Rob A's (Im)personal Blog.

One of my gifts this year was a new Magellan Sportrak GPS as I have been wanting to start geocaching for a while.

...This is the first of a few backdated entries from the holidays...

For the last couple of years, I have been celebrating my Ukrainian heritage with sviata vechera, or "holy supper" on Christmas Eve. The Ukrainian Christmas Eve meal of 12 meatless dishes contains many ancient traditions that actually pre-date Christianity. (Early Christians adopted these customs for themselves investing them with new religious significance.) One of these traditions is having as the centerpiece, a Christmas bread or kolach, consisting of three stacked rings.

Once again, this year I baked my own kolach. What follows is the play-by-play recipe for any who wish to do the same.

Well, my visitor google map is back, once again trying to determine your location by IP (now that my connectivity problems seem resolved). Now it is on the left, just under the main menu