Marian Allen's Blog, page 84
September 21, 2022
My Question, Exactly #1LinerWeds
Sara and I are watching CASTLE because Nathan Fillion. Several episodes ago, his daughter said she wanted to go out of state to college and he asked a question I asked when #4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, started to grow up. But who’s going…
September 20, 2022
Circle The Tofu #Vegan #Vegetarian
You know I love tofu. I also love noodles, and I also love stir-fry. So this dish was a grand slam. Red onions, red peppers, green peppers, garlic, mushrooms, rice noodles, and some kinda sauce (probably bottled General Tso’s Stir-Fry Sauce). I squished the water…
September 19, 2022
Hate THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER? Bite Me. #MondayRecommends and #NailArt
Hate it because it messes with the canon? I’m old enough to remember when Thor was enchanted by Odin to forget his origins and lived on earth as a doctor with a walking stick who, when the stick was struck on the ground, became The…
September 18, 2022
Sunday Snapshot: Dog(wood)gone
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A view is clearer. MA
September 17, 2022
Chicki-Tikki-Tavi #Caturday #TipperChickieAdi #TWSnake
HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! I got sick and threw up pink with red streaks in it, and Mommy was scared, but then she looked in the pantry and saw that I had been eating a hole in the red plastic mesh bag the potatoes…
September 16, 2022
Rosie The Forester #Fridays4Future #ClimateStrikeOnline
Women are leading the restoration of the world’s second largest tropical rainforest – here’s how
September 15, 2022
Frazier History Museum Part 2 #ThursdayDoors
We’re still en route in today’s door pictures, but we’re getting close! Not my fault Louisville has such awesome doors. No, I haven’t been sampling the wares in the next picture; I snapped it from a moving car. I like it that Louisville has scooters…
September 14, 2022
From The Department Of Look Before You Leap #1LinerWeds
This is actually two sentences, but it’s one line. And it spotlights why I love Agent Phil Coulson of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Someone orders him to come out with his hands up. And he says: “If I come out, will you shoot me? Because…
September 13, 2022
DIY Sheetpan Gnocci: Mine Was #Vegan, But Yours Can Be #Vegetarian Or #Meaty
I got this recipe from the Kitchn, but I’ve seen it otherwhere in other iterations. Basically, you toss gnocci with oil, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings, then spread it on a sheetpan and roast it at 450F (232C) for about 20 minutes (140 minutes in dog…
September 12, 2022
Queen Victoria and Betty Boop Walk Into A Bar #MondayRecommends and #NailArt
Can anybody come up with a joke to match that set-up? The reason for that title is that Teagan Riordain Geneviene, author of my beloved Thistledown: Midsummer Bedlam, has two dictionaries out: Speak Chuckaboo, Slang of the Victorian and Steam Eras and Speak Flapper –…
