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Small Joys–The Egg Hunt
Do you have an Easter Egg story? My family does. Years ago, when I was about 15, our family was nearly complete with 4 of our 5 children. My brother Bob was 13. Brother Roger was nearly 4 and sister Tish, almost 2. We didn’t yet have my brother John. The Easter egg search was…
Corsets & Lace: A Victorian Christmas Menu
During Victorian times, if you lived in a wealthy family, the Christmas feast was much more elaborate than most of our feasts nowadays. I found these Victorian Christmas menu items online and thought you might like to steal some ideas for your own Christmas celebration. Or not! VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MENU: Appetizers: Blue Point Oysters; Olive…
SEICHE
Wild Word Friday! I really didn’t know that such a thing as a SEICHE (pronounced saysh) even existed until I saw one in our bay. So what am I talking about? Some strange extraterrestrial being? An exotic fresh water fish species? Nope. I’m talking about the tendency of an enclosed body of water to churn …
POLL
Wild Word Friday! Those of us living in the USA are enduring a pre-election season of skirmishes, interviews and civilized (and some uncivilized) vitriol. So I suppose that when you see the word POLL you immediately think of all the commotion and aggravations that seem to be a part of an election year, but let’s…
Small Joys–The Egg Hunt
Do you have an Easter Egg story? My family does. Years ago, when I was about 15, our family was nearly complete with 4 of our 5 children. My brother Bob was 13. Brother Roger was nearly 4 and sister Tish, almost 2. We didn’t yet have my brother John. The Easter egg search was…
Corsets & Lace: A Victorian Christmas Menu
During Victorian times, if you lived in a wealthy family, the Christmas feast was much more elaborate than most of our feasts nowadays. I found these Victorian Christmas menu items online and thought you might like to steal some ideas for your own Christmas celebration. Or not! VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MENU: Appetizers: Blue Point Oysters; Olive…
SEICHE
Wild Word Friday! I really didn’t know that such a thing as a SEICHE (pronounced saysh) even existed until I saw one in our bay. So what am I talking about? Some strange extraterrestrial being? An exotic fresh water fish species? Nope. I’m talking about the tendency of an enclosed body of water to churn …
POLL
Wild Word Friday! Those of us living in the USA are enduring a pre-election season of skirmishes, interviews and civilized (and some uncivilized) vitriol. So I suppose that when you see the word POLL you immediately think of all the commotion and aggravations that seem to be a part of an election year, but let’s…
Small Joys–The Egg Hunt
Do you have an Easter Egg story? My family does. Years ago, when I was about 15, our family was nearly complete with 4 of our 5 children. My brother Bob was 13. Brother Roger was nearly 4 and sister Tish, almost 2. We didn’t yet have my brother John. The Easter egg search was…
Corsets & Lace: A Victorian Christmas Menu
During Victorian times, if you lived in a wealthy family, the Christmas feast was much more elaborate than most of our feasts nowadays. I found these Victorian Christmas menu items online and thought you might like to steal some ideas for your own Christmas celebration. Or not! VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MENU: Appetizers: Blue Point Oysters; Olive…
SEICHE
Wild Word Friday! I really didn’t know that such a thing as a SEICHE (pronounced saysh) even existed until I saw one in our bay. So what am I talking about? Some strange extraterrestrial being? An exotic fresh water fish species? Nope. I’m talking about the tendency of an enclosed body of water to churn …
POLL
Wild Word Friday! Those of us living in the USA are enduring a pre-election season of skirmishes, interviews and civilized (and some uncivilized) vitriol. So I suppose that when you see the word POLL you immediately think of all the commotion and aggravations that seem to be a part of an election year, but let’s…