Posts from ‘May, 2006’

I was born, baptised and confirmed in the Protestant church, raised in the Pentecostal Movement. Despite this, I have never believed in God. I never bought that image of an old man with white beard sitting on a cloud ruling the world. The words “God’s will” make me cringe. People saying that they leave their life in [...]

I baked them in 200 C for about 12 minutes. And oh yes. They are good!

3/4 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup molasses 1 egg 2 tbsp orange zest 2 1/4 cup flour 1 tbsp ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt coating 1 tbsp zest 1/2 cup sugar Mix all in order given. Scoop out balls of dough and drop into coating. Toss, [...]

When I went to bed last night I was thinking about the previous post, realizing that what sounded so good in my head could sound very bad and extremely provoking in someone else’s. This often happen to me; I have this brilliant idea on what to write, so I start writing… and then after a [...]

A client said this to me once. I have no patience with stupid people. Then we looked at each other in mutual understanding. The mere fact that she said it to me made me happy, because it meant that A) she had decided that I’m not stupid, and B) she knew that I would know [...]