A writer with a law degree. A crazy woman in the kitchen. Sometimes able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, bipolar, links, meds, real mental on Aug 18th, 2008
“Plateau,” over at RealMental, hopefully self explanatory regarding my neglect to write here and to visit you and your own wonderful writing and sharing at your blogs.
Never fear, though. Unlike the Monty Python Dead Parrot, I’m not dead, merely resting.
The fantabulous Schmutzie has beaten me to the punch and posted links to all the posts that were read at the BlogHer community keynote last Saturday. These posts represent why blogging is so wonderful– honesty, humor, varieties of experiences laid out for judgment– and being in that audience, trying to give back some of the [...]
Posted in bipolar, links, meds, real mental on Jun 23rd, 2008
This week’s post, “Quick Fix,” is up.
Posted in award, good things, links, meta on Jun 11th, 2008
A little bit ago, I got a link from the Blog Goddess Schmutzie, telling me that my chocolate truffles post was named as a Five Star Friday post, at her new site, appropriately called Five Star Friday. How tickled was I to find out that it’s a round up of reader-submitted great posts of the [...]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, links, medicine, science on Jun 10th, 2008
The wellness editor at the NYT wrote a thought-provoker linking to an article about the results of a study comparing gender roles and spouses’ feelings about housework between heterosexual and homosexual couples. I thought it was interesting and it’s something I’m going to think about, even though the BH and I are better than many couples [...]
Posted in links, real mental on Jun 9th, 2008
This week’s post, “My grown-up heart” is up at Real Mental.
Posted in Love Thursday, Shutter Sisters, flickr, links, photos on Jun 5th, 2008
Old and new, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the aging process– how scary it can be to see people we love become frailer, or crankier, or more narrow-minded, but also (and in reading some M.F.K. Fisher) about what a relief it can be to get over some of the self-centeredness of [...]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, cooking, food, links, writing on Jun 4th, 2008
Not long ago, She She asked me if I’d read a piece in The New Yorker about Grant Achatz, the chef of Alinea in Chicago. Achatz developed cancer in his mouth and tongue, and underwent radical radiology and chemotherapy in the hope that he could save his tongue, in the hope that at some point, [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, links, low carb, photos, recipes on Jun 3rd, 2008
Sauteed salmon with lime butter leeks and pea tendrils, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
Salmon, seasoned with lemon pepper seasoning from Penzey’s, and salt, sauteed in 1 tbsp. grapeseed oil, 1 tbsp. butter, on both sides. Served with 2 Boston Organics leeks, softened in 2 tbsp. butter, salt, pepper, and Penzey’s powdered rosemary. (I would bathe in [...]
Posted in books, good things, links, writing on Jun 3rd, 2008
I’ve been reading M.F.K. Fisher’s Last House, a collection of essays from the 1970s and 1980s. They’re not just ruminations on food and cooking– none of her writing is “just” anything. All her writing is about is life– about love, and not loving, and have, and not having, and what that all means. [...]