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Cards Revisited & Made Again

November 19, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

These are Skirt in the Kitchen cards revisited and made again; improved and years later now marketed... Then new ones to add. These turnips were fried in butter with only mint and salt. My father's knife. I chose the cooked with the uncooked; the very contrast and thought for this … Continue Reading

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Café Cup Full

November 16, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Psss... Come 'ere. I'm in a coffee shop, all by my comfortable-lonesome-but-not-lonely. The coffee is freshly pressed with its wispy aroma; and … Continue Reading

October Word Pic

October 24, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Things Change

October 13, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Things change whether we want them to or not. We change. Not just the seasons. Flower petals fall, leaves turn color, the wind even feels different-- In the Fall. We are like the seasons. If things … Continue Reading

Midwest Summer

July 8, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Should you experience, eat cicadas? It is music to the ears to hear them. Many, many years ago, my little girl dug up a small raspberry plant from a far part of the yard--she replanted it on the front corner … Continue Reading

Coconut Dandelion Asparagus Soup w/Spring Greens

June 18, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

You know I've got to be different. I'm a kid in a candy store when I'm here with you. When I'm one with nature, but also-- When I'm finding all the wonderful things about life with you!-- And with God. … Continue Reading

Happy Mother’s Day

May 8, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Things my mother taught me; that I cling to, that I hold on to: To keep going-- To never give up... To love God with all my heart. To rejoice a new day; and to simply rejoice when it's not such a good … Continue Reading

Who I Am/”Who Am I”?

March 6, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Can I use this image? After all, it does coincidentally look like me! But the real me is inside me. As it is in you--who you are--the real you. Your appearance is the outer look. But you're … Continue Reading

Live & Let Live [32]

January 22, 2022 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

LIVE & LET LIVE--photos, arrangement and content by Susan Nuyt, Skirt in the Kitchen, All Rights Reserved Vtg MUDD Cropped Aztec Patched Jean Jacket A bitter heart makes a bitter home, a house … Continue Reading

“The Best Things in Life Are Free”

November 29, 2021 By Susan C. Kussman Miller Leave a Comment

"The Best Things in Life Are Free" by Susan C. Kussman Miller, The Garden Key. Collaboration with Flower Fly and Susan Nuyt, photos contributed. The best things in life are free--the air we breathe, The … Continue Reading

Go Easy On

October 30, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Rose-Colored Glasses [37]

September 8, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits Truly a gift. Worth living. Worth giving. Baking is play time. Enjoy each new day. Those days that are difficult, still pick … Continue Reading

Does That Stop Being You?

September 4, 2021 By Susan C. Kussman Miller Leave a Comment

Does that stop being you when God brings you from the womb? Does that stop being you as you grow from year to year? Does that stop being you as you grow up and mature? Does that stop being you as you learn … Continue Reading

Beside Myself

September 2, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

I had to leave town. I had to get gone. I had to disembrace. I had to be forgotten. I had to remain small beside myself. I had to be unmemorable. I had to desert to survive. I had to grieve then … Continue Reading

Birthday Wishes

August 21, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Circle of One vinyl record … Continue Reading

Wordless Wednesday [1]

August 18, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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1/Vintage Treasure

July 31, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

The Essential Heart To fill the wall pocket planter: Keep (toxic) berries away from small children and pets--a reminder. Identically similar to other plants in the shrub … Continue Reading

Rose-Colored Glasses [36]

June 26, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

The Definitive Collection Rose-Colored Glasses for Breast Cancer Awareness- … Continue Reading

He’s Still My Dad

June 20, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

He was the only dad I ever had. He was funny, our clown at home when he wanted to make us laugh (and smile). He was timeless, always on time, however. He was the most giving person I ever knew (besides … Continue Reading

Fire Roasted Serrano Egg Potato Hash

June 16, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Rose-Colored Glasses [35]

June 10, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Butterfly quotes Grace Vanderwaal, Beautiful Thing Ceramic Mushroom Art Mid-century ashtrays Nostalgic experience Growing a successful flower garden Cooking … Continue Reading

Mexican Spoon Cornbread & Chicken Gizzards

May 24, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Hot pad purchased from RustyLanternVintage   Vtg egg cup from Sell4college   nails from beautifynails   Modelled crochet apron purchased from RustyLanternVintage   good … Continue Reading

A Good Mother

May 9, 2021 By Susan Nuyt 2 Comments

Some of the things that make a good mother a good mother-- She's unconditionally loving to her kids; she chooses to be even when things aren't going well.She puts aside her pride; she doesn't allow herself to be … Continue Reading

Rampage Blues

May 1, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

I love old things, don't you? Especially when they still have their good lines, those neat qualities about them--like this vintage denim Rampage coat jacket--a ranch work coat, or feed-the-chickens jacket when it's … Continue Reading

Going Forward

April 29, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Going forward, "flying high"--blurred vision or not.Everybody gets a grade--"In America, we never, ever, ever stay down". Thank God for ambition and grit.No cookie is the same. What's the real concern, how do we … Continue Reading

Earth Day Observance 2021

April 22, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

Earth Day 2021 Take Action- … Continue Reading

Petty Truths

April 21, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

A reminder: there'll always be somebody who will despise or literally hate you, no matter what--no matter what good you do/have done, no matter how sincerely kind you've been and are. They're hell-bent on … Continue Reading

These Feet

April 14, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

These feet are mine. They don't have to "march up" or walk to the beat of anybody's drum but to their own, and to me. I am every part of myself, internally and externally. I am connected to … Continue Reading

Cottage Hill Still Life & Preservation

March 26, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Peace & Justice Garden

March 11, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Goodbye to you…

February 23, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

You ostracized me for years (and my children; my family); discrimination of another kind-- goodbye to you... You were oftentimes hateful, striking your words like a match; or just a snooty bitch-- goodbye … Continue Reading

Red Hot Cherry Sponge Cake Part 2

February 15, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Red Hot Cherry Sponge Cake Part 1

February 14, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Q-Trumplican Debacle

February 9, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

I am so glad, glad, that Trump is gone. Gone! ...but, wait!--He's still lurking, still around poking with his tiny fingers, stirring the shit that he caused himself--not just the aggravated and assaulting … Continue Reading

Apologies from Heaven

February 6, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

"I'm sorry that I left you. That I took off and forsook you. I'm sorry that I chose to misunderstand you. I'm sorry for being a butte when it mattered the most not to be. I'm sorry that I never went back … Continue Reading

Thoughts & Reflections/Past & Present

January 22, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

This is a black Christmas tree from the prior Christmas, 2019--I just put everything on it this time in a humbug kind of way when I decorated it, this now, last year of 2020. Unless you're standing up close to … Continue Reading

“Patriots” vs. True Patriots

January 17, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

I don't think there are any shocks or surprises left.  Could there be? What a way to start the new year. But, here we are.  Long ago when it was blindly beginning--maybe nobody or not enough people noticed it. … Continue Reading

Banana Black Walnut Bread

January 12, 2021 By Susan Nuyt Leave a Comment

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Previously Featured On Skirt In The Kitchen

  • Mash Velvet Sugar Cookies

    Mash Velvet Sugar Cookies
  • Hard Candy 2020 Christmas Greetings

    Hard Candy 2020 Christmas Greetings
  • Kielbasa Kraut Bash

    Kielbasa Kraut Bash
  • 2020 Pandemic Thanksgiving Apple Pie

    2020 Pandemic Thanksgiving Apple Pie
  • Candy Strawberry-Banana Cran Relish w/Lager & Honey

    Candy Strawberry-Banana Cran Relish w/Lager & Honey
  • Beer Crusted Beer-Battered Sweet Potato Pie

    Beer Crusted Beer-Battered Sweet Potato Pie
  • Beer Oatmeal Bacon-Raisin Cookies

    Beer Oatmeal Bacon-Raisin Cookies
  • It Is Well

    It Is Well
  • Beer-Olive Oil Salted Brownies

    Beer-Olive Oil Salted Brownies
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