Happy Monday! With the new theme up, and things running sort-of-smoothly (after a lot of trial and error), this post from last year caught my eye. Hope it gives you a good laugh. I’m keeping all of the original marvy comments, too. Take heart, O Tech-Challenged Ones! ——————————————- My blog has been requiring me…
Welcome to our Holiday Yum blog hop recipe series! Today, blogger humorist (and one of my fab gal pals) Natalie Hartford treats us to a personal and hilarious take on French Lace Cookies, so you’ll want to check it out! But while you’re here, I’d like to share a little holiday analogy with you, re-posted from…
Time for our next recipe on the Holiday Yum blog hop! Check out fab blogger, mom, and Kosher foodie Estee Lavitt and her mouth-watering recipe for Chanukah Baked Latkes. Yep, now you can have your latkes and bake them, too! Why wait for Chanukah? I just have to try these… Looking for gifts for those…
Happy day before Thanksgiving! Here’s a quick laugh you’ll enjoy, before you: a) get in the car and crawl through holiday traffic b) frantically clean the house for overnight guests c) reacquaint yourself with odd kitchen utensils (where’s my mandoline?); or d) all of the above Big Bang Theory Flash Mob (on the set of…
Samuel Clemens, widely-known by his pen name Mark Twain, is probably one of the best commentators regarding the nature of human beings. He’s certainly one of the most quotable, too. I won’t be going into his biography because it’s crazy-extensive, but for those interested, this Biography.com link has a good one on him. Today, Mr. Clemens has…
Sometimes, things take a turn you don’t expect. When you’re a writer, that truism often involves going off on a writing tangent – I remember once having a cat totally take over one of my mystery scenes – or writing way beyond the intended length. The creative process can lead to some interesting results, to…
Three reasons I’d like to get away for a little while: 1. Endless months of political campaigning, complete with robo-calls, debates, and mind-numbing, antagonistic commercials. 2. Super-storm Sandy, and the heartbreak of those in her path. For those of us who were luckier, it’s still gut-wrenching to see the survivors standing amidst the wreckage of…
In honor of the upcoming Halloween festivities, let’s take a closer look at how the holiday came to be, and how it was celebrated by some in the late nineteenth century. Thank the Irish: 2 people like this post. Like Unlike
