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November 4, 2021
Riding Around #ThursdayDoors
Here are the last doors from the road trip Sara and I made to the car shop. I like this tiny … guardhouse? For the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary? Here’s the door of the seminary, itself. A tiny bit closer. And a fabulous Storybook Style…
November 3, 2021
Prophecy By Hindsight #1LinerWeds
I am, as I’ve said, rereading JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL. I’ve just finished the chapter in which a malicious old rich man has tortured one of his servants by getting him cold and wet and then making him stay up all night while he…
November 2, 2021
Irish Skillet Potatoes #Kerrygold #Vegetarian Could Be #Vegan Could Be #NotVegetarian
I actually pretty much followed the recipe on this one, although I didn’t stick the skillet under the broiler to toast the cheese. Reckon I was hongry. It was still delicious. I even went so far as to buy the actual name brand. This is…
November 1, 2021
Say What? #MondayRecommends #NailArt
How long has it been since you’ve read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”? Really? That long? Well, it’s creepy AF. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten…
October 31, 2021
October 30, 2021
Bleh and Boo! #Caturday #TipperAndChickie
HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! I was sick this week! I had a real hairball this time, but Mommy said my medicine is out of date, so she ordered me a new one. It’s a different kind, so I’ll let you know how it tastes.…
October 29, 2021
October 28, 2021
CoryDoors Almost A Car Show #ThursdayDoors
One of my cousins called to tell me she would have her vintage car at a vintage car show on the Square at Corydon, and invited me to come see her there. I never — well, hardly ever — go anywhere I don’t HAVE to…
October 27, 2021
Good Question, Mr. Hamilton, Sir #1LinerWeds
Oh, Hamilton! Oh, my new favorite musical! Oh, Daveed Diggs –Did I just say that out loud? ANYWAY, this post isn’t about either of the characters Daveed Diggs plays, it’s a line Alexander Hamilton says to Aaron Burr, when Burr advises everybody to play their…
October 26, 2021
Mushroom Bourguignon #Vegan Could Be #NotVegetarian #FlashFiction
First, I have a new flash fiction up at JACK WALLEN: DARK TWISTY FICTION. It’s called “Trick and Treat and Trick and Treat”, and it’s about Baba Yaga, my imaginary alter ego. The amazing Sara Marian had a story there yesterday. I got this recipe…
