The Mediterranean Diet Myth
Much has been written about The Mediterranean Diet and usually the focus is on how much red wine you can drink without feeling ashamed. Occasionally, they mention increasing your consumption of eggplant […]
Category Archives: Ranting
Book hangover
I have been in heady book hangover since I finished How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. I didn’t want to start another book until I stopped […]
Expats can vote!
We are expatriates not ex-patriots. If you are an American citizen residing abroad you can vote in the coming November election. As a democrat, and if you are an Am-Expat statistics […]
Save Italy – 10 easy steps
We were in Rome the same time German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, had a little chat with the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti on July 4, 2012. According to our well-informed waiter at […]
Fixing iTunes – week 11
When I committed myself to 52 projects in the course of a year I thought I would be sewing, knitting, cooking and baking some of the fun things I pinned on Pinterest. […]
Fifty Shades of Grey – book review
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James My rating: 3 of 5 stars As the Queen of bandwagon hopping, I had to get my hands on the book that sold […]
Happy International Women's Day - Cupcake challenge
Reblogged from Wife – in captivity: There are a lot of things I could put forward here about inequality but I would be posturing because I am privileged enough to […]
Viareggio, come for the food and then RUN!
It was a most enticing picture from this slideshow, on the NY Times travel section that brought us to Viareggio for the day. We were guided in the parking lot by a lovely […]
My gift to William and Kate
Being born in a Republic I was not automatically a fan of Royalty. I thought it was a silly and expensive folly created to attract tourists. But then came Diana […]
Shipping to Norway? Go postal!
When I moved to Norway in 1993, they still had surface shipping. Six to ten weeks from Minneapolis to Haugesund and care packages from home would arrive safe and sound […]
Embrace Winter!
As the pall of illness gently lifts from our household, we are looking forward to the month of February and signs of the coming spring. The apple trees are making […]
Out to dry
I have read with shock and amazement about certain community associations in America, up in arms about clothes lines and drying clothes on them. Now, I am not one to […]
