Things I like: proper coffee, dark chocolate with sea salt, Citroën 2CVs, rice paper wrapped spring rolls the way my mother and grandmother from Laos make them, goat cheese, real books written on real paper, Waterloo Dark, the ice cream shop in Moret-sur-Loing, history, Algonquin Park, Vaux le Vicomte, hockey, Canadian hockey players, running, Pemberton.
Things I dislike: bad coffee, MSG, minivans, raw oysters, subdivisions – who can argue effectively when the whole street can hear, cream liquers, biting ants, the histrionics of professional football players (a.k.a. soccer), pink Champagne, the word ‘utilize’.
D is my husband. Bou and Pony Girl (PG) are the resident kids. Sasha and Sidney are our cats and love Juno who is our dog and would love to eat the cats. Also my great-great-great-great-more greats-grandfather was beheaded during the French Revolution. But I’m not bitter.
You won’t find expert opinions here. Only mine. About life and other stuff. Field-tested in a real world where kids don’t always eat their rapini, but make you laugh so hard you snort, where people can be mean or amazingly cool, the dryer conks out without provocation, the dog poops on the floor when she’s stressed, and odd things happen every day.
If anyone is crazy brave nice enough to invite me to share my opinions or stories elsewhere you’ll be the first to know. Dear Anyone: call me. Or email me at kat@jackstrawlane (dot) com.
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Thank you Katja for this lovely message witch gives honour to our artisanal job.
We try to cary across the age our local specialities to give new generations the taste of our roots.
If ever you come in the area of Valence, I would be very proud to make you visit our bakery and show you the way we work
With all our best regards and thanks
Merci Maurin. Mon grand-père, d’origine de Saint Pierreville, nous à tous bien donner le gout des pognes Nivon. Je me régalerais de vous rendre visite dès mon prochain séjour en France. Thank you for extending an invitation to visit your bakery on my next trip to Valence. I look forward to it already.
Kat, it’s possible we were separated at birth. Dark chocolate with sea salt is like crack cocaine for me, my husband and I used to own a secondhand bookstore, and you know we visit France regularly (…did I mention we own a house there, in Normandy?).
Awesome, awesome blog. Can’t wait to meet you someday! (You going to Blissdom?)
Thanks Kim! You may be right…there’s a lot in line there
And Normandy…so beautiful.
Found your blog today through your link on a comment you made on Sarah Taylor’s blog. It’s great! I also find soccer players writing on the ground over a stubbed toe and the word utilize annoying
Have a good day
Thanks for stopping by.
Found your blog via the Moms who Blog and Write group on Facebook. Love it!
(I live in Merritt, BC)
Canadian Hockey Players and Pemberton – right up my alley
Glad you found me and that you enjoyed it! I’m green with envy about where you live.
Hi Kat…
I found your sweet little blog after you left a comment on mine. So so great! Love your writing!
Thank you. I’m so glad you found your way here.