This is not a new post, but I believe it is relevant to the discussion here. Take a look at my post from November…
I’m becoming a different kind of lesbian and a different kind of femme, and it has all been surprising.
I quit shaving my legs about 2 months ago.
I’m becoming the type of [...]
Several apologies are in order – the first being that I do not post here even half as much as I should. Second being that I have mostly posted recipes. Thirdly that I rarely include photos in my posts. Sorry!
Now folks, I realize that femmes aren’t the only people who cook. For me, however, cooking [...]
The other day I was leaving my usual teahouse after visiting with an old friend from my first high school. A couple of ladies struck up a conversation with me about the baby blanket I had been knitting. I explained that it was a gift to a young man whom I had originally met when [...]
Why is it only called “crafts” if women do it? I’ve been on a rampage for the last few days sewing rolled cases for such items as knitting needles, crochet hooks, makeup brushes and the like. There is a wonderful tutorial here which made things a lot easier through the first project. The first one [...]
On our anniversary in March, Dana and I went across the bridge to a little downtown shopping district and found a mom-and-pop bookstore. The only thing I bought that afternoon was a book called Small Batch Baking by Debby Maugans Nakos. She gives instructions on how to assemble your own small baking containters out of [...]
I threw this together last night and it was pretty dang yummy, to my surprise!
Ingredients:
2 T Cooking Oil (I used EVOO)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped bell peppers (any color)
1/4 cup chopped green onions
2 1/2 cups cut carrots
4 small cut potatoes
1 large can 100% Pure Pumpkin
2-15.5 oz cans Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)
Handful of pine nuts, pan [...]
My mother gave me a recipe book including all of my family’s favorite dishes as a gift for my graduation from college (last week!). Tonight I made “Spanish Bean Soup” (alternately, Garbanzo/Chickpea Soup) in less than an hour. As I understand it, the soup originated in Tampa at Columbia Restaurant which features Spanish cuisine in [...]
Last week… no, make that for the past two months… I’ve been on a cleaning, de-cluttering, organizing rampage. You wouldn’t know it from the looks of my house, but I work slow, okay. Just because I work slow doesn’t mean I’m not getting anything done! I went through my panties for the first time in over a year to take out the ones that are no good. So, here are some rules for thinning the crops!
Knitting is not just for femmes and girls! Anyone can be a knitter, all you have to be is willing to try, humble enough to be taught, and not worried about making mistakes. Get your needles ready, and let’s go change the world, one scarf at a time!
Step One: Meet a Knitter: This may be [...]
Tonight I met all manner of people on the gender spectrum at knitting circle. It has come pretty easily to me, since I have crocheted, cross-stitched, and sewed for so many years. So, after my first five days of knitting, I give you my top five reasons for loving needle crafts:
5. It’s communal – stitching alone is sorta like drinking alone… it just shouldn’t be done…