http://perspicacious.org making things, cooking, playing and just living in Fairbanks, Alaska Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:06:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Image data here.] It's true, this blog is 10 years old today! I started it during my final year of undergrad, while student teaching. I was 22. (Yes, you can do the math!) The past 10 years have been a blast, and while there's obviously too much ... http://perspicacious.org/2010/08/18/10-years-of-blogging-no-really/ I've been going through my pics from my first teaching job, and it seems so long ago! I taught at a Catholic school in Albuquerque, New Mexico (where I'm from) from 2001 to 2003. I taught 5th grade and had so much fun. My teaching was much ... http://perspicacious.org/2010/08/16/back-in-the-day-my-first-teaching-job/ The summer has come to an end! We have been so lucky this summer to have a whole 2 and 1/2 months off. Neither R nor I worked at all this summer. She worked on the house and I did work for grad school and we traveled ... http://perspicacious.org/2010/08/10/back-to-it/ [Sunday morning coffee with homemade caramel] cooking I made this Indian makhani chicken on Friday, and it was the best homemade Indian food I've had yet. The recipe is a tad complex, but doable, and the results are spectacular. Serve with rice, naan, and dahl. I love this everyday chocolate cake, ... http://perspicacious.org/2010/08/08/link-love-11/