and we are not boating and we are not going away (YAY!!!) It's rainy and it appears it will be that way all weekend long. Since I have taken Monday and Tuesday and Thursday off...it is the start of a nice relaxing little stint and I think I'll maybe work on some cozy, fun type things that have been lurking in the back of my mind.

and the living is easy. This year because I am much busier without my law partner and an increased caseload makes it difficult to get away from work. That combined with the gas prices we have opted to stay at home and forgo the usual traveling all over summer vacay plans. While for some this may sound boring however I am thrilled. Already this ( Read more... )

So I watch Paula Deen's "cheese" show and decide that I'm going to make the cheese straws and artichoke dip. I look up the recipe and it is COMPLETELY different from the one she used on the show. I look closer at the on-line version and it's clear to me (If you're from the south you know cheese straws are sacred) that the flour to butter ratio is ( Read more... )

There is nothing so beautiful as Michigan in the spring and this year is no exception. The morels have come and gone and they were fantastic and now it is asparagus season. This means we eat it pretty much everyday...yum! It has been much cooler this year which is fine...the last two years we had record high temps and the vegetation was ( Read more... )

Gore getting the Nobel and all tied up with the awareness of global warming. Mr. Bush does question the science of it all as I understand. You know what they say...you may not win but you have to stand up, I swear I have not this happy a Democrat in I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG!!

CHICKENS!!!!! I am so excited!! When we first moved to the farm 24 years ago I started raising fowl of all kinds. Ducks, chickens, guinea hens, pheasant and turkeys, you name it, we raised it and yes, ate it as well. A few years ago, 4 or 5, I just stopped. No one wanted to take on the work and I was busy building my practice. I bought an ( Read more... )

My god I swear I must appear to be bi-polar, that is after last weekend's post but in reality last week was a relatively low key one at work plus for the first time in I do not know how long I slept, really slept every night. Soundly, deeply and restfully. This goes a long way in helping one maintain balance and I feel very rested and in control ( Read more... )

I am in the Autumn of my life. Do I like it or care for it or even give a flying fuck is a good question. I do, yet I am terribly tired and am feeling kinda panicky and ambivelent at the same time. I am feeling good about a huge change. Before when I'd considered that I was feeling too weak. Right now tho, I am feeling strong about that ( Read more... )

since I was last here, not a lot to write about besides spending every free moment on Lake Michigan. This is the prime month when the water has warmed up and it is sunny and hot nearly everyday. So I decided this weekend to get rid of any number of things I have been hoarding FOREVER, clothes, books (oh the boxes and boxes) dishes and whatnot. So ( Read more... )

and it is the most violent movie I have seen in eons. Seriously, so far it seems excessive and I have no idea if it is even remotely historically accurate. When someone is not being killed or maimed the cinematography is beautiful but I just can't handle the gratuitous violence.