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Continue reading →: Smells Like MemoriesAs a musician, I know how particular pieces of music can trigger memories. So can particular odors. The smells emanating from my oven definitely triggered some great childhood memories on Saturday. When I was a kid growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, I associated Moravian sugar cake with Christmas. Bethlehem is…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
From this morning’s walk, a limpkin that didn’t fly away before I could get my phone out. It’s one of Florida’s rarer birds, and is a protected species. However, they’re not an uncommon sight on our walks. And once you hear their loud call you never forget it.
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Continue reading →: Open to Suggestions
I learned very early that carving a pumpkin for Halloween is an exercise in frustration in Florida. Given the heat, it will be rotted by the next day. I don’t want to wait until Halloween to put out our pumpkin. So I paint a face. This is my annual reminder…
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Continue reading →: Back to the Bowls
I made several recipes for bowls a few months ago, and then they dropped off the radar. But I came across a new recipe recently that I made last night, and it was so good that I may go looking for more like this. I subscribe to Skinnytaste, the blog…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
I was looking through some of my older pictures and came across one of my favorites, that I always refer to as the dancing sheep. We were walking along the Cromford canal, which was a beautiful walk, during our trip the the Peak District in England in 2016, when we…
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Continue reading →: My Night Off
I’ve talked before about how Ken came to be the Tuesday night chef, so the fact that he cooked dinner isn’t unusual. The fact that I made no contribution at all, though, is definitely uncommon. I got so lazy that I forgot that I wanted to get a picture of…
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Continue reading →: Super Chicken
Although I can still sing the theme song to the animated 60s cartoon, Super Chicken, what I’m referring to is the chicken dish I made last evening. It was a new recipe, without doubt the best new chicken dish I’ve made in a while. I had printed out the recipe…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
A beautiful orchid that we spotted on one of our walks this week. As a bonus, a rabbit that we saw when we walked earlier this morning.
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Continue reading →: A “Souper” Meal
As frequently as I’ve cited Cooking Light as the source for one of the recipes I’ve shared, you can probably figure out that I loved that magazine. When they stopped monthly publication, I was not a happy camper. I still subscribe to the quarterly special interest issues. The most recent…
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Continue reading →: A Sunday Smile
If you don’t read German, the caption reads, “when the recipe says, ‘reduce the red wine by half.” Happy Sunday 😀
