I'm Debra and this is where I come to share my creative pursuits and to dump some of the many thoughts swirling around in my brain. I'm a lover of words and pictures and I aspire to create beauty and inspiration with both.
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Category Archives: Life List
Now. There’s no looking back.
It may sound crazy, given what I just said about the Abundance of work and other stuff in my life right now but I have decided to commit to a 365 Project for 2012. Now, you may remember that I … Continue reading
Posted in 365, Life List, Photo projects
Tagged Abundance, friends, life list, One little word, people I admire, photo, photography, projects, self portrait
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Summer on a Plate
A couple of weeks ago I was reading Orangette, as I do regularly, and she had posted about strawberry shortcake. Unfortunately with the delayed growing season this year I had yet to see any local strawberries at the market so … Continue reading
Posted in 365, 500 Desserts, Life List
Tagged baking, life list, photography, real food, self portrait
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Life List Update
I’m not sure if I mentioned it in my birthday post but I MADE that beautiful extravaganza* of a cake. Honestly, I made it for 2 main reasons, neither of which involve eating it. First, I had envisioned the birthday … Continue reading
Sala kakuhle*
*Hopefully (by the power of free online translation) this is Xhosa for “goodbye” or more literally “stay well”. And so we arrive at the final South Africa trip post. I’m quite proud that I’ve managed to get all these posts up in … Continue reading
Townships
I imagine that anyone travelling to South Africa gives some thought to that country’s troubles. For me, knowing that apartheid was alive and well during my lifetime I wondered how and if this recent history would be present in my … Continue reading
Elephants!
The opportunity to go on safari and view wild animals was a huge draw for me in planning my trip to South Africa. The tour I chose provided multiple opportunities to do this, with game drives in three different game … Continue reading
A Brief Interlude
I’ll be back shortly with more photos and some thoughts about my trip but I hope that before that you will indulge me in this brief baking interlude. I have been doing some thinking lately about what I will do … Continue reading
