Happy Thanksgiving! This year I am so very thankful for my August 2022 visit with my daughter. She has been happily married for a year and a half to a wonderful husband and living in a nice home in a… Read More

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Happy Thanksgiving! This year I am so very thankful for my August 2022 visit with my daughter. She has been happily married for a year and a half to a wonderful husband and living in a nice home in a… Read More
When I got to the Schiphol airport, I called my daughter to find out if she wanted me to bring anything. She said there was a great cheese shop and could I bring some Old Cow Cheese. I wasn’t familiar… Read More
Brunch Pancakes were on the menu for Valentine’s Day 2021. The recipe from the NYT is so delicious. Light, Fluffy and Rich Pancakes By Mark Bittman YIELD 4 servings TIME 20 minutes Basic pancakes are simple to throw together and are… Read More
PANCAKE batter can be made from scratch in about the same time it takes to make toast. Yet somehow, back in the “cooking-is-too-hard” ’50s, the food industry convinced most people that a mix was better and easier, despite the fact… Read More
I’m creating some new home decor items for valentine’s day decorating. Tom cut out a few hearts for me to decorate and I had some Love signs that I got at Dollar Tree. I looked up some love quotes and,… Read More
I watched a tutorial on YouTube.com on how to decorate jars that I can use to store my paintbrushes, drawing pencils, paper clips, etc. Some of the jars are decorated and functional. Others are little works of art! My favorite… Read More
Quick Cinnamon Buns with Buttermilk Icing from Baking Illustrated by the Editors of Cook’s Illustrated Magazine Makes 8 The bun is tender and fluffy, the filling is sweet and spicy, and the glaze is sinful, encouraging even the well-bred to… Read More
Memories Definition (from dictionary.com) – the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. It’s fun to decorate a box to hold keepsakes from a special event. Christmas 2019 was… Read More
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder “I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are,” reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in―and so out… Read More
What is onetonline.org and how does it help me in my career? O*NET OnLine is an application that was created for the general public to provide broad access to the O*NET database of occupational information. The Occupational Information Network (O*NET)… Read More