Marian Allen's Blog, page 6
July 10, 2025
Thursday Doors: Palencia, Spain By Sara
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Sara sent me some door pictures she took in Palencia, Spain: Gorgeous! A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Reaching for the sky. MA
July 8, 2025
Food Tuesday: Catfish
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt I didn’t post yesterday because I was at InConjunction all weekend selling books hand over fist. We took our own food, because who can afford to eat hotel food all weekend? Not us. We didn’t cook, though, we bought premade but thrifty. ANYWAY,…
July 5, 2025
Caturday: Chickie’s Food Review
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #blackandwhitecats #Chickie #MamzelleChickieLaSilk HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! Mommy had a new food a couple of weeks ago. It was chicken flavored, so it’s called Bock-bock-y. Mommy: It’s called tteokbakki. Uh-huh. Bock-bock-y She said it was really hot so, after she…
July 3, 2025
Thursday Doors: More From Spain
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Here are some more doors from Spain, shared by #4 Daughter, aka Sara Ignacio. These are of some plaza. She told me which one, but I forgotted. That sky, though! A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A brilliant blue MA
July 1, 2025
Food Tuesday: Three Ways To Have Perfectly Cooked Steak — SO NOT Vegan!
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt I’ve posted this technique before, but it bears repeating. How to have the perfect steak: O. M. G. You won’t believe how tender, juicy, and delicious this is! I fall off the turnip wagon every time #4 makes steak. I guess it would…
June 30, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Theater and Ballet
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt You wouldn’t think a slipshod, slapdash stumblebum like me would subscribe to the New Yorker, but I do. Love it! Sometimes the fiction leaves me going, “Huh? Did the writer run out of paper or did the…
June 28, 2025
Caturday: Tipper Sniffs and Nibbles
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Momma bought us each a new automatic feeder! The old ones stopped working, so she had to feed us herself, so we pested her all day even though we…
June 26, 2025
Thursday Doors: More From Sara’s Spain
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Here are more doors from Sara. These come from the town of Penafiel. And, below, my favorite. She says it’s her favorite, too. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A very old door that looks its age. MA
June 24, 2025
Food Tuesday: Truth In Tteok
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt #4 Daughter and I have obsessed over the one-season KOREAN ODYSSEY, a modern-day take on JOURNEY TO THE WEST (I’m looking at you, Sun Wukong). In it, a dish called tteokbokki is often eaten as comfort food. So, when Sara found some at…
June 23, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Water and Fire
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt This strainer is what my grandpa called “a handy little gadget”. It’s billed as a Japanese style rice strainer, but I use it for tons o’ stuff. Pasta, natch. Also salads that tend to get liquid in…
