A blog full of memories
We went to a soirée des courges (Hallowe’en) at a friend’s house on Saturday night. I notice that Hallowe’en in Switzerland is refreshingly absent from the stores. Maybe the commercialism was refreshingly absent because we still showed up to a friend’s house for pumpkin soup. Cheese, wine, de la viande sechée–and pumpkin soup. Mmmmmm. Our …
A few weeks ago, I installed Tweet Deck on my computer. I search for fellow bloggers and social media fans and just interesting people in general. I have an ongoing search for Lausanne and Valais. One morning I see a tweet flutter by: “On to Lausanne by train today… http://bit.ly/aid14.” I wonder who is arriving …
“Can I bring you something?,” he asked on his way out the door. “I can’t think of anything.” “Are you sure?” I stop and think a moment. I’d bought a butternut squash at the market on Saturday because I’d wanted to make butternut squash soup. I have a favourite recipe from my Looney Spoons cookbook. …
This is going to be a bit of a lame post as I haven’t been writing lately. But I have been busy. I am trying to consolidate my life — one step at a time. Today, I am the proud owner of YukonJen.com — the domain name AND I host my site myself. Up until …
I made this appetizer for a neighbourhood deck party last night. It is simple, but effective. cherry or grape tomatoes marinated mozzarella balls fresh basil lime juice cracked pepper As usual, I left it to the last minute to make. I should have got my tomatoes from Dan, the tomato man last Tuesday at the …
I can’t tell you how exhausted I am. As most of you know, I’ve been traveling–since May 15. Hard to move around all the time. Fun though. Family. Friends. Fun. Now I am back in Healdsburg at the moment. Collecting myself as I get ready for the next chapter of my life and I thought …
After a day exploring Zermatt and the Matterhorn, we arrive Thursday evening at Caprice du Temps, my friend’s family’s winery. The next day, they have their portes-ouvertes for their clients at their winery. His brother (the winemaker) pours the wine. His god-father mans the cheese under the heat. They explain, this meat – this viande …
I emailed my friend in Switzerland when I first bought my tickets to France. I can’t believe I just made this commitment, but I’ve just booked tickets to Paris. Arriving 01 June 2009 and leaving 30 June. My nephew is graduating 06 June in Juno Beach. My parents fly out of Frankfurt 09 June 2009. …
Vicky and her family (husband Pete, daughter Nadia, and son Alex) live in Sixt Sur Aft just north of Redon in Bretagne. I spent a week with them, catching up on sleep, rest, and life in general. We had a good laugh, great food, and a few outings. The day I arrived at Vicky’s, a …
