Pretend Interviewer (PI): Wassup?! *looks confused* Who are you? What happened to EP? EP (me) *weeping copiously* it is she, it is me, it is I, it is EP! PI: Come now, whatever the tragedy, let us not forget our grammar. Why do you cry so? Here are some tissues. EP *wailing loudly* I put… Read More Let there be date palm jaggery ice-cream
Now the Good Wife’s Guide may or may not have been written for vitamin deficient wives who suffer from serious brain fog, confusion and tiredness and are not the best housekeepers even when their vitamin levels are skyrocketing. All I know is that the following happens when the husband (SG) returns home to this good wife (EP). SG… Read More How I replaced a good wife with a Nobel prize winning one
Avid readers will recall how I took stock of my finances and had an attack of the blues. Last week, I repeated the exercise and realized that the more time and distance I put between steady employment and the present, the lesser I miss the pay-cheque. I made the mistake though, of doing another kind… Read More Doughnuts, Vitamins, and a Health Check
Reporting out on the progress (or the lack of it) on the Pootle List through an imaginary conversation with the Pretend Interviewer (PI) and me (EP). PI: We heard you are quivering with excitement. What has caused all the hullabaloo in the guava orchard? EP: We are preparing for a Frozen theme party for my… Read More Celebrating Olaf, a Birthday, and Independence Day
I started baking with the aim of making bread. Approximately four years and many cakes later, I have had one passable attempt at cinnamon rolls and one disastrous go at pizza to show for my efforts. The images of a loaf of bread, speckled with pumpkin seeds, nestling warm and cosy in its tin fresh… Read More Demystifying bread making and mountain climbing
The Pootle List 