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Banana-chocolate chunk muffins

In my continuing quest to avoid turning on the heat, I become a prolific baker.  There's nothing, other than a fired up furnace, that warms up a home faster than the smell of baked goods or roasting meats or veggies.  Since my children are dismal failures when it comes to eating the bananas I buy … Continue reading Banana-chocolate chunk muffins →

Acorn squash

Why, oh, why did I not eat beautiful orange vegetables (other than carrots) when I was a child?  These days not much makes me happier than a pan of sweet potatoes, butternut squash and my favorite, acorn squash, roasting together in the oven and so I say, "Welcome back squash!  I've missed you."I'm sure there … Continue reading Acorn squash →

An Albany evening

Last weekend I enjoyed what may have been the ideal early autumn Sunday afternoon in Albany. And it didn't even involve football or chicken wings. Instead, I got to wear something pretty and see people I originally met a couple of decades ago when I first worked for Donna and Yono Purnomo. I've celebrated quite … Continue reading An Albany evening →

45 Things I’ve learned this year

1.  I prefer my surgery with local anaesthesia.2.  There is a huge difference between having one's heart broken and having your ego     stomped on. The first situation requires time to heal, the later demands a realistic     examination of what the relationship really meant means.3.   Part time parenting is the dirty little secret of divorce. … Continue reading 45 Things I’ve learned this year →

From one bossypants to another…

image from Barnes and Noble Since finally finishing Jonathan Franzen's Freedom I have regained my own personal freedom in selecting reading material.  For the record, I will never again read another of Franzen's self-indulgent, over-sized volumes about some of the least likable people in the universe.  Screw you, Pulitzer and National Book Award conferrers - … Continue reading From one bossypants to another… →