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Spring is here with a vengeance. Each morning I have my own, personal meditation tape as the birds outside start singing. I open the curtains and take a peek at my windowboxes... last weekend's big distraction / accomplishment. I say distraction because I'm trying to keep busy on weekends, which are a bit of a black hole for me. And I say accomplishment because damn, they are some fine windowboxes! Promise I'll post a pic soon.

Inside, it's starting to look like a bakery! M. didn't think much of my self-harm alternatives (me: I read somewhere that I could squeeze ice until it hurts, or take a boiling hot shower; maura: well you could, but how about something a little more gentle).

So we came up with baking. Gets all that anger out -- beating, mashing, kneading, pummeling and yet... at the end of the day... a house full of tasty treats.

Tonight it's banana muffins. Yuuuuuuumy....

I've decided to do a muffin cookbook, and have been canvassing friends and family for their favourite foods. From this list I'll be making some new muffin recipes.

I'm just in the research stage now, but I'm thinking lemon meringue pie muffins, cheese-y marmite on toast muffins, blackcurrant crumble muffins with a custardy icing, and maybe wookie muffins (not made out of wookies, but evocative of a big wookie - all hairy and horrible). The wookie muffins will be baked in the shape of Sebastien Chabal, also hairy and horrible!

I googled "exotic muffins." You don't want to know what turned up in the search results, especially since you are all at work!