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1. Eat wholesomely - according to your needs and constitution:- Sit down to dine and savor your food- Have as many meatless and low-carb meals as possible (I indulge on meat, bread, pasta, rice, cakes, desserts, cheese, peanut butter, etc... only once or twice a week, mostly on weekends)- Serve vegetables at every meal- Integrate sufficient healthy proteins and cereals into your diet (seeds, eggs, dairy products, poultry, fish, tofu, farro, barley, oats, buckwheat, etc...)- Regularly cook with legumes and grains (a few times a week)- Eat a handful of nuts and fruits on a daily basis- Flavor your dishes with lots of spices and herbs as well as natural condiments (vinegar, mustard, hot sauce, etc...)- Use good oils and fats in reasonable quantities (that also includes animal fats)- Drink lots of plain water (the amount varies from one person to another, depending on one's lifestyle and body's demand)- Cut down on sugar and floury foods- Steer clear of additives, MSG, glucose, trans fats, GMO's and processed food2. Exercise often3. Sleep enough4. Get some fresh air and get close to nature5. Relax more and ban stress from your life6. Seek harmony and peace of mind, think positively, be optimistic and surround yourself with non-toxic people7. Find inspiration in others, be passionate and creative8. Express your emotions - don't swallow your feelings9. Be one with the Universe10. Stop trying to be someone else and learn to love yourself by accepting who you are and acknowledging your uniqueness11. Enjoy life & don't take it all too seriously12. Fake it till you make it!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
53 comments:
Wonderful tips, Rosa. I think number 3 is my favourite. :DReplyDelete
Lovely tips.... i need to concentrate more on point# 3 ;-)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing the healthy tips, Rosa.ReplyDelete
A lovely post, Rosa, and definitely words to live by. Numbers 5 and 6 truly speak to me!ReplyDelete
Really good tips. My downfall is too much flour and sugar (particularly during November and December). Super post - thanks so much.ReplyDelete
Thank you Rosa, I will try!!-))ReplyDelete
Thank you for your tips. Some of them are already on my New Year's Resolution and some other need to be included right now. See if I can make them all!ReplyDelete
All good tips and I'm happy to say that I do must of them except limiting meat to twice a week.ReplyDelete
oh i love these :-) nice postReplyDelete
I totally agree with you (except for the meat part since I am a vegetarian!)ReplyDelete
Great tips,dear Rosa!
I love the last one - fake it till you make it. That can apply to a lot of things in life. Great tips on how to eat. We all should listen to you.ReplyDelete
Fantastic post Rosa and so full of wisdom!!ReplyDelete
I like the last one too..ReplyDelete
And your photograph.:)
I think life has a plan..and you can help the plan..
excellent tips my dear!ReplyDelete
I eat lots of protein in the am to hold me almost all day; it works too.
A wonderful post to share as we leap into the new year, Rosa. Would you believe I actually had a tee shirt once that read "Fake It till You Make It" I tossed it when I did. I really wish I would have saved it though. Thanks for sharing, Rosa, Great tips!ReplyDelete
I love your healthy tips Rosa!!! xxReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:46 AM, January 16, 2014
Wonderful, wonderful tips! Thank you, Rosa!ReplyDelete
G'day Wonderful tips Rosa, true!ReplyDelete
Stunning as seems like I can just reach out and bite this too! :)
Cheers! Joanne
I love what you write here .... awesome tips, thank you RosaReplyDelete
Sound advice, Rosa. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I like eating healthy and do exercise. I feel better that way. When I cheat my stomach does not like it. Beautiful photo!ReplyDelete
Hi Rosa, great posting. Thank you for sharing all the tips. I like number 11 & 12. :))ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful week ahead.
Dann will ich mal mit Punkt 3. und 11. beginnen :-)ReplyDelete
Wonderful tips, Rosa, and a beautiful photo! Pinned.ReplyDelete
Loving the last point but they're all good ones.ReplyDelete
Love these tips Rosa! I haven't greeted you Happy New Year yet.. so.. Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Enjoyed reading through your list.. So holistic and healthy. My fav is no. 6!ReplyDelete
Excellent advice.... all of it. I taught my husband to express his emotions and I can tell you it does enormous good to the body. Relax... seek harmony and peace of mind... definitely important. Not caring what others think is the most difficult but worth the effort. Thanks for reminding us all of what should be so obvious.ReplyDelete
Great tips Rosa! I love the last one.. ;)ReplyDelete
Beautiful pear, Rosa!ReplyDelete
That's a tall list and while the advice is great, it's hard to follow entirely. I do swallow my feelings a lot, have learned to do so as I've aged. And I rarely think in terms of becoming one with the universe. I think the correct road to follow is moderation in everything.
Nice tips, Rose...mostly already following. No. 12 - love it! Thanks :) elaReplyDelete
A great list. I don't do very well at #1 so I'll rely on #12.ReplyDelete
Great tips to live by, and a beautiful pear photo too.ReplyDelete
I wish I could follow all of your tips...but I'm weak!!ReplyDelete
Very nice and helpful tips. Just wish I could follow it consistently. Love the last one.ReplyDelete
"Fake it till you make it." :)ReplyDelete
Rosa, I follow 'almost' all these health tips. However, I don't know if I'll ever internalize #8. Maybe I just need more sleep.
thanks for sharing your healthy tips with us.ReplyDelete
Great tips Rosa, I love the last tip ;)ReplyDelete
Sound advice Rosa!ReplyDelete
A great list full of wisdom. Especially #11. Happy 2014!ReplyDelete
Nice tips Rosa, have a great weekendReplyDelete
Bises xx
Tip number 11 is so true! Good to be reminded.ReplyDelete
Great tips! I especially love and agree tip #10 :)ReplyDelete
These are wonderful tips, and so easy to implement! I especially agree with #11!ReplyDelete
I agree with all points. The only thing is that sometimes it's not that easy possible to do all of them especially when you have kids around.:)ReplyDelete
i agree on all of it Rosa - its so important to be yourself, savor but also practice moderation. Any time I indulge more than I should I just feel sick..ReplyDelete
Our health and wellness strategy is almost exactly the same! Love this post.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:57 PM, January 26, 2014
This "less is more" philosophy is exactly what I'm trying to do a bit more each day…I say "trying", because I still have a lot of bad habits. So, thank you Rosa for reminding me all these important points ! Have a beautiful sunday ! PS : I finally found these famous dried green beans (in Manor, in Geneva) ;-)ReplyDelete
Thank you! Those are nice tips...made me feel so good.ReplyDelete
Hummm, si j'avais le temps, je suivrais tous tes conseils :)ReplyDelete
Great tips. I'll have to try a little harder to work out more often than I am doing now. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Good run down! I love seeing how others try to manage their health. I am guilty of eating way too many treats and not moving enough. There's always tomorrow. :pReplyDelete
De bons conseils à essayer d'intégrer pour des vies plus saines et moins stressées ! C'est agréable de les lire pour se faire une petite piqûre de rappel de temps en temps ...ReplyDelete


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Monday, March 8, 2010
Giveaway time:: Kona® Cotton Color wheel
524 comments:
How pretty! I follow your blog :)ReplyDelete
I tweeted about your give awayReplyDelete
I would use a least some of it in a quilt I am making for my son's first birthday - nice bright, bold colors.ReplyDelete
I would make a glorious quilt using only these wonderful solids!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for this generous give-away!
And I'm a follower of your lovely blog :-)ReplyDelete
I am a follower of your blog.ReplyDelete
I am just starting to collect solids and want to make an amish like quilt.ReplyDelete
I bloged about your fantastic give away on my blog.ReplyDelete
Terri, what a great giveaway. I've been a follower.ReplyDelete
Those colors are beautiful! But I think I'd have to go with the shop credit...my sewing isn't great, but I'd love a Mini Shopper! :)ReplyDelete
Your giveaway is on my sidebar.ReplyDelete
I'm a blog follower.ReplyDelete
I would have to use them in all the projects I like to sew. Solids, yum, quilts, purses, grandbaby clothes. The list goes on and on...ReplyDelete
I retweeted your tweet - @thesweetpetuniaReplyDelete
What a terrific giveaway! I would definitely use these toward making my second quilt (the first one is off being quilted right now!). email@example.com
I follow your blog. email@example.com
Beautiful fabric goodness! I would love to use the in a quilt!ReplyDelete
I would make a scrappy log cabin block quilt by mixing these into patterned fabrics--nice!
p.s. received my kindle keeper the other day and can't remember if I said thankyou--but if I didn't, THANK YOU!
it's awesome!
I follow your blog through reader. :)ReplyDelete
I'm a follower...ReplyDelete
I would make a glorious paint box quilt. I love KONA...ReplyDelete
i am working on baby quilts and blankets...as i am adopting. these would come in handy!ReplyDelete
i follow you via google reader.ReplyDelete
tweeted about it!ReplyDelete
I am a follower :)ReplyDelete
I would make hair bows for my daughter so she has one of every color :)ReplyDelete
just RT about your giveawayReplyDelete
I would use these lovely solids in table runners or my favorite things to sew...bags!ReplyDelete
I'm a follower too!ReplyDelete
and I shared this giveaway with all my facebook friends!ReplyDelete
I've been stash building for these gorgeous Kona solids. I got my colour card last month and have been eyeing all these yummy colours! I would add them to the proejcts that I'm working on - quilts, pillow covers, etc. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I follow the blog!ReplyDelete
Also shared this giveaway on FB.ReplyDelete
i follow your blogReplyDelete
I don't know what I would make. Probably a quilt. we have a couple new babies coming a church, i guess whoever comes first gets a sweet soft rainbow kona quilt!ReplyDelete
I would definitely add these as sashing to some of the fun bee blocks I have coming home from across the world. I have worked with Kona before but only white and black. Solid colors would be a new adventure for me.ReplyDelete
I am a follower as well.ReplyDelete
i think if i won something this wonderful i would finally take the time to make something with solids...these are amazingReplyDelete
oh, i am already a followerReplyDelete
This is such a beautiful giveaway. Thank for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
Quilts for my kids would look great with these fabrics.
I've been folowing for awhileReplyDelete
I'd make doll blankets :)ReplyDelete
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I follow your blogReplyDelete
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I'm a follwer. JennReplyDelete
I'd love to win! I'm a follower!ReplyDelete
I never use solids either. I think I need to come out of my comfort zone and start using them. I follow alot of other blogs that use solids in their HST quilts all the time. I'd like to try something like that. These colors are soooo pretty! JennReplyDelete
I just vowed to make an all solids quilt this year! Like you, I hardly ever used solids when I started, but now I see the appeal. I would make a nine patch in a diagonal setting with a wide border in red.ReplyDelete
I love Kona solids! I would use them in a new quilt I'm making for myself! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I follow your blog!ReplyDelete
I gotcha in my side bar~ hope this counts as a post!!ReplyDelete
I also love color. I love it so much, I would use it for a runner or maybe continue practicing since I'm inspiring to be a sewer.ReplyDelete
I'm a follower :)ReplyDelete
There are so many possibilities with that stash of Kona's. I could use some of those in my pinwheel sampler :) Great Giveaway Teri, thank you!ReplyDelete
Oh YUM! I would use the pinks and blues in the quilt I am planning for my daughter's "big girl" room, and the rest in something for ME!ReplyDelete
And I follow your blog!ReplyDelete
I am just like you used to be - afraid of solids! I need a pack like this to incorporate into a quilt. My stash is severely lacking!ReplyDelete
I am always looking for more solids but hate to spend the money to get a good variety...ReplyDelete
and I follow your blog!!ReplyDelete
I would love to enhance any project with some solids. In fact I am doing a quilt caleed charm- along that I need a couple of extra pieces for. Thanks!!ReplyDelete
I also signed up to follow your blog event hough I follow it anyway...ReplyDelete
Love Kona and those colors are fantastic! I have been wanting to make a pinwheel quilt with them!ReplyDelete
I am now an official follower of your blog!ReplyDelete
i would LOVE to win this! i too was afraid of solids...but these are just too beautiful!ReplyDelete
I follow your blog! Forgot to say waht I would use them for above...it would definitely be a mini quilt!! perhaps even a colorwheel quilt!ReplyDelete
I have posted about your wonderful giveaway on my FB.ReplyDelete
I just tweeted this! http://twitter.com/sarahannseitzReplyDelete
Man I adore Kona too!!! count me in :-) II'd make a SOLID quilt out of it to boot! No prints allowed!ReplyDelete
And I SO follow your blog - yay!ReplyDelete
Ooh, those are pretty. I have a couple of quilts in the planning stages and I'd work them into them somehow!ReplyDelete
I also follow your blog through my google reader!ReplyDelete
Oh, can I play? I am here via Calamity Janes Cottage.ReplyDelete
To be honest I don't know what I would do with those fabrics because I have not used solids much either.
I love to make patchwork twirl skirts for my daughters and these would make a beautiful rainbow skirt for my 2 year old.ReplyDelete
I just RT the giveawayReplyDelete
I follow your blogReplyDelete
I need to look thru the "Simply Solids" flickr group for inspiration, surely something I can copycat a bit in there!ReplyDelete
I've gotten really into solids of late. I'd use those awesome solids in the 7 or so baby quilts I'm making in the next few months, all for friends' impending babies.ReplyDelete
It would be great to have that many solids on hand. I don't think I would use them all at once. There wouldn't be anything left to look at.ReplyDelete
I am a follower!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I really like doing half square triangles as a way to use solids that doesn't require long pieces like sashing. So- I would probably use them to make baby/toddler quilts! :)ReplyDelete
I'm following your blog.ReplyDelete
SO pretty! I think I would make a color block quilt in solids with gray as the sashing. I've been dying to make one!ReplyDelete
Great giveaway! Thanks!
And I'm already a follower!ReplyDelete
WOW... what a giveaway and ohhh, the possibilites!!! I would love to blend some of these Kona solids with my new Simply Sweet and Basic Bubble Gum bundles that I have just aquired and save some of the rich darker colors for a fall quilt and maybe, just maybe... share some with my fellow bee members.ReplyDelete
I am a followerReplyDelete
I have blogged about this awesome giveaway on my blog.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing!
(arimethia is me!)
There is an Amish looking quilt in a very old quilt magazine I found at Goodwill...I would use the fabric for that.ReplyDelete
Also, linked on my facebook page!ReplyDelete
I would give this to my mother who loves to make quilts. Perhaps I'd keep some for myself.ReplyDelete
What a lovely giveaway! I think I would make my daughter a color book with some of this vibrant fabric, she is just now learning her colors :)ReplyDelete
I follow your blog :)ReplyDelete
ooh, yummy solids! I would definitely use some of them in a baby quilt I am making - and maybe I could try one of the color wheels I've seen so much of lately!ReplyDelete
I follow your blog!ReplyDelete
i put a link to your giveaway on my facebook - http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/craftytammie/318371595703?ref=tsReplyDelete
I would add some Kona black and make that rainbow quilt that I have been planning in my head for, ohhhhh, about 3 years now! Thanks for the fantastic giveaway.ReplyDelete
And I have been blog following you for a while now!ReplyDelete
Do you have time to read all I could do with this??? First of I need some solds for baking of list takers, crayon rolls and crayon bags. Then I could some of it in the skirts and various clothing items that I make my triplet nieces. Then I could use some in my rag quilts, loveys and pieced quilts, the list goes on and on, thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
Having won once from you an awesome light, I'm a little ashamed to enter again for a chance to win!ReplyDelete
But, if I did...I would donate it all to the ladies who, along with my MIL, make quilts for orphans all over the world. These ladies make the most beautiful, soft and chockfull of prayers quilts!
Thanks for the chance to win! Your heart just grows even bigger!
Oh! I think I would chop it up, combine it with white and make a very pretty, colorful quilt to snuggle under!ReplyDelete
I'm a huge follower! And the afore mentioned MIL is an avid lurker! LOLReplyDelete
I am following!ReplyDelete
I F/B'd it!! I <3 FB!ReplyDelete
im currently making an all solids quilt for my son, this sweet little pack would be a huge boost! thanks for a chance.ReplyDelete
I am making a 9 patch quilt for my daughter right now with a lot of prints. I need various colour sashing for the sashing. These would be wonderful.ReplyDelete
I am a follower.ReplyDelete
I have been thinking of making a simple quilt of colors with dark gray (almost black)sashing. This fabric would be perfect! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I am a follower.ReplyDelete
I love solids too...I'd use them for my Oh Fransson Paintbox quilt along!ReplyDelete
I loves me some Kona solids.... If I won I'd have my brother help me design a solid quilt.ReplyDelete
Benn a follower for a while... love yiour blog!ReplyDelete
Oh my they are just beautiful. I feel that they would last me a long time as I would use a little bit in a lot quilts. Thank you for this chance.ReplyDelete
I follow your blogReplyDelete
I think I would use it to make a quilt!ReplyDelete
Awesome Giveaway! I would make a solids quilt as I have always been fascinated with the solid Amish ones.ReplyDelete
I happily follow your blog!ReplyDelete
oooh Terri believe it or not I have like NO solids I would love someReplyDelete
What would I do with these fabulous solids? What wouldn't I do!?!?! I kind of declared to myself that 2010 would be my year of working with solids. I can relate to what you said about the blenders and your process of coming to solids. Sounds very familiar.ReplyDelete
I joined a challenge to make an Amish style quilt in a liberated style (a la Gwen Marston)using solids. These fabrics would be perfect for that project.
Thanks for the generous giveaway!
Blogged: http://wishestrueandkind.blogspot.com/2010/03/making-it-up-as-you-go-aka-pattern-is.htmlReplyDelete
It fit in perfectly with tonight's post :)
So in love with Kona cotton solids.ReplyDelete
I'm happy to be a faithful follower.ReplyDelete
I am a follower.ReplyDelete
I would use it for the paint box quilt along that I have been admiring.ReplyDelete
I am a follower.ReplyDelete
Oh, for sure - I would use them in quilts - I have been in need of some solids for a while now...ReplyDelete
I follow your blog...ReplyDelete
What would I do with all that fabric? I think I would lay on the floor with it covering me and have lots of photos taken because I probably would not believe I won. Then I'd serge the edges, wash it, iron it.....and then look through my stash for some fun wild fabrics to put together for a new pic nic blanket. But that is not a promise....I might just lay on the floor with it covering me without ever stitching it together....LOLReplyDelete
I'm a follower because I love your site....and enjoy your posts. Having a chance to win some fabric is just the frosting.ReplyDelete
Last one I promise.....I'm posting your giveaway on my blog.ReplyDelete
Those colors are so pretty! I've been wanting to do a quilt of solids. Just gorgeous! Thanks for offering the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I've been following your blog for a while on Google reader. Thanks again!ReplyDelete
With all those lovely colors I'd make myself a quilt to have in front of the TV,ReplyDelete
Lotta in Sweden
I'm following you through Google Reader,ReplyDelete
Lotta in Sweden
I would make a new quilt to showcase the pretty colors. Please Pick me!ReplyDelete
I'm a new follower and I posted the giveaway on FB...ReplyDelete
Yes I follow your blogReplyDelete
I can put a link on my blog http://suesplaceinthesun.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
to say you are having a giveaway and I would love to make Elizabeth's over a http://www.ohfransson.com paint box quilt, I have lots of prints but not any plain fabrics
I am officially your follower. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Well, for some of the colors I would make yoyos for a project I am dreaming up. I want this!!! Thank you for the chance.ReplyDelete
I posted this on my Facebook.
And I just became a follower!ReplyDelete
I'd like to use the colours to frame a kids quilt I'm about to start.ReplyDelete
Ohh I would use it in a couple of quilts that i have planned with some great prints that need some beautiful solds to go with them.ReplyDelete
I already follow, hope that counts.ReplyDelete
i would defenatly use it for a quilt!ReplyDelete
its beautiful thanks!
and i am a follower thanks!ReplyDelete
and i blogged about it on my side barReplyDelete
I would incorporate it into a quilt for my grandson.ReplyDelete
and...I follow your blog :)))ReplyDelete
beautiful solids! I follow via Google REader!ReplyDelete
I'm just starting to use more solids - I would definitely use these in a quilt; such a range of choices would allow so many gorgeous possibilities!ReplyDelete
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I follow your blog. I love Kona Solids. The only solids I use in a quilt and also only solids I use for the fabric you pleat for smocking. If I win these will be put to good use! I'll post about your give away later today.ReplyDelete
I am following your blog:-)ReplyDelete
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I have lots of fabrics in patterns but find I am always short on the solids so these would be a great addition to almost any of my projects!ReplyDelete
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Oh the things I could do with these. I would love to make one of my crazy quilt, quilt as you go quilts with these wonderful rich solids mingled with some batiks and hand dyed fabrics.ReplyDelete
I am a followerReplyDelete
I retweeted this giveaway. Thank you!ReplyDelete
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I blogged it at http://artbygene.blogspot.com/2010/03/mmmm-another-giveaway-kona-solids.htmlReplyDelete
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WOW! I'd love to win. I'd use the solids as a place for the eye to rest amongst all the wild prints I seem to use.ReplyDelete
....and I just subscribed to your blog feed...ReplyDelete
I would use the yummy stack to make fun things for my kids. :)ReplyDelete
Oh I would love to be entered into this giveaway! First I would use them to make a turning twenty quilt! Then since I am a crazy quilter I would use all the scraps to make many crazy quilts since solids are a Crazy quilters dream:)ReplyDelete
Thank you for the opportunity!!!
Ann Flowers
I am a follower.ReplyDelete
I am a follower of your blog also so please enter me into your fantastic giveaway:)ReplyDelete
Ann Flowers
This is my entry for posting your giveaway on my blog:)ReplyDelete
Ann Flowers
Tweeted or rather retweeted http://twitter.com/nugglemama/statuses/10219491353ReplyDelete
These fabrics are beautiful. I could do some many different quilts that I have had in the planning. What a great giveaway.ReplyDelete
Those are great to use for sashings and bindings (and backings, too)! Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
I have several projects that I'd love to do with these. First and foremost I'd love to use then for a Prairie Braid quilt I'm working on. I think they'd blend really well with the other fabrics I'm using.ReplyDelete
Wow......those colors are yummy....First, I'm now FOLLOWING your blog......Next....If I won, I'd add some of those colors in my floral quilt project. The rest would go in my stash until my next few projects.ReplyDelete
Good luck to me and all the other participants.
I would use those yummy colors for quilts for our grandsons - I'm working on gathering fabrics for I-spy quilts and need some solids to set off the fun prints.ReplyDelete
I would definitely make a quilt with lots of solid colors.ReplyDelete
And now I'm a follower - wish I'd found your blog sooner - this is great!!!ReplyDelete
I am a follower.ReplyDelete
And I tweeted - I guess I really want these fat quarters. :-)ReplyDelete
OMG! So many possibilities with all those beautiful colors, I can't make up my mind what I'd use them for but I'm sure it would be great!ReplyDelete
Thanks for offering such a fabulous giveaway!
I would make an Amish-inspired quilt with all those solids. thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I just became a follower. thanks again.ReplyDelete
I would love to try it out to make some bibs and mini crayon rolls...I have always wanted to try it!ReplyDelete
- Paula L.Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Love these colors and I would make a quilt, of course! Thank you for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
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- Paula L.Tuesday, March 09, 2010
I'm a follower!ReplyDelete
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Like so many others, I need solids to go with my prints. In fact, right now I am making up healing heart blocks and we do them in all sorts of colors, so having a good stock of solids would allow me to use up some of my print scraps! Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
I follow your blog!ReplyDelete
I posted on my FBReplyDelete
i'm not a sewer but there are so many things I love in your shop $25.00 would get me started on another order :)ReplyDelete
I'm a follower
Wow what a beautiful selection. I love Kona cotton. They fit in any quilting project. These fat quarters would make a lovely Amish quilt. Thanks for entering me :-)ReplyDelete
Oh I would use it in a quilt for my DGS. Shops around me do not carry good assortments of kona solids and bright colors would be perfect! Thanks for the chance! :-)ReplyDelete
i follow the blog!ReplyDelete
I'm following you now. :-)ReplyDelete
I would love to start my stash with these beautiful colors :)ReplyDelete
I am taking a color theory class at stitchmap (a yahoo group) and wanted to make a color wheel quilt square for my studio wall. This would be perfect for a color wheel. Please add me to the drawing.ReplyDelete
I am a follower. love visiting your blog.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the giveaway. Love the colors and would certainly find a good place to use them.ReplyDelete
Oh MY !!! LOve the colors and wow, I think I would have to use them in a crazy quilt. I'm taking a class on yahoo groups called stitchmap and we're doing a crazy quilt. EileeneReplyDelete
I would make a Dresden Plate Wallhanging if I won the beautiful Color Wheel Kona Cotton. Then embellish it with Floss and beads. I retired in Aug 2009 and have no Kona in my growing stash.ReplyDelete
Solids are just one of those things I don't buy much of. It use to be all I could get was a poplin when I needed a solid. Kona now has filled that niche so nicely. I'd like to do an Amish style quilt with these and baby quilts with the rest.ReplyDelete
I already am a follower.ReplyDelete
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Although it — the Arab Spring — began in Tunisia, much of the media attention here in the United States has moved on to Libya, Yemen, Egypt, and Syria, where in some ways the stakes are higher and the dangers multiplying. True enough Tunisia did have relatively peaceful, democratic elections in October of 2011 and a political process continues to unfold. Strangely, during the Ben Ali years, Tunisia was put forth as a poster child for IMF structural adjustment programs, programs which helped undermine the country's economy and trigger the uprising. In the post Ben Ali period, Tunisia is again being held up as a model! — this time a model of transition (but from what to what?).
But all is not well in the country.
The socio-economic crisis continues to deepen by the day. Throughout the country there are daily strikes, demonstrations, protests. Virtually every sector of the economy has been on strike be it in the public or private sector, but unemployment continues to rise and is worse than during the Ben Ali period. Outside of the main cities social and government services remain crippled; infra-structural relief to the interior is virtually non-existent. While Ben Ali's old ruling party, the Rassamblement Constitutionnel Democratique (RCD), was dissolved, many of its former cadre and players have found a home, or made their peace, with the main party in power, Ennahda, a moderate Islamic party that supports neo-liberal economic policies and U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East and Africa
The economic program of the new government is virtually no different from that of the deposed one; the ministry of interior– the source of repressions, if not crimes against humanity against the population in the Ben Ali years — has hardly been touched — nor has the police force, both of which are now being integrated and mobilized to serve Ennahda's interests and to solidify its control of the Tunisian political space.
Tunisia's Arab Spring is shaping up to be a case of 'all the change necessary to maintain the status quo' despite all the formal celebrations of 'the revolution'. Now, to make matters worse, something novel and unfortunately insidious, at least in the Tunisian context, is taking place: the emergence and dramatic growth of the country's Salafist (Islamic fundamentalist) movement, a movement that had virtually no popular base in this North African country known for its political and religious moderation.
The Salafist Shadow Over Tunisia
The Salafists are casting a larger and larger shadow over Tunisia. Some were victims of Ben Ali's prisons whose righteous rage has been manipulated. Others have joined from the ranks of the large Tunisian lumpen proletariat — the permanently unemployed, whose numbers are growing. Although Salafists remain essentially a fringe group, mostly foreign to the Tunisian political experience, their numbers and influence are growing. Money to support their activities is streaming in from abroad.
It started before the October 24, 2011 national elections to determine Tunisia's constituent assembly. Given Tunisian recent history and its generally mild, tolerant forms of Islam, an Islamic fundamentalist crusade, an overall offensive, appeared rather odd, out of character. Indeed most observers — myself included — wrote it off as a limited campaign of fringe zealots, heavily funded by outsiders, be they Saudi or Qatari, who should not be taken too seriously.
True enough, the Salafists had come to the fore in the months after Zine Ben Ali and family fled the country on January 14, 2011. Several hundred had protested in front of Tunis' main synagogue with their twin themes of Shari'a and virulent anti-Jewish chants. The taunting of women began almost immediately as did the threatening phone calls and anonymous letters to leading journalists, cultural figures.
Then a few weeks before the October, 2011 elections, a Salafist campaign exploded in opposition to an Iranian animated cartoon 'Persepolis' which showed an image of God as a kindly old man. True the image of God in human form is considered taboo in Islam — something the filmmakers must have been cognizant of — but oddly enough several years prior the film had played in Tunisia with very little controversy. This time, what I would call a 'pre-fabricated' political storm erupted, and as it did, the pre-election discussion shifted away from the socio-economic crisis, which had triggered the Tunisian uprising in the first place and focused instead on the requirements for being a good Muslim rather than a good citizen.
From the elections until today (early June 2012), the situation has only deteriorated and at an alarming rate. Salafist mobs – little more than the brown shirts of the Tunisian Revolution – have attacked media outlets, burned down bars and liquor stores, intimidated women, physically attacked anyone with whom they disagree. The number of incidents has multiplied while the transitional government has done little to nothing to intervene, giving the Salafists a free hand nationwide.
Ennahda's Approach: Face Left While Moving Right
While the current government consists of a coalition of three parties, two of which are secular, one of which considers itself politically moderate Islamic, it is the latter, Ennahda, that essentially runs the show and controls the government. With the powers of the president having been essentially eviscerated, it is the prime minister and the minister of the interior, both Ennahda men, who have considerable powers concentrated in their hands.
Ennahda's approach is becoming clearer — make surface alliances with secular parties (Marzouki [CPR] and and Ettaktol) while making informal — or secret alliances with Salafists…together they share more and more key posts in the new Tunisian government and are consolidating their hold on power. The formal (and legal) alliance that Ennahdha has with the Congress Pour la Republique (CPR) and the Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberty (called Ettakotal) has been for little more than show, for foreign powers, to show a smiling and 'liberal' face to the West. Far more important to Ennahda to date has been its informal alliance with the Salafists who they have essentially let run wild and whose actions Ennahda either tolerates or excuses.
A division of labor between the two Islamic strands has been worked out. Ennahda concerns itself with the political and legal system while the Salafists have not so much through 'dialogue' but instead through thug tactics quickly strengthened its position in the country's mosques, schools and media. That such a marginal group as the Tunisian Salafists could make such dramatic gains and in the process, polarize the country as never before, could not be possible without the tactic and oftentimes open support of Ennahda. Television stations have been attacked; the government did nothing' bars and liquor stores burned down in many places as police and military stand by watching. Demonstrations of more secular elements have been attacked; the government blames the victims, not the attackers. A university dean was beat up, nothing done to stop the Salafists attackers, etc. etc.
And as often happens with cowards and brown shirts like the Tunisian Salafists, having been given the green light by the Tunisian government, these elements have only gotten increasingly emboldened, their tactics more and more aggressive and violent, so that now it becomes more difficulty to reign them in.
Ennahda's cozying up to the Salafists might have more to do with its global and regional relations than with internal Tunisian dynamics. Although the United States — the Obama Administration in particular, but a number of European countries as well — celebrated the Tunisian political changes, this support did not materialize into a great deal of financial aid. The sums offered by the U.S. and U.K. are more symbolic than real. Ennahda has made it clear in its actions and statements that it preferred a closer relation with the U.S. and a somewhat more distant relationship with France. It had hoped such actions would translate into a major U.S. aid package. Didn't happen.
While pleased with the Tunisian shift, the Obama Administration did not match its words with financial deeds. But Tunisia is in deep crisis — in real trouble and in need of a great deal of financial help. The aid that did not come from the U.S. and its European allies did come from Qatar and the Saudis…but with strings attached, the strings being an agreement that Ennahda — which is not an Islamic fundamentalist movement — permit Tunisia's Salafists to operate far more openly and with more impunity than in the past. Caught between its own political vision and its dire need for financial support, Ennahda chose the 'practical' rather than the more principled path. If this hypothesis is correct — and I believe it is — the Obama Administration's financial inactivity is at least in part responsible for Ennahda's political shift to the right.
Under the Radar Screen the U.S. Supports Islamic Fundamentalism
Actually 'under the radar screen' most of the time — but where it really counts — both the British and the U.S. have had long and enduring political relationships — cooperation with Islamic fundamentalists — even the most retrograde among them — in order to protect their vested interested in the Middle East.
The Salafists in Tunisia are being used, as they often have been in the past throughout the Middle East, to 'divide and conquer'. As in Egypt, first and foremost, their role is to act as a brake on the progressive economic and political momentum of the Arab Spring which forced Ben Ali from power. Although poorly publicized in the U.S. media, they are becoming increasingly brutal in their methods, attacking democratic, more genuinely moderate Moslem and secular elements almost at will. Encouraged and funded throughout the region by the Saudis and Qataris, despite their increasingly bullying and violent tactics, Tunisia's Salafists seem to enjoy something close to immunity from prosecution. For some time now, they are being given a green light to attack progressive and secular institutions with something close to impunity; to amplify their role, now a Salafist party is being granted formal legal status.
Examples of Salafist tactics have been reported virtually every day for the past year in the Tunisian media, both in Arabic and French, as well as now in the English language press agency, Tunisia Live. To provide just a couple of the more recent examples:
• On this past May 19, in Sidi Bouzid, the town where Mohammed Bouazizi immolated himself in December of 2010 triggering the Tunisian Arab Spring "a large group of Salafists burned down bars as well as the house of a bar owner in their violent campaign against the sale of alcohol" (Tunisia Live! May 20, 2012). The police responded by going back to their offices and locked themselves in." Concerning the Salafists a resident commented, "I know [them]; some of them were drunkards a week ago and now they are pretending to be the voice of God in Sidibouzid", which he referred to as "Bouzidistan"
• The day after the Sidibouzid bar burnings, thousands of hard-line Salafists held their second annual meeting, this time in Kairouan. Some dressed in Afghan military garb and waving swords, others wearing long beards, robes and caps, they unfurled their banner atop the minaret of the city's mosque, the most ancient in Africa and the third holiest in Islam after Mecca and Jerusalem. Their chants includes lyrics such as "We are all children of Obama [bin Laden], and "Khaybar, Khaybar, Jews, Jews the army of Mohammed is back". Khaybar is a reference to a place in Saudi Arabia where the Prophet Mohammed led his armies to massacre and expel Jews.
One of the Kairoan meeting's organizers, Ridha Bel Haj, who leads the banned Hizb Ettahrir political party, in an effort to re-write the history of the Arab Spring commented "The revolution was made so that sharia cold be applied." (Actually the Tunisian Revolution had little to do with either Islam or Sharia — it was a protest against socio-economic conditions, extreme political repression, and in the movement that overthrew Ben Ali, the likes of Bel Haj and his ilk were nowhere to be seen!).
These are only the latest in what has been a spree of Salafist confrontations, targeting the country's women, educational system, media, cultural figures and religious minority communities. Although the elected government has repeatedly made official statements in support of the country's 1,500 or so Jewish Community, the Salafists have engaged in shrill and virulent anti-semitic language. Their supporters have also attacked and desecrated the country's only Greek Orthodox Church in Tunis.


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Related Information
- Institute of Medicine (2004). Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism. Executive Summary. Available online: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2004/Immunization-Safety-Review-Vaccines-and-Autism.aspx.
- Baker JP (2008). Mercury, vaccines, and autism: One controversy, three histories. American Journal of Public Health, 98(2): 244–253.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Vaccine safety: Thimerosal. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/Concerns/thimerosal.
- Demicheli V, et al. (2008). Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4).
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The French news site Mediapart has released another document it claims shows that French President Nicholas Sarkozy and his close associates had maintained backdoor ties to the Libyan government from 2005 to 2011, including a 2005–6 agreement to allegedly funnel 50 million Euros worth of Libyan money into Sarkozy's campaign chest.
The December 10, 2006 letter in question is said to be an official correspondence between Bashir Saleh Bashir 1, then-head of the Libyan African Investment Portfolio, the LAP and Moussa Muhammad Koussa, former head of the Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (the intelligence service) who in March 2011 quit his post as Foreign Minister and fled to the UK. In the letter, Moussa informs Bashir that per the results of the two men's October 6, 2006 meeting Sarkozy's chief of staff Brice Hortefeux and the arms dealer Ziad Takieddine, the LAP would be responsible for making payment of 50 million Euros to Sarkozy's election campaign. The Libyan document released last week is the first new piece of evidence to be presented by the outlet since French terrorism lawyer Jean-Charles Brisard's walking back of testimony he gave that had described alleged secret 2005 conferences between Sarkozy's people and the Libyan regime in 2005.
The document is the latest piece of evidence reported by Mediapart in a now 10 month-long investigation into Sarkozy's alleged ties to the deceased Libyan dictator. Jean-Charles Brisard, a French counterterrorism expert, had previously provided Mediapart with testimony from a French doctor associate of Takieddine and documentation of contacts among French Interior Ministry staffers, Takieddine and members of Qadhafi's family, notably Saif al-Islam, former director of the Qadhafi International Charity and Development Foundation, and former military intelligence head Abdullah Senussi, who is wanted in France for his alleged role in the bombing of UTA Flight 772 in 1989. Anonymous sources told Reuters last month that the French government is very interested in winning Senussi's extradition to them because of his contacts with French officials and defense contractors.
This October 6, 2006 meeting would have taken place a year to the day following an alleged October 6, 2005 meeting between some of the principal players in this drama. That 2005 contact reportedly took place during Sarkozy's only known official visit to Libya. The 2005 meeting recorded by Brisard is said to be where the 50 million Euros payment was first discussed with Hortefeux, with the option of using a front company in Panama and a Swiss bank account to conceal the transactions. Mediapart did not note how it came into possession of the 2006 memo; the outlet's 2005 sourcing come Brisard, who has since sought to distance himself from the materials of his cited by Mediapart by stating that the testimonies he has gathered "have no probative value" and that Mediapart was misrepresenting his research.
For the record, Sarkozy's official campaign spending for the 2007 election was approximately 20 million Euros, just short of the maximum spending ceiling for candidates.
Takieddine, according to Mediapart, was the primary fixer between Sarkozy's team, in particular Hortefeux who made the 2005 visit, as well as Claude Guéant (who replaced Hortefeux as Minister of the Interior last year) and Thierry Gaubert , Hortefeux's predecessor and a confidant of Sarkozy's. Takieddine reportedly sought to advance his own agenda of securing sweet deals for French firms with him as the broker through these get-togethers. Amesys, a French IT firm, has also been implicated in these dealings, having sold "Internet-interception equipment" to the Libyan government in 2007, which until early 2011 the regime used to monitor dissidents. Takieddine is thought to have helped broker this agreement, and earned a cut of US$500,000 from the deal, which after Qadhafi's fall became hugely embarrassing for the telecommunications firm. Takeiddine also reportedly tried to make arrangements for Sakrozy's 2005 visit by getting to discuss refitting contracts for the Libyan Air Force, now no by the UN from making orders to European defense majors, outside of the purview of the French Defense Ministry.
The arms dealer denies being present at these meetings, but says he believe that this agreement is authentic, claiming to have spoken with an irate Saif al-Islam in March 2011 about the funding and having seen documents he thought Gaubert would fear becoming public. Takeiddine says he is not sure whether the transaction actually went through or not in the end, but Saif al-Islam told him it did and actually went on TV last spring to accuse Sarkozy of "stealing" from the Libyan people.
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Sarkozy denies the allegations, as do all of his associates from the Interior Ministry. It is not clear what effect this election year scandal has had on Sarkozy's 2012 presidential campaign, but he is widely expected to lose his reelection bid to the Socialist candidate François Hollande, coming in second to him in the first round of elections. The second round of voting, and expected Sarkozy defeat, will take place on May 5–6.
Update: Moussa and Bashir (both in exile) deny they had anything to do with the document; conversely, former Libyan PM Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi (also in exile) asserts it is authentic. In Libya, the interim government that NATO helped install last year says it has not been able to verify the letter. The Sarkozy campaign has denied all allegations and is threatening to sue Mediapart. Sarkozy's opponents have not made much of this investigation in their campaigning, instead focusing their criticism on Sarkozy's austerity and immigration policies. The final round of the French presidential election will take place May 5-6.
1Bashir's name, and that of other Libyan officials, have more recently come up in reports from the British press on foreign intelligence services abetting Qadhafi's spies in keeping tabs on dissidents in the EU.


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But raiding is not an inclusive activity. Raiding is not something that should reach out and embrace you and invite you in. Nor should it demand that you do it. It should just be there, silently waiting, possibly giving you a hostile glare until you meet its standards.
All this "PUG-friendly" or "easymode" raid stuff is nonsense. It's just redefining raiding. I know there aren't distinct lines, but if raids get smaller, easier, and shorter, why are we calling them raids? Why would we make something like that? It's redundant! There is already a 5-man content type: regular dungeons and heroics. These fit the model of "PUG-friendly" raiding Tobold pushes
- do *not* have studied the "dance" on YouTube,
- do *not* have spend hundreds of hours gearing up before even trying the first boss in the first raid,
- do *not* have an uninterrupted block of 4+ hours available,
- do *not* consider wiping 400 times before the first boss kill reasonable,
- and finally do *not* have above average skills in moving fast or playing their character extremely well.
Except perhaps the last one, 5-mans and heroics are all of those. So why make easymode raids too? What are they adding? Is it the size of the random crowd? I'm just trying to imagine the conversation here.
"Hey boss, we have some new dungeons for you to look over." "Great, let's see them." "Check it out, anyone can get in, it's not too hard, not too many out-of-game requirements." "Yea, it's great, but could you figure out a way to have a lot more people?" "Why?" "I don't know. It's a great dungeon and all, but maybe it just needs five or twenty more people."
There's the problem, right there. Somehow this absurd idea got out that everyone wants to raid because somehow being in a huge group makes everything better. It doesn't. When I think back to the typical random, the last thought on my mind was "You know what this group needs? Even more of these people." It wasn't that they were bad, since for the most part they did well enough. It was that they were not people. It's an asocial experience to run with randoms. Adding even more random people does not make that any better. If anything it would make it much worse. Have you ever been in a big group but felt left out or generally just not part of it? That is random raiding.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a player never seeing anyone a second time, ever.
Facerolling through heroics wasn't much fun. Making that bigger isn't going to fix it.
5-man content has been long-neglected, with Blizzard papering over the flaws of it with game mechanics rather than content fixes. Random heroics were their attempt at filling heroics that no one wanted to run and to get people who didn't want to run heroics to keep running them. LFD was their way to fill up heroics that people were done with. These did not fix heroics. Nor will random raiding fix raiding, if it is even broken. I don't believe it is. Instead I believe that LK pushed a bad philosophy that everyone should raid and everyone should raid one tier of content.
Raiding isn't for everyone. So don't make it for everyone. To do so would be as ridiculous as trying to design a Hummer to appeal to Prius owners. They are different markets and no amount of hybrid fuel-cell solar-powered hemp-tailored-seating will change the basic fact that a Hummer is a really big vehicle for people who need or want a really big vehicle and a Prius is a small car with fancy stuff to make it fuel-efficient for people who like to be fuel-efficient. Different markets.
If we imagine and accept that only a fraction of players want to raid, then what about the remaining fraction? Note that this remaining fraction might be a bigger fraction. Also note that non-raid content can still be fun for raiders without being raid content and without being a gateway to raid content. There you go: don't waste time turning raiding into not-raiding, which raiders won't want to do because it's a crappy version of raiding and non-raiders won't want to do because it's a crappy version of raiding. Instead, make non-raid content! That isn't a daily!
-Add more outdoor content, that isn't in the form of dailies.
-Add more 5-man content, some of which is not done in half an hour.
-Add sets to non-raid content.
Coming next week: I find the exceptions that make the ideas in the post sound stupid.


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Sunday, July 09, 2006
Because the movers would not take certain pantry items, I found myself with a bag of Cinnamon chips that I didn't want to throw out.
I decided to make a loaf of the Cinnamon Bread that we have made quite a few times before now since I can make the recipe from memory. I did change one thing, instead of the cinnamon/sugar topping, I sprinkled on some raw sugar for a crunchy finish. We saved a couple slices so we could have it as a snack on the plane and I'm sure the packers enjoyed their pieces warm from the oven! I hope we are able to find some of the chips out in the area as well! We snapped these before the camera went "missing".
Now that we are out here in Maryland permanently, there was talk about changing the website name as we are no longer "in the desert". What do you think? Do we change it? Keep it the same?
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Yes, you can get those yummy cinnamon chips here. I've seen them in Safeway.ReplyDelete
I think you should leave the name of the blog with the word desert crossed out and a word related to your new surroundings added to the end. Or change it to Culinary (Formerly) in the Desert
Welcome to the area!
- Anonymous7/09/2006 11:37:00 PM
I vote for Chesapeake Culinary. I am a faithful reader of your blog. Your cooking is amazing and your photographs are some of the best on the blog circuit.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/09/2006 11:53:00 PM
You always impress me Joe. Even in the middle of a move you're cooking up a storm!ReplyDelete
I love it!
- Anonymous7/10/2006 12:28:00 AM
Hmmmm...I think a name change would be fun!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/10/2006 01:00:00 AM
i think 'culinary in the country' would be appropriate since it appears you're going to be in a rural area (i don't think they have alpacas in the city(?)).ReplyDelete
hope all is well. joe, the ricotta cheese cookies were absolutely wonderful. thanks.
I can't believe you were cooking right up til the last minute! Trust me, if I were in your shoes, no matter how much I love to cook, we would've been doing carry out of some sort by that time!ReplyDelete
Culinary, Joe Style!
- Anonymous7/10/2006 08:57:00 AM
Dessert Culinary? :) Good luck, Joe.ReplyDelete
your blog is cool.......the pic's are mouthwatering :)ReplyDelete
oops forgot to say this......i vote for the crossed out titleReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/10/2006 09:05:00 AM
I've never seen cinnamon chips!How great!ReplyDelete
umm i can't get the e-mail link to work so i'll have to ask here......i want to try out one of the muffin recipies [spelling] but i need to know what is the 400 in degrees celsuis?? sorry bout the spellingReplyDelete
I agree with the crossed out "Desesert" and replace with "Country". You might as well keep your URL the same since so many folks have bookmarked it.ReplyDelete
Good luck in your new digs! Lucky packers to have your toasty cinnamon bread. ;D
I think ya'll should change it to something regional :) Though anything to do with crabs might be out ;)ReplyDelete
Too funny! I made the cinnamon bread yesterday (recently) as well!ReplyDelete
My mind is swimming with all the name possibilities so I'm no use there....Good luck figuring out what to do!
I like culinaryt in the desert ~ and beyond.ReplyDelete
good luck to you in your new location.
I like biscuit girl's idea of crossing out "desert" Good luck with the settling in!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/10/2006 01:33:00 PM
Well if there is no good cuisine you could call it In the Culinary Desert!ReplyDelete
BTW the cinamon bread looks devine.
Good Luck with the new home Joe and Jeff!! I hope you enjoy your new place and have lots of fun over there!ReplyDelete
About the blog name, I still like the Culinary in the Desert...!a
Congratulations on your move. I'm looking forward to all of your delicious cooking using new ingredients available in your new area! I think you should change the name but, like biscuit girl said, keep the old name within the new one.ReplyDelete
The bread looks tasty. Glad you found a use for your cinnamon chips before you moved. You really are an inspiration, cooking in the midst of a cross-country move.ReplyDelete
I like a few of the names that have been suggested, but I can't think of anything new myself. Whatever name you choose, it's still going to be you and that's what matters.
How about Culinary Crusade?ReplyDelete
Since part of the definition is: to exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person.
I think this sums up your cooking. You're awesome-Good luck in your new surroundings!
God bless you and Jeff in your new home. I love this blog and look forward to new recipes and ingredients from the area. Take care and thanks for keeping us all informed on the move.ReplyDelete
Ciao, Christine
Joe - Congratulations on making it to Frederick. You're in the (new) home stretch now. I think you should change the name to "The Blog Formerly Known as Culinary in the Dessert."ReplyDelete
I've never seen cinnamon chips before. But then again, I've never looked for them.ReplyDelete
The bread looks great!
Whatever you change it to I'll still be looking to see what your up to. Smooth Move!ReplyDelete
Got to make that bread! Congratulations on the move.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the move. DH was born in Fredrick, Maryland.ReplyDelete
As for the name, I think a small change sounds like a good idea.
Good luck on moving in.
- Anonymous7/11/2006 06:36:00 PM
gotta keep the name as is - it has a reputation! built-in value! equity!ReplyDelete
Glad you arrived safely! Good luck w/ the unpacking part. Looks like we are moving into our respective new homes very close to the same time!ReplyDelete
Hey everyone! Thanks for the great feedback - Jeff and I are mulling over the options and will decide once we get moved into the house. I really appreciate the help with this!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/13/2006 06:16:00 PM
Even if it's my first time to check your blog, I find your posts interesting. Keep up the good work! And if I could suggest a name change, it would be "Culinary in the Desert and Beyond"-a reflection of your flexibility wherever life takes you. Thank you.ReplyDelete
How about "No Longer Desert Culinary" -- that way you can keep the same URL. ;-)ReplyDelete
Anon - Thanks for the suggestion!ReplyDelete
EJ - Yeah, we've been wanting to try not to have a name change that effects the URL much.
Wow look at you, barely settled in and still whipping up magic in the kitchen. Glad to hear the move went well.ReplyDelete
I like culinary in the desert and beyond. :)
Christine - So far so good!ReplyDelete