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Mom’s Valentine’s Day Wish
When Mom and I kept our standing lunch date last Tuesday, I mentioned that our next lunch would fall on Valentine's Day. "That's kind of fun, Mom. What would you like for Valentine's Day?" She thought for a few seconds. "Well, what I really want for Valentine's Day I...
Mindful – Recycled
We're off to cheese head country this afternoon to visit our son and new daughter, so time is short. Therefore, today's post is recycled from February 12, 2010 when we were busy planning two weddings. With Valentine's Day around the corner, both kids nearing their...
Dutch Baby with Onion and Sharp Cheddar
In last Wednesday's recipe post, I shared a sweet version of an eggy, fluffy pancake called a Dutch Baby. It was my adaptation of the Dutch Baby featured in Pam Anderson's CookSmart column in USA Weekend Magazine's December 23-25 issue. Today, you get my rendition of...
Queen of Word Play
Last weekend a friend sent an email about the Washington Post's Annual Mensa Invitational. According to the email, this year's invitational consisted of two parts. In the first, "The Post invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,...
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
Are you fighting cabin fever? Are you longing to escape to another world? Somewhere warm and sunny, exciting and mysterious? Sue Grafton's latest Kinsey Milhone novel, V is for Vengeance, is your ticket to ride. The 22nd book of her alphabet series takes you to the...
Stretching and Bending
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 I do not like exercise. At...