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rice workshop

31 Monday May 2010

Posted by in food & drink, teaching

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Like me, twitter friend AnnaLibera has a foodie alterego – hers is Panepanna. A trained chef, Anna also gives cooking classes in her home. Yesterday she was hosting a rice workshop and I was invited along as “guest twitterer”. It was fun. Anna not only showed us how to make three rice dishes (supplì, pilaf & risotto) but also had everyone take part in each stage. So it was very hands-on, especially when it came to making the supplì (breaded & fried rice balls filled with mozzarella). I abstained from getting my hands sticky so that I could send Twitter updates and also take some photos.

So, a nice day. I walked there and back (about 45 minutes each way) which was fine on the way there at 10.30 in the morning, but not so comfortable in the mid-afternoon HEAT on the way back. I’ve just heard it’s going up to 40º today … El Calor has arrived in Sevilla.

I’ve also posted about the workshop on azahar’s Sevilla blog.

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a good day

25 Tuesday May 2010

Posted by in cancer, chemo, food & drink, friends, hope, hospitals, neighbours, sevilla, work

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After all was said and done my “scary” hospital day yesterday turned out quite well. I’d got up early for yoga class and tried to keep busy doing biz stuff at home later, but I was getting more and more nervous as the day went on. And it was silly because I KNEW that this oncology appointment was just going to be about setting up my next PET scan, but unlike going to get my port flushed out (which I can now do on my own!), actually having to talk to the oncologist makes the whole cancer thing feel more real and threatening somehow. But it went well. Had a nice chat with doctor Ana and, after a bit of consternation on her part, she agreed to let me have the scan early in June, which was what I’d been hoping for. I have so many things on the go that I want to know as soon as possible if I’m going to be okay for the next few months. Also, if this next scan is clean, it’ll be the first summer in three years that I haven’t been on chemo…

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