05 Mar 2013 7 Comments
I’m baaaaa-ack — didja’ miss me? Just one of those times when life piles on and full attention is required elsewhere. Changes get made, exhaustion takes its toll, adjustments are required, and life moves on. Had a wonderful two days away with my sweetie-pie, and a few other perfectly fine distractions were enjoyed, and now you get my smiling face once again. Hope all’s well in your world!
27 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
My mind seems to be preoccupied with the weekend … no composition brainstorms today … but flowers are always nice. This beautiful bouquet is courtesy of my friend Angela Petraline at http://www.dorotheasclosetvintage.com/ She has amazing things in her shop! The photograph is Angela’s property — please do not copy or share without requesting permission — thanks!
22 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
It’s a snow day, lots of people are home. Let’s bake cookies!
instructions:
• preheat oven to 375*. line two rimmed baking sheets with a silpat pad or parchment paper (dough is very wet).
• combine strawberries, lemon juice, lemon zest, and 2 tablespoons of sucanat. set aside.
• in a large bowl, whisk the whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder, salt, and 7 tablespoons of sucanat.
• cut the butter into small cubes and add to the flour mixture. using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles coarse meal.
• stir in the cream, using your hands, mix until the dough comes together.
• stir in the strawberry mixture.
• using a 1 1/2″ ice cream scooper, drop dough onto lined baking sheets.
• sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
• bake until golden brown, about 22-25 minutes.
• let cool completely on baking sheet before removing.
• these are best eaten the same day they are made.
note: you can shape dough and freeze, then bake as needed.
18 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” ~Stephen Wright
08 Feb 2013 2 Comments
So my husband and I are flying down the highway when the WordPress Daily Prompt pops up on my iPad with a curious command — “Invent a definition for the word ‘flangiprop,’ then use the word in a post.” Invent! Invent? Why would anyone have to invent a definition for flangiprops? Even if they aren’t native to your part of the world, surely most people remember them!
Incredibly, just as the imperative hit my inbox, we saw a large herd of partially-domesticated flangiprops in a pasture next to the road. They’re rarely spotted in such numbers anymore, their population having been heavily reduced during the Great Flangiprop Slaughter of 1957. They’ve been struggling valiantly to recover ever since, and they generally stay out on the open prairie where they won’t be seen by their only natural predator — man.
These looked well cared for, however, and didn’t seem to be suffering any ill effects from being held in captivity. We were able to snap a couple of quick photos without spooking them, and I’m thrilled to be able to share those with you here, especially this shot of what appeared to be the alpha flangiprop. Perhaps they’re not bound for extinction after all!
28 Jan 2013 2 Comments
The calendar says it’s winter, the temperature not so much. It reached at least 70° yesterday and is forecast to do the same today before cooling back down into the 40s. Two balmy days in a row call for flowers! Beauty heals the soul, so I encourage you to look for it everywhere today and I’m wishing everyone an amazing week, beginning with this morning — a Monday!
A blog full of humorous and poignant observations.
"How did it get so late so soon?" ~Dr. Seuss
The Power of Story
Words and Pictures from the Middle East
Welcome to my weekly blog on life's happiness. We are all human and we all deserve to smile. Click a blog title or scroll down. Thanks for stopping by.
Rhymes and Reasons for Every Season
Just the journal of an aging man looking at the world
Permission to be Human
Creative Space + Literary Magazine
Funny Blogs With A Hint Of Personal Development
When will we ever learn?: Common sense and nonsense about today's public schools in America.
Raku pottery, vases, and gifts
Life from Southern California, mostly San Diego County
The parts of my life I allow you to see
Medieval History, Pop Culture, Swearing
twinning with the Eichmans
A curated webspace for Poetry, Politics, and Nature with over 6,000,000 visitors since 2014 and over 9,000 archived posts.
Live Life Write
Working towards global equity and equality
Creative humour, satire and other bad ideas by Ross Murray, an author living in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Is it truth or fiction? Only his hairdresser knows for sure.
random thoughts and scattered poems
Best Friends for Sixty Years and Counting...
The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community.
A Taurean suffering from cacoethes scribendi - an incurable itch to write.
Humor at the Speed of Life
Playing for Time 
Join the conversation …