Alba Chapter 2
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Aurora lights up the planet like fairies dancing in space as Flight Engineer Aki maneuvers a small spacecraft through the earth-like...
View ArticleBirthday Week Celebration!
It’s one more year past and one more year of experience. Since I’m still between jobs, I decided to take the week off to do some exploration of NYC. I decided to visit places that are a bit far to...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 3
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Book of Dawn Once, long ago, in a small harbor town called Fiammetta, perched on the edge of the world, there lived a young girl...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 4
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Eastern Sand Drift Beyond the Great Mermaid Sea that spanned from one end of the world to another, laid the Eastern Sand Drift....
View ArticleAlba Chapter 5
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Warlock Woodland “They say that if you wander off the path in Warlock Woodland, you’ll get lost and never find your way out. They...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 6
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Wizard in Warlock Woodlands In a blur of leaves and twigs, Alba and Kai tumbled down a steep hill, thankful that Nonno had given...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 7
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Daryn the Wizard Wizards were meant to be dark and scary but Daryn the Wizard was the opposite. He did not look like the wicked...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 8
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Telescope “So Alba is my niece,” Daryn exclaimed after reading the letter left to Alba. He hugged her tightly, tears forming in...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 9
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Basil Tundra New markups on an old dusty map with its edges frayed and brittle made Alba realize that the telescope was more...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 10
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Capital Under the Sea Journeying over Basil Tundra was long and cold. They traveled at high noon. At dusk, tents were set up to...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 11
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Dragonback Mountain Grumbling and moaning through the earth, the glass elevator groaned a relief as the doors slid open and Alba,...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 12
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Potion Evelina took the three travelers through a cave where a contraption similar to the one in Daryn’s tower hoisted them...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 13
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 The Wait From the day they first reunited, Alba learned more about her parents, about the people before her, and all the history...
View Article2016 Reading Challenge Retrospective
This year, I joined the 2016 Reading Challenge by Modern Mrs. Darcy, using hashtags #MMDchallenge and #MMDreading. What I liked about this challenge was that it was only 12 books and it made me read...
View ArticleAlba Chapter 14
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Click. The handheld device switches off, marking the end of the story just as the double suns descend down towards the horizon,...
View ArticleCherry Jam with no pectin
Summer is back and we are picking our CSA in Astoria again with Harvest Astoria! This year, we started a little late but our first fruits arrived this week! I was so excited for strawberries but I’ll...
View ArticleBreakfast Quinoa
After spending the whole winter making overnight oats, I’m venturing out for other breakfast options that can be prepped ahead. I used to have arugula egg salad sandwich that I thought it might be...
View ArticleRoasted Fennel, Carrot, Beet
This week’s CSA is the first time for fennels! I know it’s a hard vegetable to figure out what to eat with but I recently roasted it and it’s surprisingly very good. It softens it without losing the...
View ArticleCherry Limeade
I love cherries but I can be a bit naive at the variety options. This week for our Harvest Astoria’s CSA, we got tart cherries along with black cherries. I know I love black cherries but what are tart...
View ArticleLentils with Corn and Nectarine
Last weekend, my friends and I took a trip to Warwick, NY to visit the great outdoor. While there, we stopped by some farms and picked up some fresh corn and nectarine. And they were so good! The corn...
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