I love magazines. All kinds of magazines. Magazines dedicated to cooking, magazines dedicated to decorating, style and fashion magazines, business or sports–you pick a genre. If they print it I will read it. Cover to cover, usually. At the very least, each article is at least quickly scanned to see if there is something that [...]
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Miss my Saab. Convertible weather has arrived. A few years ago, I gave in to my long submerged urge to own a 1993 or earlier Saab convertible. It had a tan interior on a black body. 900 Turbo. Oooh, what fun it was to drive. I’m not even really a convertible kind of girl, but there is [...]
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A-a-a-h-h. The wind in your hair. The roar of the engine. That exhilerating sense of freedom. Motorcycle season has arrived in this part of the country. It’s time to share the ride and share the road.
In the early 1970’s, Robert Persig wrote a philosophy book that actually had very little to do with a state of Zen, [...]
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Balmy breezes and bright blue skies made today’s monthly trek to the furtherest reaches of my territory an adventure in springtime discovery and renewal. Shades of green are returning to yards–the one down side being that it is growing and will soon need to be cut :(
The earliest bloomers were everywhere. Profusely bursting from hillsides, sideyards and spotlight [...]
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To this day, the details of this story amaze even me, and I am the one it happened to.
Memorial Day Weekend had arrived. I was attending college in PA, my fiance was stationed at an army base in southern Georgia. Our wedding was 6 weeks away. Plane ticket in hand, I packed my suitcase in the [...]
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At the end of a very hectic day in this neck-of-the-woods, a mix of mostly disquieting news from several sources in the family have brought home the need for some major quiet time. Time to take it all in and re-coup.
The cat is lying beside me sound asleep, her little nose tucked under the end of her curved tail. Calm has [...]
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The Morning Glory Seeds came in the mail yesterday. The Blue Morning Glory Seeds that are going to look fantastic on the new pergola on the new porch that has the new soft silver gray siding as a background. The blue pot that I found on sale at the end of the fall gardening center [...]
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Negative thoughts can put you in a bad mood faster than the time it takes to finish this sentence. Dwelling on two or three negative thoughts can lead to a cascading list of what’s wrong, totally forgetting about what is right.
Instead, look at one negative thought at a time. Afterall, the point is to be less a [...]
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M-m-m-m. Yummy-especially as a first course. Great also with sandwiches. For variation, substitute pears for the apples.
Melt 1 tbs. butter over medium heat. Add 1 diced onion. Saute ’til soft, about 4 minutes. Add 2 lb. butternut squash, that has been peeled, seeded and cut into 2″ chunks. Cook ’til soft, about 10 minutes. Add: 4 Red or Golden Delicious [...]
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