The Season for Giving
Gift giving season is upon us. Here are some ideas for the writers in your life: Author Boss Insulated Tumbler Wooden Booklamp Folding Booklight PenGems 3-D Wooden Bookstore Puzzle Scented Candles: (Please note that the links take you to specific scents, but you really should explore what else is available.) Novelly Yours Big Moods Big […]
How To Cook A Turkey (Without Really Trying)
Until COVID closed America in 2020, I had cooked exactly one turkey in my life. My mom had broken her elbow and my brother (still living at home at the time) was having friends over for a turkey dinner. He’d gotten the turkey as a Christmas bonus from his employer. So I took a day […]
It’s The Little Things
As you may recall, I completely redid my office back in 2022. Bright, sunshine-colored walls. White furniture. I still love it. It’s my favorite room in my house. I’m always looking for little things to add to it, and a few months ago I found the perfect accessory. The small ones are coasters for my […]
CapitolFest 21: A Minor Miracle
A few weeks ago, TV Stevie and I attended CapitolFest, in Rome, NY. It’s a film festival that focuses on rare, old silent films and early talkies. There are also educational segments each year. This year, the focus was on nitrate film. On the Thursday night before the festival began, we early arrivals were treated […]
Happiness Happens Day
Tomorrow (August 8) is National Happiness Happens Day. It’s also my wedding anniversary. I claimed the date first, but it’s a nice coincidence. The entire month of August is Happiness Happens Month, so I’m going to share my “Happy” playlist with you. “Happy” (Pharrell Williams) “Chelsea Morning” (Joni Mitchell) “Good Morning, Starshine” (Oliver) “Oh What […]
An Oregano By Any Other Name…
For years, I thought oregano was oregano. An co-worker once told me oregano was for pizza, not sauce. That was the extent of my knowledge. A few years ago, I went to the Regional (i.e. Farmer’s) Market, looking for herbs to grow myself. I overheard a woman asking for Greek Oregano, as opposed to the […]
Ingredient Lists vs. Appliances & Gadgets
I like to cook. Well, maybe enjoy reading recipes would be a better description of one of my favorite pastimes. When I was single, I played with complicated dishes. Before TV Stevie and I first got married, he told me he did not expect me to have dinner on the table every night. He’s kept […]
TikTok: A Possible Solution
One of the latest social media brouhahas is about foreign ownership of TikTok. The two “solutions” most often heard are either sell it to an American, or ban its use in the US. Frankly I’m appalled that our government thinks is can force a foreign company to sell itself to an American company. They’re acting […]
Adventures at Arby’s
My mom likes Arby’s. After my dad passed a couple of years ago, I started hitting the Arby’s drive-thru and taking lunch to her once a week. The visit to Arby’s is smooth, but sometimes odd things happen as I am leaving. I had been waiting for my electrician to get back to me. I […]
Getting Joyful: A Crystal Quest
Last year, I was introduced to the book, JOYFUL: THE SUPRISING POWER OF ORDINARY THINGS TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY HAPPINESS by Ingrid Fetell Lee. The book reinforced many things I already instinctually knew. It explained to me why I wanted my office painted yellow (more than a year after I went for Benjamin Moore’s “Sunshine” on […]