I just finished the Pioneer Woman’s creamy mashed potatoes, and they are scary good! This is a recipe for Thanksgiving and Christmas alone, otherwise put it away. It could be heart attack on a plate–there is so much half and half and butter and cream cheese. Since mashed potatoes are so labor intensive, I like to do them…
Category: Culture
Snakes and the Cosmos
I have a few blogs that I read daily–faithfully–or at least as often as the writers update them. Some of them are so interesting and well written, I can hardly wait for the next edition. In fact, that’s how it is for most of my favorites. You can see them in my blogroll in the…
haiku: green blood
skeleton of life brittle shred once pumped green blood into maple sap
Corny Thanksgiving Quiz Answers
Here are the answers to the quiz posted yesterday. 1) wine 2) strictly ornamental 3) beer 4) five 5) big bird–pheasant in nature
Not Your Mama’s
My husband is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, now and will return before Thanksgiving. I am missing him. He has my camera. At the moment, I can’t decide what or whom I am missing more… him or my camera. I hate to be without my camera. It’s like going out without earrings. I feel naked… absolutely naked!…
Jingle your Crotals
Sleigh Ride by Richard de Wolf In Medieval times, warhorses wore crotals. Symbols of wealth and prestige, the single bells were made of silver or gold. Archaeologists have discovered crotals in England dating back to the time of the Roman Empire. Englanders viewed them as protection against evil and disease. Some believed the bells brought wealth and…
Rubber Meat
Like most kids growing up in the 60s, I ate Spam. It wasn’t a staple like cereal or peanut butter, but when my Mom didn’t have time to go to the store, we ate Spam. She sliced and fried it; and because she made it crispy, it was almost edible. We ate it with scrambled eggs, and my…
Belated Birthday Bash
My daughter and her friend are just too cute. My husband, daughter, and dear friends took me to Kenny’s–my favorite resaurant now–for a belated birthday bash. My daughter can’t make her mind up. The menu is awesome. This is the man who pays the bills… he’s my sweetheart too. A party’s not a party without…
How Different My Life
Autumn by Ihor Ropyanyk How Different My LIfe Dry autumn leaf floating lightly above water, carelessly down river gliding in search of nothing. Caring not winter’s short light will freeze the river white and solid. Autumn leaf encased in time entombed, suspended immobile between heaven and earth until the spring thaw rushes it clear back to…
No Time to Fish
After the death of Jesus, the disciples went fishing. They had put their hope in Jesus as a political liberator, and it seemed He did not in fact liberate them. The Jewish people strained under Roman rule, and they wanted freedom and change NOW. Their dreams had been dashed, destroyed on the death tree… and…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 