Category Archives: Uncategorized

For everyone who is calling and e-mailing and asking if we’re “all right” – I am obsessively in Painting Land the past few days,  pushing ahead so that we soon have at least one room which is finished and habitable. … Continue reading →

If you watch Top Chef on Bravo you will know what I’m talking about.  Robert often declares “Quick Fire!” when he rustles together an exceptional meal with throw-together-from-the-refrigerator and use-up-all-the-leftovers while he is constructing a sensational gourmet meal. I feel … Continue reading →

Garrison Keilor was not kidding.   People in Minnesota actually say “You betcha”.  Another thing they regularly say is “Yep”.  I’m still waiting for “Okey Dokey”, which is my all time favorite and an expression that I use regularly, and actually … Continue reading →

CODE BLUE! CODE BLUE!  THE UNTHINKABLE – THE COMPUTER CRASHED.  KEN FRIEND, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPUTER WHIZ IS WORKING ON THE PATIENT. THIS WILL TEACH ME TO LEARN ABOUT BACK-UP DISKS. HOPEFULLY UP AND RUNNING SOON.

Today I have baked three loafs of Aunt Verna’s wheat bread, made an  apple -green tomato- raisin -brandy cobbler, watered the outside pots, helped Robert clean out the koi pond, and weeded along the road by the daffodils.  I’m not … Continue reading →

The Quatre Saisons is the first bush rose to bloom in my garden this year. An ancient rose which came from the Middle East it is thought to be the same rose mentioned by Herodotus in the 5th Century B.C., … Continue reading →

MEAT SALAD When my children were little, LONG before Taco Salad was on anyone’s menu, I made a dish that we simply called “Meat Salad”.  I have no idea where I got the recipe. It was most certainly NOT from … Continue reading →