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Continue reading →: Early ChristmasIt has been a different sort of holiday season for us. I had not expected to be dealing with orthopedic issues through these weeks, but it is what it is. Fortunately, the cortisone injection into my SI joint that I received last Friday appears to be having a positive effect…
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Continue reading →: What’s in Your Cart?
List your top 5 grocery store items. There are any number of ways to interpret this prompt. At first, I thought it would be really simple to answer. Then, as I started to think about how Ken and I shop, I realized that I could go in several different directions.…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
I haven’t been walking this week, as my back issues have flared up badly in the past couple of weeks. But this photo popped up in my Facebook memories recently, reminding me of our last trip to Key West, in December 2017. It was only three months after Hurricane Irma…
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Continue reading →: Tiny TreatsThis weekend was a really busy one. As I mentioned in my previous post, we had our early Christmas celebration for Luke, before he goes to spend the holidays with his dad and paternal grandmother in New York. And no, this is not the post about that dinner—I promise it’s…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
Florida is putting on her Christmas colors. We saw this aptly named Christmas palm on our walk this morning. As usual, the fruit are turning red just in time for Christmas. Another plant that is currently fruiting is arboricola, also known dwarf schefflera. The fruit are primarily orange, but we…
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Continue reading →: Hitting the Recipe JackpotI admit it, I’m a Pinterest junkie. I’m not as bad as I used to be; I can go weeks without opening the app. I think what fueled my addiction was having two fantastic student teachers the last two years that I was teaching. As they took over more of…
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Continue reading →: Thick as Pea Soup
We had some cooler weather before Thanksgiving. It definitely put me in a holiday mood, but it also made me crave some dishes that I associate with winter. One of those is split pea soup. Although I cook soups throughout the year, I go back to memories of eating soup…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
We spotted this Ipomoea vine on our walk a couple days ago. The star-shaped veins are a giveaway that it’s in the morning glory, or Convolvulaceae family. It doesn’t matter what it is, I think it’s beautiful.
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Continue reading →: When in Doubt, Salmon!The day before Thanksgiving is always crazy around here. There’s the preparation for the next day’s dinner to take care of. We’d had Luke with us since Sunday, which was an absolute joy, but by Wednesday morning, all he cared about was when the rest of the family was arriving.…
