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December 14, 2021
Practically Instant Fudge
HAPPY MONKEY DAY! I adapted this recipe from Emmy Made, who adapted it from The Mennonite Community Cookbook. It really is 5-Minute Fudge! Before you start, line a pan with parchment paper. The recipe says a 6-8-cup loaf pan (9″ x 5″) but I didn’t…
December 13, 2021
Thanks, Mr. Dickens! Thanks, Ms. Abel! #MondayRecommends and #NailArt
Friend and fellow writer Dora Abel recommended that I watch THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, so she and Sara and I did. As authors, we loved the visualizations of how we gather bits and pieces and slosh ’em around together until some of ’em stick…
December 12, 2021
Sunday Snapshot: Annual Tradition
These were Charlie’s favorite. Springerle, flavored with lemon peel and baked on cracked anise seed. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: The favorite of someone now gone, still made or done every year. MA
December 11, 2021
Chickie Glamour Shots #Caturday #TipperAndChickie
HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! Mommy has a new story up at her friend Jack Wallen’s website. It has a cat in it! It’s called “Mr. Sugar v. Sssanta”. I’m busy helping Mommy make Christmas stuff, so I asked her to just take some pictures…
December 10, 2021
December 9, 2021
FriendDoors – Sara’s Barn (I Think) #ThursdayDoors
Sara told me what these are pictures of, but I forgotted. The first one is a barn duh, and I think the others are from inside it. Thursday doors is under the direction of Dan Antion, photographer extraordinaire and critter daddy. Visit his site, enjoy…
December 8, 2021
Marketing #1LinerWeds
I went to a Christmas market and passed a store with this sign outside. This is a marketing ploy I had never seen before, but it’s so darn crazy it just might work. One way is holiday delight. The other way is possible certain death.…
December 7, 2021
I Forgot And Then I Remembered
I totally forgot about chicken croquettes! Hard to believe, but true. So I had some leftover chicken and I remembered, so I made some. You take chopped cooked chicken meat (I prefer dark, but even white is good this way), mayonnaise, whatever herbs, spices, salt,…
December 6, 2021
Free And Cozy #MondayRecommends and #NailArt
Jack Wallen is giving his blog over to other writers again, this time for Christmas stories. Not as many people signed up as for the Halloween ones, so he invited us to send more than one story, in case he needs them. The first one…
December 5, 2021
Sunday Snapshot: DIY Grill Cover
I grew up in the Portland neighborhood in the West End of Louisville, where money was tight and ingenuity was valued above classiness. Even after a Portlandite moves away from Portland, those habits never really die. I think MacGuyver probably came from Portland. So I…
