Good Morning! Grab a cup and settle in. I hope you like breakfast burritos. They started out as breakfast tacos, but these are a little larger and so we roll 'em up burrito style. A good strong cup of coffee is just right with them, along with a cool glass of milk. First I fry …
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Anyone who knows me would be forgiven thinking that given the writing prompt "Fork" I would offer recipes. But that's not what I thought of. Here is what I thought of: a long time ago when I was very young, I attended the wedding of two good friends. Many years later I learned one came to a fork …
Three things that make me smile. This is an idea stolen with permission from mynerdy.com. It's about simple things we're grateful for. Check her out; I promise you'll laugh, and think, and be glad you did. Here are mine: Handmixer beaters full of cake batter. Seriously, I don't need to explain this, right? No …
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It was a bit of an anti-climax, actually. It's not like I didn't have time, transportation, and belief in the cause, so I couldn't think of one good reason not to attend the Planned Parenthood rally on the steps of the capitol of South Carolina. The purpose of the rally was in protest of House Bill …
It's probably normal for a coastal-raised child to liken many things to the sea. Currents and tides have been a useful metaphor for me (and many writers far better), but I think the reasons why became clearer for me Saturday while grocery shopping. Grief is sneaky, unlike ocean tides and waves which while sometimes dangerous, are at least …
If we were having coffee, you would readily see by her muddy paws and "Who? Me?" expression regarding the holes dug on the garden path that Blanca has grown tired of the rain and her subsequent captivity. She takes seriously her roles of Bird Bath Supervisor, Scourge of the Hydrangea, Excavator of Stones for the ongoing construction …
Many years ago, my ex-husband's job took us from our native California to Texas, which is not the South but rather the Southwest, and there are large differences, many of which I am still discovering; but at that time, Texas was South to us. OhmyGod we were soooo obnoxious! We were every elitist, snobbish, stupidly Californian …
If we were having coffee, it would be a quick one because I have so much to do! We're having one of Paul's best friends in life over for dinner, and so I have shopping and cooking and baking and cleaning to do, oh my! But we'd get a laugh over Blanca's fear of and …
Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share: Terrifying Bubbler Edition
Maybe it was the production of Working - A Musical I saw yesterday that had me noticing people today, or maybe it was the absence of my plump, grandmotherly strawberry stand lady. Isn't it odd how quickly we become accustomed to people and places? I only discovered the strawberry stand maybe four weeks ago, but every …
If we were having coffee, I'd wish you a Happy Mother's Day if you're a mother, and maybe whether you are or not we would talk about our own mothers, grandmothers, and the other women who mothered us. With unadulterated affection I'd tell you about my Auntie Helene, possibly the most motherly woman I ever knew, …
Southern Fried Californian 