Make 1 box Spanish Rice as directed with crushed tomatoes. In the last few minutes of cooking, add 1 can corn, drained, 1 can black or pinto beans, drained, some diced bell pepper (optional), and 1 packet taco seasoning. Serve with shredded cheese on top, fill veggie burritos, etc. The kids asked for this 2 nights in a row. :)

Most of the time I adore fiction for the countless ways it has enriched my life. But sometimes I hate it, for making me fall in love with places I can never visit and people I will never meet.

klgaffney sums up my feelings on the New Age:

"New Age stuff puts me off. I keep getting hit with this particular brand of patchouli-scented sentiment: the fake-y-ness, the random, greedy, grabby-handed mixing and matching of "ancient! indigenous! knowledge!" (read: various customs and bits of religious and magical traditions yoinked completely out of ( Read more... )

Wise and beautiful words from Sarah Sloane.

Things I'm Proud Of

Even your criminals are so...Canadian.

Someone in Toronto got a copy of my credit card and used it on a shopping spree at...
Wal-Mart and the thrift store. To the tune of a whopping $200.

by Jane Hirshfield

Nothing more strong
than to be helpless before desire.

No reason,
the simplified heart whispers,
the argument over,
only This.No longer choosing anything but assent ( Read more... )

When has worrying about love ever brought you more love? Only letting go ever has.

OK, so maybe this is an excessive amount of motherly pride, but this is the poem Morgan won the 2nd Annual DeKalb HS Poetry Slam with. (she also won last year. *preens*)

Lately I feel fit to burst ( Read more... )

This is the poem Lawrence Ferlinghetti read at The Band's last performance, as seen in the movie, "The Last Waltz".

Loud PrayerOur father whose art's in heaven ( Read more... )

Today's winner in the inbox:

"I write real good. Same with spelling and grammar."