Category Archives: Whimsy

Mona Lisa Redux

Interpretations of Mona Lisa, faithfully drawn by 5-year-olds: Can I get a “Gah!”  

365 Foreign Dishes: Jewish Stewed Brains

We recently found this gem of a book, 365 Foreign Dishes: A Foreign Dish for every day in the year. It was published in 1908 in the USA by George … Continue reading →

365 Foreign Dishes: Bavarian Pear Pudding

We recently found this gem of a book, 365 Foreign Dishes: A Foreign Dish for every day in the year. It was published in 1908 in the USA by George … Continue reading →

365 Foreign Dishes: Chinese Chicken

We recently found this gem of a book, 365 Foreign Dishes: A Foreign Dish for every day in the year. It was published in 1908 in the USA by George … Continue reading →

365 Foreign Dishes: English Gems

We recently found this gem of a book, 365 Foreign Dishes: A Foreign Dish for every day in the year. It was published in 1908 in the USA by George … Continue reading →

365 Foreign Dishes: Austrian Goulasch

We found this gem of a book, 365 Foreign Dishes: A Foreign Dish for every day in the year, in the home of Craig and Mary, our American friends who … Continue reading →

So apparently…

….dammsugare means vacuum cleaner in Swedish. Or so Google Translate tells me. My friend Nancy saw these in a bakery in Sweden and thought I might get a kick out … Continue reading →

Kitchen Haircut

So I got my first haircut today. It was all right. Here’s what I looked like before: I had what Dad called a mullet. My grandparents said I looked like … Continue reading →

B’s Birthday List

B turns 9 in March, and yesterday he presented me with his birthday wish list: – Cars 2 Wii Game – Nintendo 3DS – Lego Police Station – Lego Fire … Continue reading →

Here Be Typewriters

And finally, to go all the way back to the 1870′s: It’s intriguing to think about how indispensable typewriters once were. I imagine that the way our predecessors felt toward … Continue reading →

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