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Hot cocoa, delivered

ExperiencesJanuary 27, 2024648Views 0Likes 0Comments

Friday's snowfall had me over at my mother's to shovel her driveway, but she'd already gotten to most of it, so I shoveled the deck ... but I still wanted to be outside -- in the sun, in the snow, in the crisp air. The community at Wolf River Lane has strengthened much in recent years…

The not-so-secret ingredient

Little BitsJanuary 26, 2024879Views 0Likes 0Comments

I know there is much celebration and delight in the whole Brussels sprouts plus bacon plus balsamic vinegar recipe realm; and I like that, too. For starters, I do enjoy many in the brassica family of vegetables--cabbage, cauliflower, collards, Brussels sprouts, kale and rutabagas. (What an under-appreciated root vegetable rutabagas currently are.) Then there's the bacon. I…

Maryland weather

Little BitsJanuary 26, 2024712Views 0Likes 0Comments

For those in the know ... Maryland comes through once again! A cold snow day last Friday (on top of some snow earlier last week), followed by some Verrrrry Brrrrrrrr Days. Then, yesterday, that thing happened: that balmy weather with the fog. It rolls in. Stays a while. Today, the temperatures are going up to 69. Any residual snow…

Gooey goodness

Little BitsJanuary 26, 2024880Views 0Likes 0Comments

My, my, my! In my attempts to make some jalapeño simple syrup (which I've made before and is quite easy to make), I had put some sugar, water and jalapeños on the stove on low heat ... and then went to watch some Jessica Jones and work on my taxes. During…

Safe!

ExperiencesJanuary 23, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In 2013, I took the advice of someone I'd met on Facebook and had known but a few weeks (Charlie), and I went out to Burning Man a week early for what is often called Build Week. Build Week is the week prior to the official start of Burning Man and a time when select theme…

Drooling

Little BitsJanuary 23, 2024796Views 0Likes 0Comments

The amount of time I spend salivating over the various color options for Pentel's Energel pens is something! I love the teal, the burgundy and the steel blue. I love the purple and the violet, the pink and the magenta. I love the tips and the flow, the colors and the intensity. I already have quite…

Beyond random

SynchronicitiesJanuary 23, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Recently, I was over at my mom's place for dinner. We were chatting about this and that. (Admittedly, I've been plying her, of late, for more details about her childhood and younger years -- mine, too.) We were talking about school and our favorite subjects and teachers. I told her Mrs. Curtis, my English teacher…

The sale that isn’t a sale, sale

Things I PonderJanuary 21, 2024777Views 0Likes 0Comments

What an odd world we live in. I've been on the lookout for a second pair of a particular pair of pants I really like. I found one on Poshmark and was considering buying them. Then I saw the listing price. The seller listed the pants at $200 marked down to $35. My "huh?" hackles went up. $200 for…

Way, way too close for comfort

MemoriesJanuary 19, 2024920Views 0Likes 0Comments

This is, I believe, the place. When I saw this video (below) on social media, I had an instant visceral reaction. Then I saw the location where the video was take -- Twister Falls at Eagle Creek in Oregon -- and I thought, "That's the place! It has to be!" Back in my early or mid-30s, my…

In from the cold

Things I PonderJanuary 15, 2024960Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's snowing outside. Little specks and flecks. Not much volume or thickness, but it's snow, and it's pretty outside, and it's the MLK holiday, to boot, and, well, I wanted to go outside for a walk. So I did. Bundled and layered up as I was, I didn't put on gloves. It wasn't that cold outside…

Scammed

ExperiencesJanuary 15, 2024738Views 0Likes 0Comments

I fell for a scam yesterday. I realized I'd done so minutes after it happened, contacted PayPal right away, and they refunded my money. The scam was promoted in an ad on Facebook. It's a site selling reduced-cost USPS forever stamps that are a few years old under the guise of clearing out old inventory. It sure…

When forward is the only option

ExperiencesJanuary 13, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In 2013, I went to Black Rock City, home of Burning Man, a week early to help build the French Quarter Village, of which More Carrot, the camp for which I was a theme camp organizer, was located within. The French Quarter had been, essentially, reprimanded after having received too many yellow and red markings…