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Category Archives: Food/Baking
Trying to be perfect is my shortcoming
It has been a while since I sat at my favorite coffee shop to write and people watch. But it has been a while since I even had any down time for anything that was not working or running. While … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged baking, food, friends, inspiration, life, perfection, personal essay
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The roller coaster ride is slowing down and I am ready to jump off
I sit here on the floor using my coffee table as a table to write while the pastries bake for the farmers market. Instead of baking pastries or deserts I should be focussing on moving out, after all I am … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Life, Writing
Tagged baking, beautiful day, food, friendships, goodbye, heartbreak, life, love, Memories, moving, personal essays, relationships, running, writing
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The toughest 2 letters in the alphabet N and O
I have a problem saying no to people. How can a two letter word be so hard to say? Why can’t I say NO and not feel a tinge of guilt? The words in my head are I am sorry … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Friendship, Life, Writing
Tagged baking, cooking, friendships, life, no, personal essays, writing
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When all else fails, there is always chocolate
It was one of those days where a long run would have been the ideal solution, a little sunshine, a little exercise and all the solitude of being alone listening to my music with my random thoughts. However, when I … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Life, Photography
Tagged baking, cake, chocolates, food, life, personal essays, running, solitude, travel, travel adventure, writing
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The crippling fear of the unknown
It is 2 weeks since I got back from my vacation and I am still in a slump and struggling to get out of it. I can’t blame it on the weather, considering it is no longer cold and dreary, … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Life, Love, Photography
Tagged Adventure, baking, Fear, food, life, love, personal essays, rainy days, writing
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No matter what, there is always cake !
I stare at the half packed bag on the floor. If I were a planner or organized the bags would probably be packed and ready for my forthcoming trip, but sadly I am most often neither. I shop for gifts … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Friendship, Life
Tagged baking, food, Forgiveness, friends, friendships, life
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I dream of Molten Lava Cake
The cold weather that winter brings provides the perfect reason to turn the oven on. It mostly helps because my old quaint apartment has no radiator in the kitchen, making it impossible on a cold day to be in there … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Life, Love
Tagged baking, chocolate cake, cold weather, dreams, hangry, love, molten lava cake, personal essays, Valentines Day, weekends, writing
22 Comments
Third time is not always a charm
It’s Friday evening and I should be out with some friends enjoying a glass of wine and unwinding from the long exhausting week. But here I am baking instead, because as usual I was overly ambitious. Typically during winter months, … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Life, Running, Writing
Tagged baking, half-marathon, life, love, personal essays, running, weekends, writing
9 Comments
Looking for the gutsy me
The sun is out, the snow is almost melted away and life seems to have returned to the empty abandoned streets. The kids are out playing, the runners are back pounding the street, but me, I continue to stay inside … Continue reading
Posted in Food/Baking, Friendship, Life
Tagged baking, cold weather, Fear, food, friends, friendships, goodbye, life, meeting goals, weekends, writing
17 Comments
Can we go back to regular programming now ?
The food has been consumed, the gifts unwrapped, trees and decorations put away, New Years resolutions been made and maybe already broken, therefore, it is safe to say that life now goes back to normal. I breathe a sigh of relief that … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food/Baking, Friendship, Life, Love
Tagged baking, family, friends, friendships, holidays, messy kitchen, vacations
4 Comments