Author Archives: Laura

Providing Identity Options (other than anti-princess)

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Laura

Mark and Ellie, who was too busy peeling her stick to look at the camera Yesterday, we joining a hiking club for homeschoolers.  Mark was by far the youngest kid and Ellie was next.  She did an admirable job of … Continue reading →

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Upping Your Cuteness Quotient for the Day

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Laura

This blog post is for Nana, Grandpa, Yiayia, Pappou, and any other Salmon and Souvlaki readers who wish I would stop posting about shaving and baking and books, and just get on with the Ellie and Mark cuteness! learning backgammon … Continue reading →

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Caution: Disastrous Results Ahead

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Laura

I’ve been posting a lot about baking recently and I think it would be easy to assume that I’m a baking professional who never makes mistakes and always have perfect results. For example, in this post, I only used the … Continue reading →

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Calling All Non-Shavers (female and male)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Laura

This is a intermediary post in my “No-Shave Experiment” mini-series. The perfect book was just published! Now I don’t have to cobble together research from dubious internet sources on what I want to know about the history of shaving.  Plucked: … Continue reading →

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Up From The Grave He Arose!

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Laura

Up from the grave he arose; with a mighty triumph o’er his foes; he arose a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever, with his saints to reign. He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose! Happy Easter! Love, … Continue reading →

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March Sewing: Ellie’s Dress (finished a whole 4 days early!)

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Laura

This year, Ellie and I collaborated on her Easter dress.  This was a stretch for me as she choose both fabric (giant polka dots!) and buttons (glitter!) that I never would have chosen.  She also chose between two different Oliver+S … Continue reading →

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[Almost] Foolproof Sourdough Rolls

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Laura

These sourdough rolls are addictively crispy on the outside and have a lovely subtle sourdough flavor. I have a white sourdough starter, given to me by a Baltimore friend.  It was given to him by a baker who he met … Continue reading →

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Mark Teaches Himself to Read With Pulitzer Prize Winning Books and Other Things That Are Most Certainly Definitely Absolutely True

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Laura

Did you know that… 1.  Mark has taught himself to read?  He’s been using Willa Cather’s novels as his reading primers. 2. Houghton College will be spending $84 million to construct a giant geodome around it to eliminate winter entirely … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Your Animals Just Need To Be Close

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Laura

The other day, Mark asked me to help him put Bunny and Puppy on his back.  He seems to have fond memories of being worn because now he’s helping out his animals in the same way! 🙂 I made him … Continue reading →

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March Sewing: Flowers and a Heart for a Special Baby

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Laura

I had the privilege of attending a baby shower on Saturday for a friend who is expecting a little girl in May.  I made her a little baby blanket and wanting to add a bit of pink to the otherwise … Continue reading →

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