March 2008

Mama Said Not To Play With Your Food

March 31, 2008

So I didn’t grow up to play music with the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra. That’s what I said, “vegetable.” This video starts slowly, as the musicians choose their “instruments” at the market and then prepare them for playing. A carrot becomes a recorder, eggplants become clappers, a leek is a violin, and squash become percussion instruments. [...]

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I’m Afraid It’s All About Me

March 31, 2008

I don’t do ” me-me-me memes” very often, but my friend SusieJ recently e-mailed me to tell me to do this one. I always do what SusieJ says. Why, if she told me to jump off a cliff… …I’d find a very short cliff. This Links Around The World meme got passed to her by [...]

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No Peace I Find

March 29, 2008

Y’all, my poor Sweet Spousal Unit has discovered that there is no possibility of having a peaceful meal when you are married to a blogger. Everything is an opportunity for a blog post. We went to a local restaurant on the square here in Denton, Texas. All in the world we planned was having a [...]

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Results of the This Post Blows My Dress Up Contest

March 29, 2008

Y’all, Damien is fast! He’s already picked a winner in the This Post Blows My Dress Up Contest, and I figured it would take him all weekend! This wasn’t an easy task I asked of him. I just want to say that you folks “did me proud.” That’s Texan speak, for “you did a fine [...]

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These Posts Scare Me Silly!

March 28, 2008

Whew! Third post of the day…how do people do this? On top of posting, I’ve been writing contracts all day so I get to eat this summer! Gotta bring home the bacon. Thanks to all of you who participated (or promoted) the This Post Blows My Dress Up Contest! It’s now officially closed, and the [...]

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Sources of Inspiration in Four Part Harmony

March 28, 2008

There are some days when I just don’t feel like writing. Do y’all have days like that? I can sit at this computer and stare at it for hours, and words just won’t come. Other days, ideas keep bubbling up to the surface. Sometimes so many ideas that I can’t concentrate on just one. Inspiration [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number Forty—Things I’m Learning From Blogging

March 27, 2008

Y’all, I’m about to celebrate a blogging anniversary. Though I have been blogging since January of 2007, I migrated to WordPress and my own domain in April. It’s been quite a “ride.” During the course of this blogging experience, I’ve learned a lot of things about it, about people, and about me. For this Thursday, [...]

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Take An Elder Friend To Lunch

March 26, 2008

While preparing a meal for my Sweet Spousal Unit and myself, I started pondering the cost of our repast. It included fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, and real meat (not bacon!). I almost had a heart attack at the price of those vegetables! The meat price was through the roof! I realized we almost could have [...]

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Bacon Quest

March 25, 2008

I had a vision. There was applewood smoked bacon sizzling in my black iron skillet. I could smell aroma of the bacon, I could hear it pop, I could almost taste it! It was so real! Now, this sent me into a tizzy, because in reality I didn’t have any applewood smoked bacon. I can [...]

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The Easiest Hors d’oeuvres I Know

March 21, 2008

When we get invited to a party, I’m always stumped about what to bring. I’m usually asked to bring “some little snack,” I guess because people don’t trust what I might cook. Not all of our friends appreciate down home cooking. My repertoire of Hors d’oeuvres recipes is limited, and most of them involve intensive [...]

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Deflated

March 19, 2008

I got punctured to donate my platelets, and I’m deflated about it at the moment. It didn’t go quite as I had planned. I might not be a very good donor, and I feel like a failure. I was pretty scatterbrained as I headed out the door, and barely remembered to grab a book from [...]

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Trade Secrets

March 18, 2008

Editor’s Note: Poor Dora thought she had her own blog, but she has been “demoted” to space here. Shhh! Don’t tell her. She’s living in her own little world. Dear Dora, What, in your experience, does it take to become a top class agony aunt? As a top class agony Guru, I spend a lot [...]

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In Vegas His Troubles Were “Dublin,” So To Speak

March 17, 2008

Editor’s Note: Poor Dora thought she had her own blog, but she has been “demoted” to space here. Shhh! Don’t tell her. She’s living in her own little world. Dearest Darlin’ Dora, It’s a wee bit of a problem I’m havin’ and I’m hopin’ you can help. It’s a trip to Las Vegas I had, [...]

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There Will Be Blood

March 17, 2008

I’m trembling and trying to control my breathing as I prepare to go to Carter Blood Bank to donate platelets later today. My hope is that I will be a match as a bone marrow donor for a young man named Taten Court. He’s part Cree Indian, and finding a match for him has been [...]

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Here’s A Little Tip For You

March 16, 2008

“Hi! My name is Tiffany*, and I’ll be your server tonight,” the young woman gushes while flashing a megawatt smile. Her face indicates she is just thrilled to see us. “Can I start you off with something to drink? A glass of wine, maybe?” “No thank you,” I answer sweetly. “We will have two diet [...]

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Recycled Books. A Book Lover’s “Mecca” in Denton, Texas

March 15, 2008

No bells sound a call to worship, as I enter the front door of one of my most revered shrines. But, when I leave, a “cha ching” of the cash register is the “closing hymn.” Now, I’m not being sacrilegious. This atrocious purple edifice is not an opera house, and it is not really a [...]

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Hodge Podge Again

March 14, 2008

This is another one of those posts that I do where anything that pops into my head goes through my fingers to the post. My mind is unable to focus very well right now, because so much is happening in my mundane little world. Life is just steamrolling right over me these days. I’ve been [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number Thirty-Nine. The Game Is Afoot.

March 13, 2008

CONTEST IS CLOSED TO NEW ENTRIES Actually, it’s not a game. It’s a WRITING CONTEST. It’s been awhile since I had one, and I figured it was time. My “bloggiversary” is coming at the end of this month, and I want to celebrate. I want to read some good stories. A long time back I [...]

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The Match Game. Bone Marrow Match, That Is

March 12, 2008

One of my most vivid memories of childhood is of me at six years old. I was running helter-skelter down the narrow hallway of our local clinic in my underwear, screaming, “bloody murder!” My Momma and Dr. Lancaster (with a syringe in his hand that looked five foot long) chased me. He was going to [...]

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My House Is A Nightmare

March 11, 2008

As I bopped out of my local coffee shop gripping my extra large mocha, I saw a familiar looking man standing with a camera crew on the corner of our town square. I had seen his face on television! It was Emeril! You know, the famous chef, Emeril Lagasse! I was so excited I nearly [...]

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