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WCW – Pasta with Tomatoes, Corn, and Zucchini

WCW –Pasta with Tomatoes, Corn, and Zucchini

Another one pot meal, something very welcome, especially to the dishwasher

Yield:4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

3 T olive oil
1 Vidalia or yellow onion, chopped
1½ t salt, plus more for seasoning
1 medium zucchini (about 8 ounces), halved lengthwise, seeded and ½-inch diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 pints cherry tomatoes, halved
⅓ c torn fresh basil leaves, plus more for serving
¼ t red-pepper flakes, plus more to taste
2 T balsamic vinegar
1 T tomato p...

Time to Get Back in the Groove

Time to Get Back in the Groove

It’s time to get back in the groove.

I’ve been home long enough—maybe—to get back to a more normal routine. Copenhagen and the Faroes was a major adventure. First order of business then was dealing with editorial feedback and getting the book ready to upload.

Then, after a short recovery time, it was off to New Hampshire for a family reunion. Lots of fun, lots of memories.

Most of my ‘writerly stuff has been getting things ready for the release of Double Intrigue. ...

Friday Fotos – Strawbery Banke Museum

Friday Fotos – Strawbery Banke Museum

While in Portsmouth, NH last weekend for a family reunion, there was time to visit the Strawbery Banke Museum. Not the usual “go into a building and wander exhibits” kind of museum, but a collection of recreated and restored houses.

Strawbery Banke house

 

Cooper’s workstation

 

flower and pollinator

 

old kitchen

 

basket of yarn

 

antique backgammon

 

sunflower

 

Have a nice weekend to those who celebrate!

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Remembering 9-11

Remembering 9-11

For most of us who are old enough to remember, September 11th, 2001 is a date that won’t be forgotten. We remember where we were, what we were doing, when we heard the news.

I was home, working on my part-time day job, which was entering registration data for an upcoming conference. As was typical, most of the attendees waited until the day before the early bird pricing was going to expire, and I was swamped. My husband called, said a plane crashed into the twin towers. My first...

Wrong Word Errors

Wrong Word Errors
Since I’ve been away at a family reunion, I didn’t have time to come up with a new and original post. And, since I’ve been dealing with the final edits for Double Intrigue, (did you know you can preorder it?) proofreading has been at the forefront of my mind. I’m rerunning this post from 2015.

Anyone writing for publication needs an editor. Recently, I’ve been jotting down some of the wrong word errors I’ve seen in the books I’m reading. These are from a broad spectrum of publi...

Friday Fotos – Torshavn

Friday Fotos – Torshavn

Because the day had begun with torrential rains and wind, we didn’t get out to an “adventuresome” location. Instead, we wandered the town of Torshavn for a couple of hours and met at the Irish pub for dinner. To be honest, this is the kind of photography I prefer over long hikes for landscapes. It was also nice to get out and tour the town, since our hotel was some distance away.

Have a great weekend to those who celebrate.

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The Faroes Trip Continues

The Faroes Trip Continues

Did you miss the first Faroes Trip installment? Find it here.

The ferry ride to Suduroy, the southernmost island in the Faroes was a two-hour journey. Leaving the harbor provided interesting photo ops, but once we’d cleared the harbor and posed for a group shot, most of us opted to hang out in the cafeteria/dining area where it was warm.

What I was learning was that most of our shooting sites required a hike uphill. Landscape photographers were in their element. While t...

Friday Fotos – Faroes

Friday Fotos – Faroes

(how’s that for alliteration!)

Here’s an assortment of images I took on our trip to the Faroe Islands. I’m still going through images, so there will be more to come.

Have a nice weekend to those who celebrate.

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Gordon Hepler, Mapleton’s Chief of Police, has his hands full. A murder, followed by several assaults. Are they related to the expansion of the community center? Or could it be the upcoming election...

Off to the Faroes!

Off to the Faroes!

Map of the Faroes. Red line is a track of everywhere we went.

Miss my Copenhagen recaps? Find them: Recap 1  Recap 2

Our trip from Copenhagen to the Faroes was, thankfully, uneventful. The weather is unpredictable, and many flights were delayed or cancelled. Not ours for a change.

He stayed at the Hotel Føroyar outside of the Tórshavn city center. The hotel’s layout was unusual relative to other hotels I’ve stayed at. Instead of being built “up”, it was built “out.” There were...

Copenhagen Recap 2

Copenhagen Recap 2

Our final day in Copenhagen was filled with an all-day tour, giving us a way to see more of the city and its surrounds. We’ve learned that the secret to our marriage (which hit the 55 year mark this past Saturday) is to find a tour that has things each of us can enjoy, and let someone else do the driving and explaining.

Our day began (after another yummy breakfast in the hotel) with a cab ride to the meeting point for the tour. The instructions gave an address and instructions...