or understanding Babel within one's own brain ( Read more... )

for whom I do not have working email addresses for whatever reason, evite for our Holiday Open House just went out with a link on FB. If you don't have something in your inbox, drop me a working email, please. Comments are being screened for convenience.

I've been composing posts in my head while driving and showering and all instead.  Beginning to be tempted to pay for this account just so I can do the voice posts, but then it would all just be one very long ramble ( Read more... )

Everyday this month until Thanksgiving, think of one thing that you are thankful for and post it.  "Today I am thankful for...." The longer you do it, the harder it gets! Now if you think you can do it then repost this message to invite others to take the challenge, and post what YOU are thankful for today.

I am thankful for my generally good health ( Read more... )

Mostly I wanted to clean the fridge of leftovers and older veggies without creating huge amounts of more leftovers.  So, deviled eggs because I had a craving.  Then the remains of a red onion, a chunk of salami, a yellow squash and a zucchini plus about a third of a jar of ragu sauce and a clove of garlic simmered together until vondow got home and ( Read more... )

• Despite what the book says, if one is planning to make filled pasta, the fresh pasta dough must go all the way from dry flour to stuffed/cooked in one session.  Sitting in the fridge, no matter how tightly sealed does not result in intact ravioli.
• no matter how much extra chipotle I added, the fact I accidentally used pumpkin pie filling instead of ( Read more... )

We went to the Fair today and that was good.  Weather was cool and clouded over when we got there, so i had us all in lots of layers.  vondow came straight from his Spanish exam and lucked into really good parking.  I was straight across the tracks from Dorton arena.  Anyone who's heard me say that must be equidistant from gates one or two ( Read more... )

Felt pretty non-stop lately ( Read more... )

A local friend is wanting to seek therapy for depression and is in need of referrals.  She started with her regular GP and checked the website of their rec...and it's not exactly secular.  Given the way both she and I have run into locals who not only assume that white skin = WASP but feel it their duty to make that true when faced with conflicts, ( Read more... )

Last month we signed up with papaspuds.com on the theory that if fruits and veggies were delivered every week we would do a better job of eating more fruits and veg.  Overall, this has worked well.  However, houseguest's visit being cut short and then my having fever and aches over the weekend rather messed up our planned meals with the result that ( Read more... )