Polka Dot Cottage Author Archive for : Lisa

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Back to School Book Week: Fiction Books

How many of you remember when I was digging around looking for podcasts to listen to, and completely forgot the fact the my own husband has a podcast that I never listened to?  Ok, well you can file this post in that category, too. I was discussing Book Week with Neil, wondering what I was [...]

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Back to School Book Week: Non-Fiction Books

I can’t really pick a favorite non-fiction book for Back to School Book Week today.  Last year I got hooked on the memoir thing that’s been going around – you know, the “my year of doing something really interesting/noble/crazy and then writing about it” genre?  And, well, I’ve been plowing through those books so quickly [...]

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Back to School Book Week: Cookbooks

Today’s theme for Back to School Book Week is “Cookbooks.”  I have a lot of favorites (you know I’ve talked about my can’t-live-without bread machine cookbook before) but in terms of my most recent love? That would have to be this one: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison.  We’re not vegetarians, but I’ve been [...]

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Back to School Book Week: Craft Books

I hope you’ll forgive me for posting twice today, but Vintage Chica Eren had a fun idea that I wanted to get in on, and it means a-post-a-day for the next five days.  This book junkie just couldn’t resist. So here’s the deal – in honor of school starting up again (just over a week [...]

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Morning Coffee with Elaine Robitaille

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Good morning!  Today I am happy to present the second of three reader interviews.  Grab a mug and a chair, and join me for Morning Coffee with Elaine Robitaille. Too Aquarius Elaine is one of a small handful of people who has been actively commenting on my blog since those long ago LiveJournal days.  Our [...]

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Friday Photo Love. and gadgets.

Friday Flickr Favorites

I’m feeling like some kind of addict for the last week or so – I can’t get enough of widgets and gadgets and refreshing my pages… it’s getting out of hand.  So, I’m just going to show you my favorite photos for the week, point you to a few of the widgetey things you might [...]

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Peek-a-boo!

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I never showed you the photo books I made earlier this summer, did I? Fresh from our annual Ocean City trip, Flickr’s “Print & Create” tab sucked me in and forced me to have an album of our adventure printed and delivered to my doorstep. I was powerless to resist, I tell you! It was [...]

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Damage Magnet

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Wrong place, wrong time. AGAIN.

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Cold-Press Coffee, or, How I Reclaimed Some Precious Counter Space

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I recently took my coffeemaker off of the counter top and regained about a square foot of space.  In my kitchen, that’s a big deal.  It’s not that I’ve given up coffee – I still have my morning cup most days – it’s just that I’ve found a new way to make that cup, and [...]

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Morning Coffee with Becky Jorgensen

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Good morning!  Hope you had a restful weekend. I have always thought that one of the things that makes this blogging thing fun for me is all of the participation from those of you who come here and read, comment, or even carry on the conversation on your own blogs.  It’s the community aspect that [...]

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