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Tag Archives: food
The Taste of Home
Yesterday, I made this tortellini soup. The daughter of my old friend, Tori, no longer with us, asked me for the recipe. Y’all know I don’t really do recipes, but I sent her directions. The power of a good soup … Continue reading
Nourishment
Although my social media accounts would lead you to believe I disappeared over the weekend, I really only went up Chicago-Way to visit with HME. The benefits of visiting HME are always too many to list, but I will do my … Continue reading
Lunchmeat Lady, Who Do You Think You Are?
As many of you know, I don’t eat much meat, and I’m persnickety about it when I do eat it. However, I cook for two rapacious carnivores, so trips to the deli counter are made at least twice a month. Typically, … Continue reading
Our Sweet Sixteen Anniversary
As some of you know, Friday was our anniversary, and we spent the weekend CHILDLESSLY celebrating. Our very sexy anniversary weekend began when The Mister paid two tattooed, sinuous, half-naked men to … mow our lawn. I keep tellin ya, this … Continue reading
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Tagged food, gratitude, happiness, marriage, starbucks, The Mister
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State Fair Happiness, Funnel Cakes Sold Separately
I need to give you an impression of the size of the Indiana State fair. It’s 250 acres, a million square feet of stuff. There are many larger state fairs, but Indiana’s is big. One can easily spend the entire … Continue reading
The GRUMBLE GRUMBLE and OH YAY of August
It’s too hot. It was sixty-six degrees when I took Moo to her bus stop at seven o’clock, but the air is dense with humidity and my hair frizzed-out before I even left the porch. In addition to all my … Continue reading
As If Time Is Made of Stories
According to the stats on my last post, people don’t like it when I blog about Bubba. Heh, he probably doesn’t like it when I blog about him either. I have a lot of happiness to share today, including that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bubba, food, gratitude, happiness, HME, Sassy, Sissy, The Mister
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How to Make a Sammich Like a Bitch
As I’ve said before, I don’t do recipes for cooking. If you’re a recipe person, that’s not helpful and I’m sorry. But I do give instructions now and again. My friend Lola thinks I should write a cookbook Joey-style, and … Continue reading
Blue Moon
Mark asks if we like Blue Moon beer. Let me tell you a story about Blue Moon beer, while the recently seen Blue Moon is still all over social media. Years ago we had my parents to visit, and we … Continue reading
All Vacation-y and Stuff
I realize I was vague in my post about conflict and how The Mister and his ex deal with it, but I promise you, the conflict had nothing to do directly with either of them, and no I won’t share details, … Continue reading


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