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cookie monster
I have been obsessed with baking cookies. Every time I tell myself “No more”, I really don’t mean it. Until today. Today I am determined to store the baking sheets, the cooling racks, the Costco-sized bottle of pure vanilla extract … Continue reading
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#74, hurray!
Daughter Nancy baked cupcakes for my birthday, which we celebrated last night. They are gorgeous and delicious and I just ate another one with my coffee this morning. I love cupcakes. Birthday dinners, birthday lunches…oh, how I am being spoiled … Continue reading
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ah, november…
If it’s November, we must be getting ready for Thanksgiving. Nope. Oh, the potato casserole is in the freezer next to the spinach casserole. As are the turkey breasts. The mantle is decorated and my velvet pumpkins are all over … Continue reading
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still dark out
6:24 AM. Still dark out. So different from those summer mornings when the sky lightens dramatically at 4:30 AM. I am up very, very early. We have a long travel day ahead of us, but I am wide awake and … Continue reading
flying away
We aren’t packing up the car for a road trip back to Rhode Island today. Which is epic. Instead of hauling heavy suitcases into and out of airports, we are traveling tomorrow with small carry-on luggage. Several boxes of clothes … Continue reading
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ooh la la!
Two weeks ago My French Friend Janou invited the Real Housewives of Hope and Montana to her home for lunch. A French lunch. On a deck overlooking the lake. Tres manifique! I’ve never watched any of the Real Housewives shows, … Continue reading
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is there any more corn?
I love sweet corn even more than I love pie. Maybe I should rename the blog. What you see in this photo is the best corn in the world, grown by Dancing Mandolin Player and her Boyfriend Bob. Decades ago, … Continue reading
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ribs and more
As my Texans have finished school for the year and will be arriving here in the next few weeks, I am thinking about…food. Dinners, to be precise. What to do, what to do… I am slowly getting more energy, which … Continue reading
we may never eat again
Eating fried chicken at the famous Treme restaurant “Dooky Chase” has been on Banjo Man’s bucket list for a very long time. Or so he says. It was news to me when he declared he needed to eat there this … Continue reading
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now to NOLA
Yes, we’re “leaving on a jet plane” in a few hours to head to New Orleans, land of gumbo and music and All Things Shrimp. It’s an experiment to check our travel mojo. Banjo Man doesn’t want to fly much … Continue reading
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is there any more pie? 