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By: AfricanKelli » Blog Archive » Liquid Gold

AfricanKelli » Blog Archive » Liquid Gold — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:06:56 +0000

[...] Remember those lemons I “borrowed” from my neighbor John? This weekend while working on my pie I noticed a few annoying black bugs flying around. I took out the trash and recycling, emptied the garbage disposal, ran the dishwasher and still, bzzz… the tiny gnats continued to annoy me. Then I looked at the basket and realized I had way over-estimated my lemon needs. The bottom layer of lemons hidden from sight looked like a scene from Marie Curie’s laboratory gone awry. I washed those that weren’t moldy, threw the basket liner in the washing machine and pulled out my hand-juicer and cutting board. (What I should have done was make a lemon pie.) Twenty minutes later, I’ve got fresh lemon juice for the rest of the year’s recipes. Viola. [...]

By: bleeding espresso

bleeding espresso — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:55:07 +0000

Love those baskets, and also, I hear you on the complete shift from 10 years ago, when I was finishing up my two bachelor’s degrees and starting law school; now I live in rural southern Italy, relishing my work-from-home writing time while my OH raises rabbits and chickens. Alrighty then

By: nyjlm

nyjlm — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:14:00 +0000

Did you know that Maimonidies ranked eight ways of giving charity (tzedakah)? http://judaism.about.com/od/beliefs/a/charity_nine.htm

I’m older than you but I too imagined myself in suits, some sort of high-powered business chick, never getting married or having kids. Now I’m a semi-crunchy granola mom who loves crafty things and cooking. Dude, how did that happen?

By: laeroport

laeroport — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:19:23 +0000

Mmmm… brownies.
I have CAOK things up my sleeve, but I’ve been temporarily re-directed as caregiver, so my calculations for this week have changed.

Hope your week is going well. All your food pics are making me HUNGRY.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:11:27 +0000

Good morning. It’s your #1 fan over here =] First, I cannot, absolutely CANNOT picture ‘the old Kelli’. I can’t even imagine it (and I mean that in a kind and loving way).

And secondly, I am working up a ‘pay it forward’ in regards to my recent visit from my CAOK angel.

Jordan and I send you big warm hugs and Jordan sends a few sloppy smooches on the cheek.
XOXO

By: kate

kate — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:57:47 +0000

I’d love to hear more about the charity auction.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:31:16 +0000

I don’t think sharing the spirit of giving is bragging. Here is my favorite passage from Matthew: The king will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”

COAK seems to fit this bill very nicely.

By: June

June — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:00:07 +0000

What a wonderful blessing you were given with all the baskets. By the way, liberating lemons is healthy for the tree so look at it as a CAOK effort.

Speaking of CAOK, I don’t have pictures of most of the things I do. Some things can’t be photographed but I do want you to know that I work very hard to extend acts of kindness to others as often as possible. I shall, however, enjoy and learn from the photos being posted.

By: Kim Covell

Kim Covell — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:41:33 +0000

I used to do that with my gramma. I’d type her letters at work and use a BIG font on my computer so she could read them easier…..

By: Z√©lia

Z√©lia — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:48:22 +0000

Steeling lemmons for chocolate cake doesn’t count as a sin, right? you did give back some cake, right?
hahahah
you should come over, we are having the chocolate festival here:)in this lovely medieval village named obidos!

By: patrice

patrice — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:12:57 +0000

lol @ you baking brownies to hide the fact you stole the lemons! NICE BASKETS

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:00:14 +0000

So every once in awhile I start to feel old. Like when everybody in my freshmen college classes is five (5) years younger than I am. And they have no idea who the A-Team is or what it means to “come home when the street lights go on”. Or when my sister thought that The Cure covered 311′s Love Song.

Then I am charged to think back to what my life’s goals were ten (10) years ago, and remember that I was thirteen (13). I don’t feel so old right now.

In any case, I am happy to say that I will be a participant in CAOK this week. Letters to my grandparents and friends across the country. Happy Writing!

By: meg

meg — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:26:07 +0000

Ha! I had the same reaction to that verse, that sort of mildly horrified, Wait, am I doing that? Oh no! But I always see your campaign as more of an idea-sharing pool than “here’s how you can be awesome…like me”. I love it!

Correspondence is a perfect theme for the week. I was just talking to myself about that on the drive home this morning; now I just need to get it together and put pen to paper!

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:47:18 +0000

Ha! I would never have guessed you were a “femmebot”, great word. I think I need a little *more* femmebot-ness in my life. Thanks for the inspiration on the grandparent’s letter…I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. I’ve also been meaning to write one to my step-dad (he and my mom have been divorced now for many years) who I haven’t spoken with in years. It keeps popping into my head and then i don’t do it because I feel…shy, or the words don’t come readily, or some such. Do you get this problem?

By: Tuesday

Tuesday — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:45:34 +0000

baaa ha, I’m exactly where I wanted to be ten years ago…
married ten years
a boy and a girl
a dog
a hobby
couldn’t have worked out better if I’d planned it out meticulously

Oh. and, yes…he IS cute baa ha ha.

and of COURSE we all know you are inentions..it’s why we love you so