piece out there. When a multiplex projector breaks in the middle of a showing of Star Wars, audience members decide to act out the remaining scenes themselves, and with no arguing over who gets to do the fun Luke Skywalker Jedi lightsabre stuff either. Nope, they all pitch in and party, one gorgeous girl even selflessly portraying Chewbacca as the 'big walking carpet' that he should be. Can you feel the Force?
Duck Children
Sam Walker's eccentric experimental film, in which a young girl finds herself trapped in an endless clockwork pantomime which becomes a bloodbath, is not for the faint of heart. But like the other films in his twisted trio of shorts (Pool Shark and Tea Break) it casts a kind of creepy enchantment over the viewer, like a Grimm fairytale with shotguns instead of magic shoes. Notwithstanding its shoestring budget of £400, it's a remarkably good-looking and original piece, filled with offbeat visual touches like the flock of vast, grotesque papier-mache heads which fill the audience, bobbing approval throughout their grisly entertainment. It won the Canal Plus prize at Clermont-Ferrand in 2002, should you require any more persuading.
A Brief Inquiry Into the Origins of War
A balmy autumn day by a lake in a park, and a dear little seven-year-old Kevin is sailing his birthday boat, watched by an elderly, balloon-holding stranger. Except that director Philip Farha has a completely different sort of stranger-danger in mind for this classy, allegorical short. When Kevin's beloved boat is sunk by a sneaky catapult, he learns a valuable lesson about the thin line between benefactor and betrayer. Beautifully and economically realised (the whole thing is only four-and-a-half minutes long) and scored with an evocative extract from Peter and the Wolf, this is a perfect tutorial on why less is more in short film-making.
Itchana Tchones 4: Alien Wars
Say it really fast. Go on, say it really fast. Indiana Jones, of course, is the star of this micro-sized interactive amusement, though copyright forbids his actual participation. Not to mention good taste, since in this pleasingly weird platform game, Itchana is trawling spaceship TAO57 to exterminate a pack of Alien face-hugging, chest-bursting predators. We got a heads-up about this at Screenhead.com (credit where credit is due) and have stayed up long into the night leaping spikes, dodging electric fields and slashing intergalactic sea snails into fluorescent puddles with our hero's bullwhip. Limber up your arrow-key fingers because the assaults are fast and furious, and watching little Itchana get squishily decapitated is only a laugh-riot for the first, ooh, 50 times or so...


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The Cardinall's Musick
Psalms of David
- Gabrieli
- Jubilate Deo a 8
- Palestrina
- Super flumina Babylonis
- Victoria
- Nisi Dominus
- Palestrina
- Sicut cervus desiderat
- Victoria
- Dixit Dominus
- Lassus
- Ad Dominum cum tribularer
- Victoria
- Laudate Dominum
- Allegri
- Miserere
- Gibbons
- O clap your hands together
- Tomkins
- O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; O God the proud are risen
- Gibbons
- O Lord in thy wrath
- Weelkes
- O Lord arise
- Byrd
- Lord in thy rage; Sing we merrily; Venite exsultemus Domino
- Weelkes
- Laboravi in gemitu meo
- Byrd
- Laudibus in sanctis
- Andrew Carwood
- director
The Psalms of David have provided inspiration for countless generations of composers. Sung several times a day during services in the Catholic rite and at the centre of Anglican Mattins and Evensong, they contain all human emotion, from pain and loss to rejoicing and exultation.
This highly successful, award-winning and innovative vocal ensemble performs a programme contrasting European composers including Allegri's famous Miserere (Psalm 51) and other double-choir pieces by Victoria with more closely-argued pieces by English composers; from the suave Gibbons, to the energetic Weelkes and the ever-inspired William Byrd, the music reflects the wide-range of emotions found in the texts.
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Qld Police Collide In Royal Motorcade
Two Queensland policemen have been injured after their motorcycles collided while escorting Prince Charles to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Wednesday night.
Both officers were taken to hospital after the crash but the royal motorcade was not affected by the incident, which occurred 30 minutes before the start of the ceremony.
Two Queensland police officers were involved in a traffic crash in Southport this evening. https://t.co/KreB5FRrqI— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) April 4, 2018
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla both arrived at Carrara Stadium on time despite the collision on the Gold Coast Highway at Southport about 7.30pm (AEST).
Police say a 27-year-old officer was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the other officer, 42, was transported to hospital as a precaution.
"Police planning for motorcades includes all contingencies and the traffic crash did not impede or impact on the movement to Carrara," Queensland police said in a statement.


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40 years of the LEGO Minifigure!August 30th, 2018
In 1978, Disco was dominating the charts, mobile phones were non-existent and the Internet was still more than a decade away. It was also the year the very first LEGO® minifigures went into production. Fast forward to today and those inaugural character… more »


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I like fantasy and medieval decor items. When I was looking for a way to feature some of the faux gems that I had learned to make, I came across an old cigar box in my craft supples. So I decided to make a small strongbox.
To accomplish this, I used polymer clay, faux cabochon gems set in medallions, and a little paint. I'm afraid my photographic diary of the project is somewhat incomplete but I'll show you what I have.
First of all, I needed to made polymer clay corners for the box. So I made a template from which I could cut the clay.
I wanted each corner to fit perfectly but I also wanted to paint the box. I have fired clay attached to wooden objects before. The flashpoint of wood is higher than the cooking temperature of the clay so this will work as long as you are mindful when baking it. However, I didn't want to apply the clay to the painted box because I didn't know what the oven would do to my paintjob.
So I made some handy foil corners onto which I could build the corner clay pieces. The clay can be baked over the foil and the foil peeled off afterward, allowing me to paint the box and then adhere the clay pieces later.
The foil is formed like hospital corners so the folds are along the edges of the wood.
Once I had the first corner covered in foil, I made the clay corner piece by cutting out the previously created pattern out of a smooth sheet of clay. This was placed on the corner and the joined edge smoothed before embellishing.
Then I made the other four corners.
The bottom corners had just two sides each and were made in the same way as the corners.
I also made smaller cabochon medallions for the four vertical sides. I baked all of these, setting the box with its corners on a large glass pan. The medallions were all baked on a glass pan as well.
When it was done and the box cooled, I took off the foil, painted the box, and glued the embellishments to it.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Jeweled Strongbox
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The highly experienced team in car wheels design and engineering at Tekno have been creating Italian innovative styles using the very latest technology for more than 20 years. The integrity of an already well known product. When Alkatec decided to re-visit Tekno brand there were no shade of grey, it would be either live up with the highest standards or it will not exist. TEKNO is a polish artist born on 10th December 1984 and is the founder of the Save Our Souls events in Cologne, Germany.After his first experiences as a DJ in 2008, he quickly realized that his skills were good enough to take him to the top. In 2009 he opened his own studio with Mco, Iloco and Patrick van Budde. Consequently this was the place that he and his team spent endless hours djing, producing and debating about how to bring back Trance to Germany, a country totally polluted with Techno and Minimal sound.
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Teddy Bears! and a Christmas tree! Awwww...... So, bright red knit, with an Xmas tree decorated with glittery gold stars, candles, and gold beads. 2 super cute teddies sitting in front; 1 wearing a plaid bow and the other with a tartan plaid vest. Surrounded by glittery gold stars and gifts wrapped with glittery gold. (We like glittery gold!) Kinda heavy. Has shoulder pads. Back is solid red. Tag reads Casual Corner. Ramie/cotton.
Condition: Very Good
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It's not too late to register for summer classes at Raritan Valley Community College. RVCC is offering a six-week Summer Session beginning Monday, July 8. Classes include a wide range of subjects—from science to English to economics. Register today.
Current high school students can jump start their college education by earning credits at RVCC this summer. The credits earned can stay at RVCC or be transferred to another college once the student graduates from high school. Students who are enrolled at other colleges can save money and earn extra credits by taking classes at RVCC this summer and then transferring the credits to their home school.
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RVCC's main campus is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. Serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for over 40 years, the College offers more than 90 associate degrees and certificates. RVCC @ Bridgewater, located at 14 Vogt Drive, offers technical, trade, credit and non-credit courses.
The College is committed to offering a quality and affordable education through effective teaching, liaisons with the community's businesses and state-of-the-art technology. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.


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God loves questions and so should we.
The church is not called to shy away from curiosity or criticism. Instead, the Lord has tasked us with addressing it head-on, in love and respect of whoever may be asking.
The cornerstone for any apologist is their personal understanding and application of the Cross. We cannot make the case for Christ unless we intimately know Him.
Biblical leadership has been defined for the benefit of the church.
God created you with great joy. As a matter of fact, He is delighting in you today as His child.
For the wealth of knowledge taught by Jesus in Matthew 24, his most profound reminder is this: do not be deceived.
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart.
Consider your calling: God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
At the final judgment, where will you stand?
The end is near. While the Bible has not given us a date, it has illuminated a path.
You are in active warfare. Present yourself as a struggle to Satan by taking the supernatural seriously.


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Sunday, November 13, 2011
haste does make waste
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I buy a rotisserie chicken at least once a week. I'll start saving my wishbones for you! Could you use any of those cylinder shaped oatmeal boxes?
- November 13, 2011 at 6:44 AM
I have two waiting for you.
- November 13, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- mommyslittlemonkeys said...
If I cook a chicken this week I'll save the bone for you. Don't all the parents bring in chicken for the party this week? That would be 3 bones right in one day and I bet you could get the teachers to save them from afternoon and t-th classes.
- November 13, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- Sparkling said...
She must have thought she'd struck gold! I know someone who would do the very same thing if I kept wishbones in a drawer. Plastic bags do nothing to hold back my cat. She gnaws right through them to get any kind of bread product I happen to leave out!
- November 13, 2011 at 5:47 PM
Cats must have the best sense of smell to find things like that. Mine think it is all a game and great fun. Bread wrappers always getting little nibbles in them, but they don't really want the bread, just the joy of chewing through the plastic. Love my kitties no matter how mischievous they can be. I once had a cat that always pulled all the pins out of a tomato pin cushion with her teeth. Love them cats.
- November 14, 2011 at 5:31 PM


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Namco Bandai released a bunch of Digimon games in Japan recently, such as Digimon World Re:Digitize, and Digimon Adventure. But here in the west we haven't really seen much of Digimon for a good while. Although, we did see Digimon Masters in 2011; not that many people even knew about it in the west.
But today, Namco Bandai registered a Digimon trademark specifically for use with videogame software, and card games, reported Siliconera. And there's a Digimon World trademark for videogames as well.
Those of you with good memory may be thinking of the PlayStation 1 game, which I adored. I'm thinking that this could be a re-release of the game onto the PlayStation Network.
But, I can't really tell yet! But it's a nice bit of nostalgia.


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The Exclusive Cast silk fly lines are a delight to use in little rivers and creeks for dry fly fishing. It comes only on level profile 3 weight equivalent, and 15m long. The presentation confers by this silk line is unique: it lands very, very softly on the water, in a way that it is unrival by any other products use so far. It must off course be used with a soft action rod 2-3# to enjoy this line, and understand that casting range will be limited to 12m (without having to push into the rod), which is in most of the small river fishing situation very rare to exceed this distance anyway. Properly dressed it float very high on the water, and with its dark green colour, it insures you the maximum discretion even on gin clear water.
The great advantage of the Exclusive Cast silk lines, is the fact that they are maintenance free, meanning they do not require to be removed for your reel and dryed off over night aftrer each fishing session. Simply apply a small amount of grease (provided) from time to time on a very dry line, let it absorbs, and removethe excess to a point the line is not sticky- the line must slide perfectly through the guides.
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Managing Debt
In challenging or encouraging economic times, understanding how to manage debt is important for your financial health. Sometimes it can be overwhelming.
If you're feeling that way, remember, you're not alone. There are many solutions that can help make debt manageable. But just as it takes time to get into debt, it can also take time to get out of it.
Here are some guidelines to help you manage and reduce your debt:
- Create a budget and stick to it. Budgets can help u gain control of your debt and manage future spending.
- Prioritize your outstanding balances based on interest rate. Pay off your highest-interest debts first. But remember to continue paying at least the minimum amount on the other outstanding balances.
- Consider consolidating outstanding balances into one convenient payment. You might also be able to consolidate balances to a lower interest rate, and save on interest payments.
- Investigate alternatives for paying down your debt. You may want to consider using money from your savings account or using another alternative to help you pay down your debt.
- Source your available payment options. Some lenders offer a variety of payment methods. See what's available and use the option best suited to help you pay on time, every time.
- Utilize services such as Account Alerts to help you remain aware of your due dates and spending levels.
- Talk to your lenders if you're struggling to make your payments. Don't skip the payment altogether, as this will only make the situation worse and impact your credit rating. In many cases, lenders are willing to work out a solution with you.
- Seek advice from a professional credit counselor.
Budgets build healthy habits
Budgets can help you recognize spending habits and identify areas where you might be able to cut back. They're an important tool for managing your debt, and are simple to create.
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After downloading the Budget Worksheet , follow these steps to prepare your budget:
- Track your income and expenses: Over a two-month period, keep records of all your money coming in (income) and going out (expenses). Certain expenses may be fixed each month, including rent, mortgage, groceries, insurance premiums, utilities and transportation. Other expenses may vary - such as vacations, entertainment and gifts.
- Create your budget: Use the information you gathered above to help you complete the fields on the Budget Worksheet. It is recommended that you prepare the budget for one month so you can directly compare your monthly expenses against your income. You may also choose to complete your budget from a household point of view. If this is the case, be sure to consider income from all contributing household members and the total of everyone's monthly expenses.
- Follow your budget and keep track of your spending: When you have a good record of where your money is going, see if you can cut costs in certain areas. Or, see if you can add to your savings.


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As floor plans have opened up, kitchens have evolved into the main family and entertaining spaces in our homes. With that comes more traffic, and a greater need to use that space wisely.
A great way to make a high-use kitchen work a lot better is to add a second kitchen sink. The trick is finding the right spot, which depends on how your kitchen factors into your lifestyle. Check out our six suggestions for where to put that second kitchen sink, and see what will work for you.
- Island/Peninsula Prep Station:One of the main reasons for adding a second sink is the convenience of separate prep and cleaning spaces, so adding a sink on the island makes perfect sense. This gives you space to prep without having to fight with dirty dishes as they pile up while you prepare a meal for your family or guests. If you're working with a peninsula, consider a sink that you can access from either side of the peninsula to help address traffic concerns in the kitchen. While we're on the subject, it's worth mentioning that pull-down faucets are the efficient—and stylish—choice for those who spend a lot of time in the kitchen.
- Work Station:If you're working with a smaller space, or don't have an island, consider a single bowl kitchen sink in a secondary work space. Make sure you've got a little counter space on either side and use this as your prep sink, keeping your main sink for washing and cleanup.
- Baking Station:Baking is a messy affair. Adding a sink at your baking station allows you to keep the mess in one area, rather than spreading it out all over the kitchen.
- Coffee Station:As our collective love of coffee grows, so does the amount of equipment and space needed to supply our habit. A second sink allows all things coffee-centric to happen in one place. It can also come in handy after dinner and dessert have been served, the kitchen is piled with dishes and you just need to get the coffee going.
- Party Station/Wet Bar:If you entertain a lot, you know better than anyone how people tend to gather in the kitchen. Rather than fight it, consider a wet bar station with a second sink. Keep it separate from the prep and cleaning stations and you can comfortably get the work done and get the party started without your guests getting in the way.
- Pot-filling Station:We install a lot of pot-filling faucets on the backsplash behind the cooktop. They're very handy, and keep you from having to carry—and spill—large pots of water for cooking. Why not install a second sink near the cooktop instead and simply make sure the faucets and fixtures will also accommodate your large pots?
Have any other ideas for clever uses for second sinks? We'd love to hear them!
***Kerrie Kelly is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, and has won numerous awards for her home design creativity. Kerrie is the author of Home Decor: A Sunset Design Guide and writes about interior designs, including kitchens and kitchen sink design, for Home Depot. Home Depot's selection of kitchen sinks can be found on the company's website.