International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements. Celebrating us as women, as mothers, daughters, sisters, friend, partners and the multitude of...
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Why I loved Steve Jobs!
I am writing this on my 2011 MacBook Pro. Last night one of my heros died – Steve Jobs. My husband says ‘I’ll never go back to Windows’, after a few weeks of flirting with my our Apple laptop. In 2006, I had a sleek black iPod which we loved. I still have it, dead...
On being published: ‘Foodies of the World’
Thanks for your support and wonderful comments – at the moment, our internet access is scuppered/broken/not working plus I’m out of country from Wednesday – in Paris 🙂 till the weekend, sans husband and kids attending a conference and looking for piment d’esplette! Thank you so, so, so much. Love, Oz ——♥♥♥♥♥—– I’m not at...
Wordless Monday: Farm fresh Strawberries
These strawberries come from our weekly drive-by farmer, grown on his farm. I love the weirdness of some of the strawberries – imperfect can be beautiful too, like me…and you. For more Wordless photos on Kitchen Butterfly, see my Wordless category For more Wordless photos on the main Wordless Wednesday, visit the Wordless Wednesday blog.[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Wordless...
Wordless Saturday: Farm fresh eggs
Almost every week, we take delivery of beautiful eggs from a drive-along farmer. I love the way the feathers stick to the eggs and the sheer beauty of it all. For more Wordless photos on Kitchen Butterfly, see my Wordless category For more Wordless photos, visit the Wordless Wednesday blog.[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Wordless Saturday: Farm fresh eggs –...
Life Lists
2024 Updates – In 2009, when I started my blog, I created this “bucketlist” page. Lots of things have changed since then – my desires, knowledge, and more, and so, I’m updating this list, and calling it my “Life Lists”. For the last few years, I’ve been creating Life Planning with Lists (also Listtables) –...
Serendipity in Amsterdam
Ser*en*dip*i*ty (noun) Not finding what one is searching for, but finding something better. Kate says: I love this word. Not only because of its dictionary meaning, but also because it sounds like the kind of life I’d like to have: Serene with a little dipity added! (You’ll find the above lines on her blog!)