The World According To Pia
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the spelt ~ wheat ~ feta ~ cheese bread
on Nov 3, 2009 in åland cafés baking bread finland vegetarian recipe food A while ago I wrote about a spelt-cheese bread that turned out so fabuously. The recipe (in Swedish) comes from an excellent little café book I bought on Åland. One recipe from each café, 20 of them. So far I've tried two of the recipes, both turn...
the historian
on Nov 2, 2009 in thoughts travels literature writing "The Historian" by Elisabeth Kostova is one of those books I bought on a whim just because I loved the cover. That was well over two years ago. I do find that I often adore books I've bought for the cover almost only, this one was however s...
november sunday grump with a few delights
on Nov 1, 2009 in thoughts yarn Autumn illness television literature knitting I wish the month of November could find me in a better mood. I wish I could say hallo, welcome , so nice to meet you again. But alas I can not. As the beginning of a cold I thought I had on Friday turned out to be tonsilitis. Enter and sigh of enormo...
the gift of lilies
on Oct 18, 2009 in thoughts colours flowers On a not so regular occasion (just the way I want it) a kind M brings me pink lilies. I've never said they're my favourites, but lilies it is and well, I'd be insane if I didn't love these gorgeously scented long lasting beauties, wouldn't I?They usu...
magic yarn
on Oct 17, 2009 in crocheting colours yarn knitting Truly it is. Magic as it turns into fantastic little patterns along the knitting way making the end result looking intricate and very artsy. I've been drooling over this yarn (wool, bamboo, acrylic blend) for some time now, one can safely say that th...
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
on Oct 16, 2009 in thoughts life dogs literature writing Of all the books one reads it's not that often one experiences the truly great, mind-evolving, inspirational, all absorbing well-written piece. It definitely happens, but not that often.It's even rarer to find truly (or so it seems) original stories...