Our next door neighbors are going to spend a few days in wine country and so I baked a batch of the world’s easiest, yummiest, peanut butter cookies ever and if it matters to anyone, they’re gluten-free. Four ingredients tossed together that take 25… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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Here’s my food photo for . . . No. Wait. That’s not the right photo. Something must be wrong with my Flickr account. Let me try one . . .more . . . Ignore the photo! I did NOT eat the Tootsie Rolls! I double pinky swear! Wait. Here it is . …. Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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So here we go. My food for the day. Click on the photo (I dare you) and you’ll be whisked over to Flickr where you’ll be able to not only view a larger version but you’ll be able to download the photo for use as a screen saver, tee-shirt… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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I don’t start my New Years resolutions on January 1st with everyone else. I wait a couple weeks. In doing so not only am I claiming my individuation  from the masses but by now since nearly everyone else has already crashed and burned on whatever… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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Though I haven’t been posting on my blog for the past couple months I’ve been uploading my baking photos regularly to Facebook and one of the comments I most often receive is “How do you fix all these yummy things and not gain weight?! You must be… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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104 days until Italy.  104 days until lemon gelato. 104 days until carciofi alla guidia (fried artichokes). 104 days until melon gelato. 104 days until pasta alla carbonara. 104 days until pistachio gelato. 104 days until a steamy mound of pasta… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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After watching a particularly disturbing episode of “Hoarders” the other day D and I attacked our garage and uncovered jeans and a tee shirt from my big girl days. In fact it’s the very same jeans and tee shirt I’m wearing in a photo here. As you… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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I’ve been chomping at the bits to get back into my regular exercise routine but between recovering from my surgeries and then having everything put on hold due to a suspected hernia it’s been more than six months of being limited to walking and… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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D and I headed out early this morning for a challenging (as in ascend ascend ascend!) and gorgeous hike through the redwoods in Muir Woods at the base of Mt. Tamalpais. For those who know the area from the main trail we climbed up Bootjack Trail… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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If you want to know why I’ve been willing to work so hard to lose the excess weight I carried for so many years and get physically in shape, this photo tells it all. I’m not only doing things I could never have imagined doing and seeing things I… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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