Marian Allen's Blog, page 69
March 1, 2023
One-Liner Wednesday: My New Favorite Competition
Forged in Fire used to be my favorite competition because the contestants would give each other good advice or lend a hand in a pinch. My new favorite is Master Chef Junior, where kids eight to 13 compete for Gordon Ramsey and two other celebrity…
February 28, 2023
Food: Get Stuffed — Vegetarian, Vegan
I love me some mushrooms. I can knock out a one-pan dish of stuffed mushrooms in twenty minutes or fewer. Sometimes I make some for a meal, sometimes for a side, and sometimes for a late-night snack. Naturally vegetarian, I use vegan “butter” and “cheese”…
February 27, 2023
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Suspense and Mystery
I just finished THE EVIL YOU CHOOSE by friend and fellow writer Dan Antion, who also blogs on No Facilities where, among other things, he hosts Thursday Doors. Reader, I loved it! Dan takes Zach and Billy, two retirement-age men who’ve been friends since they…
February 26, 2023
Sunday Snapshot: Duck! Duck!
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Swimming. MA
February 25, 2023
Caturday: Chickie Is Helpful AND Precious
HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! Mommy is doing taxes, so OF COURSE I needed to help her. I took time off to play with our new hut. I tried to climb through the hole, but I got stuck! I don’t understand it. When I was…
February 24, 2023
February 23, 2023
Thursday Doors: Corning, New York — The Final Four
These are my final pictures from our September trip to Corning, New York. They’re from our visit to the Benjamin Patterson Inn, which was closed when we visited. Here’s another angle on a picture from last week. That one featured the cabin door beyond, and…
February 22, 2023
One-Liner Wednesday: Good Job!
Sara was over here, and her phone kept blowing up with texts. She had been out of town, and this was our first visit in nearly a week, so it was a little irritating. “What’s going on?” I said. Then I thought it might be…
February 21, 2023
Food: So I Had Potatoes And Onion
Thanks, MyFridgeFood! I found this recipe on there and I made it and I made it again. OMG, SO GOOD! They listed it as a side for four, but I made two full meals out of it. I made it pretty much according to the…
February 20, 2023
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Just Plain Silly and Just Plain Purty Also: Writing Prompt Page
This site is one I’m gonna tuck into my back pocket for use during Story A Day May. It’s a Nonsense Word Generator; it “generates nonsense words based on a frequency list of phonemes as they occur in legitimate English words.” So, come Story A…
