On this 13th “Day of Thankfulness” I’m grateful for the various organizations in my community, our nation, and the world which seek to make this a better place in which to live. And I’m honored to have the opportunity to be a part of some of them. This just happens to be a busy week…
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 12
David and one of our pirate friends, Papillion I am so incredibly thankful for our New Orleans friends. In recent years David and I have been blessed to make some of the best friends anyone could ask for during our visits to New Orleans. These dear folks have welcomed us to their beautiful city with…
Menu Monday ~ November 12, 2012
Click here for more menu ideas! Last week was a blur of returning from New Orleans, having a new central heat and air system installed, a day trip to the city for monthly grocery shopping and just generally getting back into the groove. This week is a *little* less hectic but I do still have…
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 11
I knew it had to happen at some point. It turned chilly today with highs only in the 40s. But I made the best of it. Today I am thankful for rich, steaming hot cups of chocolate shared with my pirate in a warm and cosy house.
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 10
Sign in front of one of our favorite “hippie stores” in Norman Yesterday my daughter Lisa and I went on our monthly grocery shopping trip to Norman. It’s always so nice to get to spend an entire day together. She’s smart, funny, interesting, kind and passionate. I’m thankful for her and our relationship. Love you,…
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 9
I am thankful for central heating and air conditioning. Our unit was close to 30 years old and we’d had a few repairs in recent years so we decided to replace it before it conked out at some inopportune moment — like during a heat wave or ice storm. David sought out two estimates, picked the…
Making soup
Yesterday I made a big pot of soup for a grieving family. I decided to take a few photos of the process to share here. This isn’t a recipe, per se, but more of a general method. Feel free to substitute your favorite ingredients. I haven’t been to the store since our return from New…
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 8
On this eighth “Day of Thankfulness” I am thankful for sunshine. As my regular readers know, I’m a summer girl. I need warmth and sunshine. I enjoy the occasional rainy afternoon but for the most part I like to see the sun. It’s been beautiful since we returned from New Orleans earlier this week (we…
A Taste of New Orleans
As usual, we ate all sorts of delicious foods during our recent trip to New Orleans. For some reason I didn’t take as many pictures of our meals as usual but I did capture a few: My favorite sandwich: Thanksgiving Turkey Croissant at Stanley! near Jackson Square. Roast beef po’boy at 801 Royal Late night…
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