Long day. Too tired.

Sappy Christmas story someone shared in one of my Facebook groups. Even though I know this sort of story isn't real, it really hit me in the feels anyway.

A man was fumblin around one day in a women’s clothing store. He’d found his wife a Christmas coat and was headed for the door when he bumped into a little boy who looked like he was lost. The ( Read more... )

Too True for Radio.

M, C, S, and I, dropped off toys at a Toys for Tots collection location this morning. It was the small window of time S had free in her exceedingly busy schedule.

M and I picked up a small living Christmas tree. It took going to two stores to find a price point and tree size that worked for us. M suggested we plant it in the front yard when it's ( Read more... )

Sad Little Man by Five Times August.

I just got informed by my father-in-law, as he was leaving after a three day visit, that if he had known in advance that we were not vaccinated they wouldn't have come; he has recovered from cancer and his immune system is shot, so even though he has the vaccines and the booster, covid could kill him.

So let me get this straight, he wasn't deterred ( Read more... )

6 cups peeled and thinly sliced apples - fuji (or some other decently tasting apple, NOT Granny Smith).

1/2 cup sugar.

1/4 cup flour for thickening.

Dash salt.

1/2 tsp cinnamon.

Mix above ingredients together in big bowl, transfer to sauce pan, heat approx 20 mins on stove at medium low (4 on my stove).

Take off heat, mix in 1 TBSP lemon juice.
Put into ( Read more... )

I hadn't heard Rain on the Scarecrow before today.

I like how this one turned out.

I couldn't get Imgur to cooperate to embed a photo, so instead, here is a link to Instagram for day 18 of Huevember.

Roadrunner.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Sarah was very pessimistic, having lived through socialism and government overreach during her childhood in Portugal, so to avoid wallowing in depressive thoughts I only occasionally read her stuff; I looked mostly when I wanted reassurance that I wasn't crazy or when I wanted to get really pissed off.

The last few ( Read more... )