I am a firm believer that life is like a book. It can be long or short. It can be well written or it can be a bit of a mess. It can be of great historical importance or it can be almost so surreal that it seems like science fiction. There are chapters that …
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Mom Knows Best….
Do you have specific things that your mom said to you growing up that ring in your ears as part of your everyday life? It can be little things like the way she said I love you or how she answered the phone. It can be little affirmations that she would tell you all the …
SOS (Save Our Sandwich)
Stupid…..stupid…stupid..stupid. This is what I was saying on Friday night. We were going to have weekend company and I thought I would try something new for dinner. Nooooooo!!! You are NEVER supposed to do that! What happens if it doesn’t turn out? What happens if it is overcooked? Now a normal person would not go …
Inside-Out Vegetable Lasagna
When you hear the words “inside-out”, what do you think of? Do you think of the film where every emotion has a character? (If you haven’t seen the movie, it is cute.) Do you think about accidently wearing a piece of clothes the wrong way? (I went to the beach last week and put my …
Barb. Carb. LARB.
STOP THE PRESSES! STOP THE PRESSES! Wait….this is only on the internet….STOP TYPING….DON’T HIT ENTER….DON’T POST ANYTHING YET!! I’ve got HUGE news to report. After my last blog on sonnets, I received a huge response. (I thank all five of you who chose to reach out.) Besides being told I know nothing about poetry or …
Sonnets and Sauces
Sonnet 1: Ode to my Garden (With a little help from Elizabeth Barrett Browning…. but my iambic pentameter and stanza are a little off) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth of my countless bags of composted My roots feel free to grow and don’t feel …
We Go Together Like Shrimp and Cocktail Sauce
“We go together Like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong Remembered forever As shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop That’s the way it should be Wah-oooh, yeah! We’re one of a kind Like dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo” Do you remember this song? It …
Cevicho Or Copying A Soup You Taste on Vacation
Happy July!!! Any big summer plans? Do you like to just hang out at home and avoid summer crowds? Or maybe this is the only time of year you get off work so you take a big vacation? I like the mini-stay close to home vacation. I feel like I’m getting away but I still …
Mexican Corn Monday
Tomorrow is Tuesday!!!! Do you observe Taco Tuesday? I write that like it is a religious holiday and to some it is one. Simply, it is the weekly ritual of eating tacos on Tuesday. (It would be cool if there was a little more than that like maybe doing a shred the cheese dance or …
Hello Summer….Hello Pesto
I’m a little late posting this week….sorry. I’ve been a little distracted with my veggie garden duties. The Magic Garden (Magic because I don’t know what I’m doing) is in the delicate stage where it is growing rapidly and needs a lot of extra love put into the soil! (I water and talk to them …