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I thought about reading The Handmaid's Tale this summer...

June 09, 2011

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...but I wanted to read fiction.

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Samoan Puligi (baked pudding)

There were so many variations online so I took what I thought were the tastiest suggestions and combined them into my own recipe. I used less sugar than some other recipes and chose to use the coconut milk rather than water. It came out moist and tasty. Puligi Burnt Sugar mixture: 1 cup sugar 1 cup coconut milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Pudding: 3 1/2 cups flour 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 2 tablespoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons nutmeg 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 can evaporated milk 3/4 cup coconut milk 2 large or 3 medium eggs * usually a can of coconut milk yields just enough for the 1 3/4 cups you will need in both parts of the recipe. Begin with the burnt sugar. Place the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat and stir as it dissolves. Continue to stir until it becomes a brown syrup. Remove the saucepan from heat and slowly add the coconut milk and vanilla, stirring quickly so that nothing caramelizes at the bottom of the pan. In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinna...

Sunset at High West

The Mount High West overlook isn't on an official trail, but it is popular enough that it is easy to follow. Many people start their hikes from Kennedy Town, climbing 2100 steps out of the urban area and often lugging photography equipment. A less vertical route would be to come across from the Peak along Harlech/Lugard Rds. SB and I took the furbabies with us on a longer route, starting from our home in Happy Valley, across Black's Link (first part of HK Trail Section 4), past Wanchai Gap, past Magazine Gap, around Victoria Peak (after getting somewhat turned around a few times), and then on to Mount High West in time to enjoy sunset. Even Google Maps shows the path to the overlook. Along the way, we enjoyed lovely views back at the city while also being above all of the noise and hubbub. We always enjoy encountering historic markers; this one is for the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, that existed on Barker Road between 1897 and 1947....

tentative steps

I didn't think it would end like this, with paranoid silence followed by a rush of activity to flee the place that I lived longer than anywhere else in my life. Democracy protests that seemed so doomed, yet brave, descended into violent oppression. Police turning into oppressors overnight. So now, a new place and a new life but still so much to say about the other side. Thoughts still finding their way out. I'm back. I think?

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