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Respect the Marathon and Walnut Squares

Sometimes you do everything right. You put your heart and soul into weeks/months of training but then, for reasons beyond your control, the big day doesn’t go as planned. All we can do is try our best. Put as much time and effort into achieving our goals as life will allow. A quote from Deena Kastor’s 2007 recap of her Boston Marathon experience. I was well prepared and optimistic for this race. I was more fit for this race than when I ran a personal best and won the London Marathon last spring. This combination of facts is what is [...]

By Joanne|2012-01-27T06:15:44-05:00January 27, 2012|Baking|2 Comments

Spring Tease and Your Favorite Preserve Bars

The snow is melting and the milder weather has set in. I hope it lasts. Peering out the window and seeing all that WHITE is old news now. It’s time for some greenery. We’ve set the clocks forward, a sure sign Spring is around the corner. The disadvantage to the “Spring Forward” deal is that in the morning, when returning from my run, it’s STILL dark. At night, it’s light out BUT what can you do with it? The ground, where it isn’t still covered in snow, is soggy wet. It’s a mess. You can’t do anything outside yet. It’s [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-15T06:30:19-04:00March 15, 2011|Baking|9 Comments

And then there were none

And then there were none…referring to the mice I’m trying to catch in our cellar. However, I think there might be some kind of “WELCOME – ENTER HERE” sign somewhere outside our house because so far I’ve caught three mice. Unless it’s one mouse who is goofing on me and keeps coming back for more peanut butter, knowing full well his life is not in danger. Now I have to add that where I am catching them is a wine room, cold storage so we don't go in there often. It's not like we are living with all these mice [...]