September 2011

Queen Mary 2: What I Learned

by zora on September 26, 2011

Being on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic gives you plenty of time to think. To keep your mind of unpleasantries like “Just how far is it to the bottom of the ocean?”, “How fast are we killing the planet?” and “Who are all these rich people?”, I guess you’re supposed to attend [...]

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Queen Mary 2: The View

by zora on September 20, 2011

What’s it like to take the Queen Mary 2 from New York to England? Well, there are lots of details to share, but first–and most–of all, there’s this: This photo’s by Peter–as are the rest of them. And then there’s some of this: If you crane your head out of your balcony zone, there’s this: [...]

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How I Learned to Cook, long-lost Part 3—or, Time to make the doughnuts

by zora on September 12, 2011

I haven’t written about my home cooking in many months, and probably won’t again for a while (since I won’t be home till January, but that’s another story). But as you’ll see, this doughnut thing—I need to write about it for closure. Years ago, I wrote a couple of posts about how I learned to [...]

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Gallup Flea Market: Back Again

by zora on September 6, 2011

On my birthday, I went to Gallup, New Mexico. Not a typical place for celebration, I realize, but I’m kind of fond of how this town has developed in the last decade. There are murals everywhere, you can get handmade moccasins, the county courthouse is cool Pueblo Deco, and there are demonstration dances on the [...]

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