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on this day in 1990 the world lost great creative mind and warm heart; jim henson. he brought kermit to life, gave him singing and dancing lesson and even taught him to ride a bike. just think about...
View Articleoh! wow! chow!
can you imagine my delight to find that chows's aïda mollenkamp has mentioned cooking with monkey as one of her top 10 favorite cooking blogs! what an honor to be listed on a favorite site with the...
View Articlehypothetical question
let's say you are a small terrycloth primate with an extra pair of tickets to eddie izzard's june 5th show in dallas, but, you will not be using the tickets. the tickets are nice box tickets that you...
View Articlewhat will monkey do?
sometimes a little brainstorming with a pal is needed to come up with the best solutions. my guest brainstormer is lyn the proprietress extordinair of cake or death (the ultimate eddie izzard fan...
View Articleand the winner is...
you can feel the excitement crackling in the air as the large hopper of virtual raffle tickets is rolled onto the stage. lyn has limbered up her fingers so that she is in top ticket selecting form....
View Articlelydia oh lydia!
the winner of the two tickets to mr. izzard's concert revealed! it's lydia! she dropped by the cultured cup for a lovely chat and top pick up the 2 ticket (and surprise valet parking pass) for mr....
View Articlejust dropped in for a visit
unexpected guests can disrupt one's life. this little chap didn't just drop in, he plummeted from his nest high above my garden sometime last saturday night. since then, he's taken over the place. he...
View Articleit's always darkest before the dawn
to end national accordion month in style, i accompanied a friend to a late night accordion jam session. the air was still thick with the strains of lady of spain as we emerged form the club, loaded my...
View Articleblack and white birthday
the sons of teddy roosevelt hold the dubious disctinction of being the first westerners to kill a panda 1928. subsquently, museums proudly displayed trophy pandas, but no zoological facility could...
View Articlehappy pastry day!!
every year it lost in the shuffle. smack dab in the middle of the most food centric holiday season - nestled among the thanksgiving pumpkin pie, the hannaukha jelly donuts, the eiz ma’moul, and flood...
View Articleholiday decorating tip
decorating with fragrant pine cones, colorful holly and charming candles is always fun until something bursts into flames. stock up on a few jaunty red fire extinguishers for the holiday season. you'll...
View Articletoday's birthday shoe dilemna
tough choice - will i celebrate elvis' birthday in my blue suede shoes should i put on my red shoes and dance the blues in david bowie's honor?let's dance!
View Articleheart to heart
valentine's day is just a heartbeat away! if you don't have time to whip up your own arrhythmia doilies or carefully craft a card, you can still thrill your friends, lovers and strangers with a...
View Articleevery day is pie day!
according to the american pie council, today is national pie day! but around my house, every day is pie day! why not makeone today... or some other tasty snack.
View Articlehappy groundhog's day
i've brushed up on my weather prognostication skills using a groundhog and i've baked some snacks. i'm ready to celebrate groundhog's day!!!
View Articlehappy heart day!
however you celebrate valentine's day, i hope it's full of love and creativity... and a snack or two. i know mine is!
View Articlehappy pencil day!
on this day in 1858 hymen lipman of philadelphia received a patent for his revolutionary invention. by incorporating an eraser into a pencil he changed the course of pencil history! mr. lipman sold his...
View Articlegrilled cheese haiku
in honor of national poetry month and grilled cheese month: two slices of breadgrilled to a golden brownhides the molten cheese
View Articlethat's odd
since i would write today's date as 5 may 2009, the significance of today almost passed me by. when the date is written as 5/7/9 it represents the first of 6 times that consecutive odd numbers will...
View Articleit started innocently...
i have a love/hate relationship with the term "children's book." what exactly is a children's book? a book for children only? written by children? young books that will some day grow up to be adult...
View Articleadventure alert
my bags are packed and i'm on the go! (as depicted by this lovely portraid of me by apelad) i'll be in china & tibet over the next few weeks and i hope to twitter from the roof of the world! catch...
View Articleprimate update!
i've been more than lax about updating my blog and i promise i will be writing again, but in the mean time, you can find little tasty tidbits from me on twitter and over on facebook. of course, you can...
View Articlegassy old star to be eclipsed!
from la to alberta, faces will turn to the heavens to catch a glimpse of zeta opaiuchi blink out for a moment then reappear. this bit of celestial slight of hand is brought to us by the nimble little...
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