The past few months have been extra busy so Lisa and I haven’t done one of our usual monthly grocery hauls/hippie days since March. We finally found time to go shopping yesterday and as usual, we had a great time. We noticed that Norman now has an Aldi’s grocery store and since we will soon…
Like living in a rain forest
After a rainy night it is about 71 degrees with 83% humidity. I took Shiloh for a walk and was utterly enchanted by the bird song. I also saw a deer but wasn’t able to capture it on video. Turn up your sound and listen: Sometimes I am absolutely overwhelmed with gratitude for this place…
Menu Monday ~ June 9, 2014
Click here for more menu ideas! David and I are scaling back on our evenings out. Our current musicians are doing well in our local venues and we don’t need to be at every show at this point. I’m looking forward to some quieter evenings at home this week. If we have clear skies we…
What I’ve been up to lately…
I keep thinking I’ll get back to regular blogging and then life just keeps zipping along at a breakneck pace around here. And if I do find a bit of time late at night, our #$@*ing internet has slowed to a crawl…no, less than a crawl. More like a glacial pace. I still need to…
Menu Monday ~ June 2, 2014
Click here for more menu ideas! What a crazy busy time we’ve had the past couple of weeks! But fun, too. We have a lot going on this week, too, but I’m trying to get us back to a slightly more sane schedule and actually eat at home. We’ll see how it goes. Monday: salad…
When I look back…
While looking for something on my old PC this evening I got caught up in some old emails I had saved. Way back in 2006 a number of us on a Yahoo email list wrote on the topic, “Someday when I look back upon my life…”. This is what I wrote: When I look back…
Menu Monday ~ May 19, 2014
Click here for more menu ideas! This is going to be a crazy week as we prepare for the 7th annual Happyland Music Festival in our backyard. Over 100 people will be on our property camping out and enjoying 25 musical acts, plus karaoke, over the course of the three day weekend. Yes, we are…
Guest Post Friday ~ Garlic Garbanzo Bean Soup
Garlic Garbanzo Bean Soup by Virginia Bell Ingredients: 1lb (2 and 1/2 cups) dried garbanzo beans (or 4 [15 oz] cans) 2 cups chopped onion 1 cup sliced carrot 1/2 cup chopped celery 12-14 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed (or about 3 Tbsp minced) 2 tablespoons olive oil (or if you want it to taste…
Signs of the South
Outside a drive-thru restaurant in rural Oklahoma Seen in a parking lot New Orleans: Gotta love a place where you can shoot pool, drink a beer AND do your laundry. This one, seen in Austin, really spoke to me.
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