The Cake Princess

Archive for November, 2009

Sunset on the prairies.

Friday, November 27th, 2009

I take my camera everywhere with me. It’s a habit I started when I got my first job as a journalist for a daily newspaper in Ohio. Back then, we used film cameras and we had to adjust the fstop manually. Oh, and focus. My first months on the job, my photos were awful! Washed [...]

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Vermilion PD Day

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

I spent last Friday in Vermilion, hosted by the Buffalo Trails Public School Board. My session on The Reading and Writing Connection focused on helping teachers connect the text in their classroom resources with writing exercises that would improve their student’s literacy. I became very fond of my teacher participants; they were engaging and their [...]

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Tuesday Bake Party. Chestnut. Over the Top. Cake.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

chestnutstripBefore I say anything else, I want to tell you that sometimes I try too hard. That’s what I’ve been told before, and if there was one instance where this might be true, it’s this cake.

Does trying too hard mean that you try and fail? Or that what you attempt to do doesn’t turn out the way you expect? Or does it mean, “I know you want me to like you but because you’re sort of neurotic about it, you annoy me.”

The latter of those choices is what I think it means, but I’ve also been told that I can see the dark side of things when I ought to see the positive.

If you’re confused, we are in this whole life together.

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Back from Toronto

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

In a few days of caffeine flurry, I made my way, mostly on foot, around Toronto.
Favourite meal: Spice Route on King Street.
Favourite run: Through the park near my niece’s place at Farnham and Avenue Road.
Favourite building: The inside of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Favourite famous person sighting: Camilla and Charles.
I attended Packaging Your Imagination, a [...]

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