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LATEST ARTICLES ( 56 )

• Memories of a Good Man

  

  In 1944, my grandfather hired a young man to work as a farm hand on the land he had inherited from an elderly cousin. At the time, my grandfather was working fo... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suanne and Lord Byron

  

  My friend, with whom I shared so many girlhood conversations, has died, at the too young age of 59.We met when we were twelve. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Walking to School Friends

  

  From the time I was twelve years old until eighteen, attended a school that had the motto, Non scholae sed Vitae Discimus. (We learn not for school, but for... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Birthdays and Virgil

  

  Ever since I was born, I have been getting older. Better than the alternative, as the old chestnut goes. I'm going to be a year older on my birthday, one month... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The One I Didn't Want to Write

  

  If you've been under a rock and haven't heard about Rush Limbaugh's latest gaff, well, you've been under a rock. You know, I've been on the planet long enough t... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Teen Drama Redux

  

  My son was a teenaged father. There was a bit of drama back then. For a week or so. Then he picked himself and walked purposefully into a sort of adulthood.... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Horrible Disease

  

  A thousand miles from here, a childhood friend is burying her son. He died of that often fatal illness, schizophrenia. Another childhood friend, when telling o... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Suspicious Densities and My Friend Jane

  

  JaneSallyI first met Jane in 1993, when she and her husband moved to Omaha. We couldn't have more different backgrounds, but we are so very similar, too. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• January 9, 1912

  

  *It was a Tuesday. *The U.S. Marines invaded Honduras. *Rudolph Steiner Was in Munich, and gave a Lecture, "Esoteric Studies, Cosmic Ego and Human Ego". Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 HISTORY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parades and Football

  

  It's the second day of the year. Most Bloggers are waxing poetic about New Years' resolution lists, ad nauseam. Most of my own list-making comes in May, around... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Laughter, Nerves, and the Christmas Roast Beast

  

  Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. For me it is one of the most fun days of my year. On this day, most of my grandchildren come to my house to decorate my tree, eat... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry Girl

  

  Last week I was glad to receive a Christmas package from my sister. I was expecting it, and I was pretty sure I knew what was in it: Gourmet Chipotle Pepper... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Black Friday and Canned Corn

  

  In the spirit of full disclosure, and as you may know, I am employed at a Big Box Super Store. It does not provide me with a great deal of money, but I have a... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hotsy Totsy Redux. A Really Saucy Sauce

  

  The Manly Spouse's brother has a neighbor who grew a ton of Serrano peppers last summer. Really. We had a bucketful sitting out in the garage. A five gallon... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Football Sadness

  Sometimes I feel compelled to write about the non-joyful events in our world. Today is one of those times. Today I want to write a few words about the events... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS

• Cultural Icons and the Hazards of Growing Old

  

  It all started yesterday while the Manly Spouse was shampooing the carpet in our front room. The living room of our home, where we spend most of our evenings,... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Arts and Crafts

  

  My mother was an Artist. I remember telling her that one time, and I can still clearly see her eyebrows popping up and hear her correcting me, "I am a... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• October's Roses

  

  When I was about 20, I wrote song called "Roses in October". I was living in California, and one evening I was out walking my dog, feeling blue about some... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Habanero Hotsy Totsy!

  

  This time of year the whole house smells like chilies. Each Spring we plant Habaneros and one other variety of very hot chilies. In previous years we have... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2011 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Fire of September

  

  When I was seventeen I was lucky enough to play the lead (and only) female role in a production of The Fantasticks, at Western Reserve Academy, an all boys... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION