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about dsickles
I have worked as a writer, graphic artist and photographer in publishing, pharmaceutical and hi-tech advertising, performing arts, new and traditional media, and am now working in the non-profit world again.
In my "spare time" (and to keep my skills sharp), I'm some combination of freelance writer, photographer and graphic artist for Our State Magazine, WRAL.com, a handful of local newspapers, and private industry.
My favorite pasttimes are spending time with my family, hiking, golfing, gardening, art history, knitting and reading. I also have high hopes of becoming a successful novelist and seeing the world before I'm too old to enjoy it.
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favorite music: the red hot chili peppers, the beatles, judas priest, pink martini, diana krall, the clash, the killers
favorite movies: the terminator, roxanne, the blues brothers, big trouble in little china, weird science, the adventures of buckaroo banzai, national treasure, raiders of the lost ark, transformers
favorite hobbies: knitting, reading, swimming, skateboarding, reading, writing, anything i do with my son and my husband
favorite tv shows: pushing daisies, chuck, heroes, dirty jobs, psych, monk, jimmy neutron, csi las vegas, numbers, eureka
favorite restaurants: irregardless cafe, pops, another thyme, xios, cafe parizade
favorite web sites: www.southernliving.com, www.earth.google.com, www.metronc.com, www.howstuffworks.com
favorite vacation spots: emerald isle, wilmington, charleston, sailing the atlantic, hiking the appalachain trail, wintergreen
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I've always loved "Rats" from their early days - pure genius. Irony, sarcasm, and applicable to so many people and groups w/o naming one. Think I'll go listen to it in my car.
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I just wanted you to know that I didn't forget about the Stink Soup recipe, I've just been soooooo busy getting ready for the puppy. This weekend I finished up cleaning and puppy-proofing the kitchen, that's where she'll be living while I'm at work. I crawled around on my hands & knees cleaning every nook and cranny when a puppy nose might reach. I think I'm ready. I feel like I'm adopting a little human and I'm a little nervous! And soooo excited!
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3 chicken quarters, white, dark or mix
1 cup baby carrots, diced
1 cup celery, diced
1 8oz package fresh mushrooms, sliced
about a 4 inch by 2 inch piece of fresh gingerroot, peeled and grated
12-14 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped up (trust me)
1 tbsp dried lemon thyme
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
3/4 cup small seashell pasta
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In a 5 quart pot, boil the chicken in water with 1 tbsp salt. Skim off the foam that comes to the top as the chicken cooks. When the chicken is done, remove the pieces from the pot, let them cool, skin and bone them and tear the meat into chunks, reserve. Let the stock cool and put the pot in the refrigerator overnight or long enough for the fat to come to the top and harden. Remove the hardened fat from the pot. Add the carrots, celery, mushrooms, gingerroot, garlic and lemon thyme to the stock and boil until the carrots are done. Add the reserved chicken and bring to a boil. Add water as necessary (It's soup, not stew), check to make sure the soup is salty enough after adding water. When the soup comes to a boil, add the pasta and cook for about 5 minutes, remove from the heat and cover. The pasta will finish by absorbing the soup. Allow to sit for about 20 minutes, until it cools. Can be frozen in serving sizes.
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 6 41 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -12 -54 1909
SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 29 2007..........SUNRISE 1013 AM AST SUNSET 307 PM AST NOVEMBER 30 2007..........SUNRISE 1016 AM AST SUNSET 304 PM AST
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BTW, I'm Susan
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