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Sep. 4th, 2009 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaI'm glad that I made time to post the first field trip summary for the pre-conference field trip before I left Edinburgh. I got a comment on my geo-blog from one of my fellow geo-bloggers, who said that I was one of the people obstructing traffic outside of his office, so I sent him an e-mail and we agreed to meet up. I've just come back from a very pleasant walk along the bike trail discussing geology, blogging, adventures, travel, and much more.
Now I need to pack an overnight bag for my trip to Inverness in the morning.
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sismith42 and I did a trip out to Glasgow, where we first stopped in a museum, and then met a mutual friend of ours for lunch. It was much fun! This friend is one I first met in Melbourne back in 1990, when I stayed with her when in town for an SCA event and general sightseeing during the month I spent with my mom and step-dad the first time they were in Australia (Victoria). The next time I saw here was 2005, and today was the third time, causing me to say that we get to see one another every 5-15 years whether we need to or not. Granted, she's planning on visiting me in Milan in a few months, on her way to moving back to Australia...
In between meeting old friends for lunch and new friends for walks I baked some yummy
Ginger cookies
1 C Butter
3/4 C Brown Sugar
1 C Minced Candied Ginger
1 t Chinese Five-Spice Powder
1 t Powdered Ginger
2 C Flour
Cream butter and sugar. Mix minced candied ginger, Chinese five-spice powder, and powdered ginger. Add flour. Roll dough in one-inch balls. Dip half of each ball into water and then into a bowl of white sugar mixed with some 5-spice powder. Place on un-greased cookie sheet, sugar-side up. Bake in 375F oven 10-12 minutes till golden brown. Cool on wire rack.
to take with me to Inverness as a gift for the family there.
Now I need to pack an overnight bag for my trip to Inverness in the morning.
This morning
sismith42 and I did a trip out to Glasgow, where we first stopped in a museum, and then met a mutual friend of ours for lunch. It was much fun! This friend is one I first met in Melbourne back in 1990, when I stayed with her when in town for an SCA event and general sightseeing during the month I spent with my mom and step-dad the first time they were in Australia (Victoria). The next time I saw here was 2005, and today was the third time, causing me to say that we get to see one another every 5-15 years whether we need to or not. Granted, she's planning on visiting me in Milan in a few months, on her way to moving back to Australia... In between meeting old friends for lunch and new friends for walks I baked some yummy
Ginger cookies
1 C Butter
3/4 C Brown Sugar
1 C Minced Candied Ginger
1 t Chinese Five-Spice Powder
1 t Powdered Ginger
2 C Flour
Cream butter and sugar. Mix minced candied ginger, Chinese five-spice powder, and powdered ginger. Add flour. Roll dough in one-inch balls. Dip half of each ball into water and then into a bowl of white sugar mixed with some 5-spice powder. Place on un-greased cookie sheet, sugar-side up. Bake in 375F oven 10-12 minutes till golden brown. Cool on wire rack.
to take with me to Inverness as a gift for the family there.
