Monthly Archives: March 2009

Blame it on the Victorians*

By Liz | Published: March 27, 2009
I know, its Friday. This is the second week in which there will be no Friday book review. Victorian Historians are to blame. I’ve been deep in research for an essay on history as written by Victorians and all that reading has left me NOT WANTING TO READ. I’m shocked by my own reaction. I [...]
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Part two: In which our heroine makes a hot sugary liquid and does not burn herself

By Liz | Published: March 18, 2009
I’m really good at kitchen accidents and have experienced burns caused by hot sugary liquid. They hurt, a lot. This is relevant because the next stage of making crab apple jelly was to add sugar to the liquid. I measured what had dripped out of the bag overnight. It was about 4 cups so I [...]
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Golden Apples

By Liz | Published: March 17, 2009
WARNING: These crab apples were harmed in the making of this post. The previous owner of our property planted a crab apple tree. As far as I can tell crab apples are useful for 3 things: 1) Bird food, birds love them. 2) Apples for dolls tea parties, their size means they look like a [...]
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They Came on Viking Ships – Jackie French

By Liz | Published: March 14, 2009
I know it’s Saturday, but Friday came and went. Just pretend it’s Friday while you’re reading this. I tried medieval history as an undergrad and I just didn’t get it. Medievalists are a special sort of person, they love all things medieval and don’t really care about modern history.I’m the opposite. But I do like [...]
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Judy Moody by Megan MacDonald

By Liz | Published: March 6, 2009
Look it’s Friday, and I’ve done a book review! Do you have an 7-8 year old girl? Then go to the library and get her a Judy Moody book. I really like Judy and so did my girls. Children like Judy’s zaniness, parents will appreciate that Judy is a pretty normal kid, with a normal [...]
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Meet Kermit

By Liz | Published: March 5, 2009
Yesterday, while weeding the vege garden something larger than an insect sort of jumped out of the undergrowth. What I saw, sitting on a lump of dirt about half a metre in front of me, was a frog! It was small and brownish. We looked a each other for a few minutes then I slowly [...]
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I’m still here

By Liz | Published: March 2, 2009
I know I haven’t written anything for a while, along while actually. With school and uni starting back I’ve been having scheduling issues. But never fear I’m working on it. Part four of ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ is coming (so is Christmas!). What I need is a gadget that translates the thoughts in my head [...]
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