Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

A few days ago, I saw what is probably the most miserable film that I have ever seen in my entire life, Robert Bresson’s “Journal d’un curé de campagne (Diary of a Country Priest” (1951). (George Bernanos, author, “Journal d’un curé de campagne” (1936). And the amazing thing about it was that it actually cheered […]

Since feeling better, I have been able to do a bit more work on-line. In particular, I’ve updated Edward’s Crochet and Computability website with two new patterns, and several posting on medicinal plants on Fortun’s Urban Gardening. Fortun has also been posting on his blog again after nearly 2 months hibernation! My partner […]

When my humans came back, some of the plants had died but a few had survived. Somebody did come and give the plants (and me) water but it seems that we all missed the humans too. Some time ago, I heard some people saying that they believed in the survival of the fittest…. It seems […]

Finally! The photos and instructions for the pink scalloped skirt that my caregiver finished ages ago are here! Below is a photo of the skirt.

Actually, my caregiver placed this on her blog some time ago, but now I’ve taken hold of it and it’s here! I wanted to put this pattern here specially […]

Below are interview questions and my replies on the subject matter of “online publishing” sent to me a few days ago by a staff member of an academic community newsletter. While I am no longer a member of the academia, I was approached more as a member of the editorial board of the Leonardo Electronic […]

Dinner tonight was soy chicken with vegetable noodles in carrot sauce. Below is a photo of the noodle dish. I used the stock from the chicken to cook the noodles and the carrots. Then I served this on a plate with lettuce under the noodles and grated cheese on top.

In addition to the noodles and […]

Been quite busy in the kitchen lately. Since I started feeling better, I’ve been doing more cooking, which is something that I can quite enjoy. Just now, I’ve finished making two bottles of pickled onions, following instructions from the BBC’s H2G2 website (and so I just learned that pickled onions are an English Pub staple!). […]