Thoughts On Travel, Books, And Life
My recipe study began with searching for Mom’s Polish fruit soup recipe in a stack of old recipe cards this week. Once during the wintertime, Mom would make fruit soup with dumplings and, for the sake of tradition, I thought I would make some this week if I could find Continue reading “Molasses and More”
One of my favorite books of all time has been Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I was introduced to it in my high school French class and I’ve read it many times since. Tom bought me a Continue reading “Taming Remi”
This morning I was rearranging a few things in the refrigerator when I came across some summer sausage that we had received as part of a Christmas package from relatives in Wisconsin. (The term “summer sausage” comes from the method Continue reading “Comfort Food”
In my very first post back in early November, you might recall my mention of a lawyer/writer named Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote the Perry Mason crime series. Besides writing, Gardner also spent a number of years, Continue reading “The Case of the Autographed Corpse”
It’s easy to take gifts for granted, especially at this time of the year when we receive so many. But at least one this holiday season we cannot take for granted at our house – a jar of Annapurna’s jam. Continue reading “Annapurna’s Special Jam”
Back in October, I was excited to learn that the Fox Cities Book Festival in northeast Wisconsin would be virtual. For an avid reader like I am, a virtual book festival in my hometown area seemed almost too good to be true. Over the course of a week, I watched a variety of interesting author/book presentations, many of them regional about the Midwest.
The one that caught my eye Continue reading “Dairylandia”
As I was setting out some Christmas decorations this past weekend, I started thinking about the oldest one I owned. It happens to be this Christmas tree, which is celebrating its 55th birthday this season.
When it is plugged in, Continue reading “Oh, Christmas Tree”
Why did Tom and I take those back roads in Death Valley National Park a couple of weeks ago? (See my previous post on this blog.) We were trying to get to Teakettle Junction. We had seen pictures of it online and in a tour book. It seemed like a special, little place. Continue reading “Teakettle Junction”
As you may know, Tom and I took a quick trip to Death Valley National Park last week. Tom is always open to traveling on back roads, be they paved, gravel, or dirt. I prefer the main highway, but I acquiesce to Tom sometimes because we have certainly come across some interesting sights in the past on various back roads.
So leaving Lone Pine last Thursday, Tom warned me that the back roads Continue reading “The Beauty of the Pronghorn”
To solve the mystery of what this old-time contraption is,
I need to show you its inside.
Does this help? Any ideas? As you can see, there is a tray that slides in and out. There are also six round spaces in the tray. If you are ready for Continue reading “What Is It? – The Answer”