Archive for November, 2011

Anne McCaffrey was my very first favorite author. I don’t remember when, exactly, I picked up one of her books for the first time. It may have been at the school library, or our tiny little public library in New Gloucester. I may have discovered it in one of the paper grocery bags full of [...]

Mates

Posted: 27th November 2011 by Tiffany in Arizona, Home, NaBloPoMo
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The mated pair of Great Horned Owls living in the trees in our back yard (click to embiggen). The male: The female: Owls make me happy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted: 24th November 2011 by Tiffany in Holiday, NaBloPoMo
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I’m cooking. Watch this. But only if you have the same sense of humor I have. If I could have you all over to share our dinner with us, I would! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!!

Thanksgiving dinner: – Roast Turkey Marsala – Mashed potatoes and gravy – Connoisseur’s Vegetable Casserole – Dressing – Sauteed garlic sugar snap peas – Cranberry sauce (I REMEMBERED, JEN!) – Potato rolls – Irish Cream Brownies We are eating dinner… AT DINNERTIME. Like, 6:00. I never did understand those folks who decide to have Thanksgiving [...]

Every now and then I come across a song, and a single lyric within it that makes me pause. It’s somehow the combination of the words, the intent, and the music that accompanies that speaks to me. When I purchased Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons, it was because I heard “Little Lion Man” [...]

… I present to you: Guns and Boobs And finally… …here it comes… …get ready… … … BAM! I now return you to your regularly scheduled Monday, already in progress.

Occupy Wall Street began in September of 2011 in the financial district of New York City. The intent of the protest was to expose the corrupt agenda of the “One-Percenters” – the richest 1% of people in the nation. In essence, the movement was originally designed to “…expose how the richest 1% of people are [...]

There are recipes I want to make, but I can’t until I get a Dutch oven. I found this Lodge 6-Quart Dutch Oven for just fifty bucks. That’s WAY better than the equivalent from Le Creuset, which is clocking in at a Special! Holiday! Price! of $235, down from $320. That’s a long way to [...]

Nearly Wordless Thursday

Posted: 17th November 2011 by Tiffany in Bring the funny, NaBloPoMo
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(Forwarded to me by a friend of mine at work.)

I got home at 3:00 yesterday. I left work an hour early, since I had to call into a 5:00-6:30 teleconference. I sat out back in the sunshine for over an hour, sipping on a beer and soaking up the sun. I let my mind wander. This is where it went – trust me, there [...]