Category: Blog Posts
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Japanese cooking made EASY!
Recently, I met an artist, PenelopeLovePrints, who works in watercolor and enjoys illustrating food related art. This passion led her to create a Japanese cookbook. Naming her cookbook, “My Lovely Cookbook: An Amateur Guide to Asian Cooking,” was perfect. Her recipes are easy to follow with adorable drawings. I like her two-page spread format. Recipe…
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A painting. What do YOU see?
There’s a big mystery here. I’m curious to know where this painting is. I was sitting in a coffee shop. It was quiet, not so many people. I happened to look to my right and I saw this painting. It caught my attention, because it was so large in size, it almost took up the…
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A Miracle? Vatican to decide. Did Communion Wafers Multiply?
Today, I saw the headline about a “miracle” happening at a Catholic Church. What could this be? Apparently, at mass on March 5th (St Thomas Catholic Church in Connecticut), a eucharistic minister claims that the communion hosts in the ciborium were about to run out, instead they kept multiplying. Father Joseph Crowley announced this as…
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JAFAX – Annual Japanese Animation, Film and Art eXpo
I was in Michigan for a wedding this past weekend. At our hotel there were people in costumes. My first thought, a Comic Con Convention was in town. Turns out, this was for Japanese animation. I had some free time, so headed over to the show. By chance, this lady was having her picture taken…
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Learning Italian – Every Day!
Are you trying to learn Italian? If yes, you should visit Daily Italian Words. It’s a beautiful website packed with great tips on learning Italian with phrases or vocabulary words shared daily. Here’s an example. I smiled when I received an email the other day with the phrase of the day being “Ho Fame! (I’m…
Spark of Inspiration 