David’s Semi-Poached Eggs: a better way to poach an egg: another 5MBM!
I learned many new things during our travels in New Zealand last February. I learned how to drive on the wrong side of the road (while sitting in the wrong…
Read moreA New Zealand Farmer’s Market: a delightful find worth the hunt!
We have been home from our New Zealand trip for several weeks now, finally over the wretched jet lag nonsense, and though we are busy again with school and chores…
Read moreFrom Chinese Gooseberry to Kiwifruit: how it all happened
I would imagine, my Gentle Reader, that the last time you bought a carton of kiwifruit at the grocery store, you looked down at the fuzzy brown fruits and wondered…
Read moreAll it’s cracked up to be: a visit to the Shire, an afternoon at Hobbiton
I remember the first time I discovered The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. My Dad had a drugstore in Nelson, Nebraska, where I spent quite a bit of my time after…
Read moreAnd we’re here, Part II. The pain.
Yup, after years of looking forward to traveling back to New Zealand, and months of anticipation, and weeks of preparing for this trip, we are here. I wrote about the…
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