joined on 10/01/05
last updated 01/26/09
October 28, 2006
I have been remiss in not putting out this testimonial to my lady before this. This lady has my heart and for many years now is captain of my fate.
She is such a good person, everyone who meets her immediately feels a warm glow. She has much of the Goddess of the hearth in her and about her. People feel that in her presence. She loves to cook and care for people. She has often said she loves people with food. If you have ever been the recipient of something she has cooked or baked you know what that means.
She also loves thru her heart. I have seen her so upset because someone she loves is hurting or going thru hardships. She cares deeply for those she loves. And defends them fiercely. This I have seen many times.
I have seen her be strong, and I have seen her be soft and careing. She is wise and yet can be so silly, and she is a true Blonde, in all the silly fullness of that meaning.
She is very disarming, and often people who have dismissed her as not important or not a true player have had themselves turned on their ears by her true wit and excellent acting skills. She has shocked and amuzed many a "serious" player about the shire and those who know her and love her have seen that happen more than once.
She is so wise, with a practical wisdom that has kept me out of trouble on more than one occasion. I consider her my most important confidant, and she has proven on more then one occasion to me and others to be a true friend and sweet soul.
You could not find a better person for a friend or bonny companion than this lady.
Oh, and I love her beyond all reason and too my utter ruination. and would have it no other way.
and she has eyes like Saphires.
May 9, 2006
Lis, is a dear and true friend. I love to visit with her, she makes me laugh. I enjoy the conversations we have, sometimes we talk about our feelings for things, the energy around us, but always when we are done we have solved the world’s problems, LOL.
OMG, the woman gives the best foot rubs ever!! She is an awesome cook...Love through food!
My life is better by having this lovely woman in my life and I thank the gods that she is my friend.
January 23, 2006
Oh, Lisa! My dear friend! When I returned to Faire after about a 4 or 5 year hiatus (last year at Black Point was last time for me) at Tahoe this past season '05, Lisa was one of the first persons I'd met! She graciosly answered all my questions and conversed with me and we've been great friends ever since! Through other adventures of mine, she and I got to know each other better and better and she proved to be such a fun and wondeful friend. I love hanging with her and her guy, the Dutchman. Two more loyal friends, I've not known at faire in some time! She's a beautiful goddess of a woman who eminates positive and cheerful energy and makes you feel warm and sunny when in her presence. She is always there with a hug when you want one and her flask of many wonders is always offered in friendship and merryment! I LOVE YOU LISA, my dear, dear friend! Thanks for taking me in as you and Michael did! You're wonderful!
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Re: Hey, Dickens Patrons
(in Dickens Fair Folk)
we go to play with friends and entertain the public-rather equal importance of those 2, I'd say. playful atmosphere both in character and out. I particularly enjoy the chance to exchange witty conversations with friendly acquaintances and/or str...
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discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 4:56 PM
Re: Bee Propolis-update
(in Herbal Medicine)
ok, the oil experiment was a bust. I melted a bit of cocoa butter and coconut oil together, and tried to stir in a chunk of propolis. It just sat there. Stirring or trying to incorporate it just made it clump in different shapes. The vendor ha...
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discussion post on Sat, October 24, 2009 - 8:56 AM
Re: QUINCES?
(in Food History)
Straight from the Sept 2009 Gourmet magazine:
In Greek mythology, the quince, with it's intoxicating perfume, was the golden apple that Paris gave to Aphrodite, "the fairest of them all." Edward Lear's Owl and Pussy-cat dined "on mince, and slic...
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discussion post on Fri, October 23, 2009 - 7:35 PM
Re: QUINCES?
(in Food History)
They have huge amounts of natural pectin, so use them to make jams and jellies and expecially more savory chutneys. They can't be eaten raw, must be cooked or baked. Blends well with apples especially in that regard and gives a thicker 'body'. ...
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discussion post on Fri, October 23, 2009 - 9:51 AM
Re: Squash/pumpkin
(in Recipe Exchange)
nothing different than the ones you've described here. Yes I LOVE winter squash too, but I have my limits, which sounds like you've reached yours, too.
One variation of pumpkin bread I enjoy is to add mincemeat and blend before I bake it. I u...
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discussion post on Wed, October 21, 2009 - 9:40 PM
I got hit again by the same scam. Sons a bitches at Chase Visa card services who took over Wamu are so sneaky. Didn't send me a statement this month. I noticed last night while I was checking some bill pay stuff, that this time last month, I'd already sent that payment, so I went looking for the bill, and only found last month's paid bill with a due date of 7/14. I sent a payment asap, but I know it'll take 2 days to process by billpay as always. I congratulated myself for JUST making th...
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I sure hope our favorite STATE campground in the Redwoods is open and the bathrooms/showers regularly serviced!
Maybe we'll find the car keys lost or stolen by a jay 3 years ago? LOL (good thing I had a spare set) We are leaving on Sunday July 12th, and will be back the next Sunday, 19th. Exploring the redwoods, camping, hiking. Also planning a couple side trips to Eureka, and up along the coast to points north. No bikes this year - they were too hard to keep track of, and haul here to...
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If it's swine flu, or 'just' a virus?
I've been sick for 5 days - definitely on the mend. Lower respiratory at this point, but my 101.2 degree fever on Friday night makes it not 'just' a cold.
Now my husband is feeling ill, and HE has some other health conditions that makes this possibility more scary.
I'm not prone to panic, but at what point do I insist on medical intervention? And what good would it do? Is there different treatment for swine flu, vs. our normal symptom treatment? Re...
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about me
tall, blonde, is the first thing noticable, I believe. Giggly, silly, but smart - some say periodically brilliant. Single mom for a long time. I don't recommend it as a life choice. The good life for me began at 39, and has gotten progressively more divine. Meeting and recognizing and exploring one's soul mate can do that. I almost forget now, what it felt like to not be loved. I am a pretty damn good cook, when I have the time - DO NOT help me in the kitchen unless I ask. :-) I'm terrible with thank you cards, and remembering birthdays, but that doesn't mean I don't regard you highly. I'm just kinda lazy and disorganized about that.
Currently reading:
The Dark Tower series - by Steven King
Wow. 6 immense volumes. But I'm not tired of it yet, and I've been reading steadily for about 5 weeks. That is amazing when I can usually polish off a good story in a couple days. And I usually reach my limit of Steven King after a week, anyway. Now I'm just stubbornly wondering how the heck he's going to tie up all the loose ends in the half book I have left. But it's been fun, and diverting. What will I do at lunch when I'm done?
American Gods - by Neil Gaiman
Really really good. I got through it in about a week. Fantasy, with real seeming characters. Reminded me of Steven King's style, in a way - without the excessive and revolting adolescent fart and booger humor.
Maia - by Richard Adams. I've had this whopper of a paperback on my shelf for probably 9 years, and never read it. I don't even remember ever starting it. But, I have been really enjoying reading it several hours a day, for several weeks - me who usually plows through small paperbacks in just a couple days. It's by the same author as Watership Down, but very different.
A Song for Arbonne. Very romantic stylized fantasy novel. Mercenary soldiers, mysics, bards, good kings, evil kings. I truly enjoyed it, and got to the end page and realized it was written by the same guy who co-wrote The Silmarillion after JRR died. I guess I'll have to get that one, one of these days.
'The Witching Hour', by Anne Rice. I left the house without a book last week (gasp! Horrors) and so had to stop in the used bookstore at lunch - closer than going home. This is a very intriguing book - I've enjoyed several of her's before, although I couldn't stand the Lestat ones.
Starting over at the 8th in the series by Robert Jordan of the Wheel of Time.... I got the 11th one (new) a few weeks ago, so I have to start back a ways, to get caught up in the story again. This'll keep me busy for quite a while..
Recent ones I've enjoyed:
Wicked by Gregory Maguire - makes me want to get the others in his genre, but I think I'll take a break.
3-15-06, Just finished the Cinderella one - 'Confessions of an evil stepsister' - it was very good!
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - excellent adventure story centering on Dracula legend, reminded me of Da Vinci code in it's pace of historical events being uncovered with suspense.
The Golden Compass - a trilogy by Philip Pullman - I know I read the first one before, but this was sold as a set, and I raced through them all... it is an excellent fantasy and coming of age story.
.... (in progress)
favorites I've read over and over:
The Belgariad by David Eddings
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
OUTLANDER, etc. by Diana Gabaldon - my all time favorite!
ALL the Pern novels and Crystal Singer ones by Anne McCaffrey
Song of Albion by Stephen Lawhead
The Amber series by Roger Zelazny
Word Freaks,
A TASTE OF HONEY,
Ask Roargathor,
Baking (Breads and Pastry),
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Celtic Pagans,
Chocolate,
Craft of the Wise,
Crafty Witches,
Dickens Fair Folk,
Folsom Renaissance Faire,
Food History,
Friends of Faire (Northern),
Healthy Food for Lazy People,
Herbal Medicine,
homemade beauty remedies,
Incense Magick,
Kitchen Witchery*Hearth and Home,
Libra Moon,
Life, Love, Art and Magic for Adults,
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