"Don Child" I'm all sentimental with a gladness in my step this holiday season; seemingly more than the previous years since my dad has been gone, since my family has been split completely apart... but I'm actually enjoying the memories that Skirt in the Kitchen has been built upon-- and I'm living well. Before there's any mistake about it, not that it really matters what … [Read more...]
Stuffed Quail Eggs
"I'm counting my 'quails' before they hatch." I'm all about the classic "quail" of a retro-southern winter holiday with a hearty hors d'oeuvre in mind. And, Dear, might I say-- December 1 is warm in the south today!-- superb for stuffed quail eggs. Since I've got Bloody Marys in the works, this will do fine-- the heat of the pickled jalapenos and red peppers … [Read more...]
Turkey Talk
"Getting to know you" What's your preference-- pie or cake?... Pie is scrumptious, but a party cake's a celebration!White turkey meat or dark turkey meat?... Depends on how well it's cooked-- a moist or dry turkey! Fried turkey, smoked, baked, grilled, blackened or spatchcock?How do you like your dressing?-- milk-bread, sage, cornbread, oyster, grits?Do you like whole … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Memories
This is my dad. He's filled so many wonderful Thanksgiving memories throughout my entire childhood, and some of my adult years... along with a lot of his favorite choice pies that he baked-- And might I say, they were the best!In this picture, he's carving a turkey, on Thanksgiving Day. He probably cooked two. Idk. So many years ago, and I'm not so sure that I got to … [Read more...]
Live & Let Live [22]
Live.Don't let anybody drain you of your energy, your internal heart. Don't allow them to have that control over you, that they seek/have sought to kill/destroy your internal mechanism. Your feelings do matter, because you matter. Everybody does matter.Never accept shame that someone expects you to place on your head by their force--as though you are a reject, a sinful … [Read more...]
Live & Let Live [21]
Sometimes you just have to leave to do something amazing with your life; that thing that is really amazing--and nobody has to know what it is--for, at least, a long {long} while. You have to let go of anyone's discouraging words, put-downs, and judgments that you know you're meant to do.It might require a separation from the people in your previous field of work, social … [Read more...]
Chocolate No-Bakes w/Fig & Orange Cognac
Is it cold where you are but warm inside--bundled up under covers, cold bare floor--or simply warm in the heart... All the above? Or are you on the Florida Keys where you will spend Thanksgiving through Christmas--where the sun is a ball of orange warming your back?I love the light coming through a beautiful window, don't you? And the elegance of gorgeous architecture, … [Read more...]
Rose-Colored Glasses [31]
Not a rose, not a Christmas cactus-- not a Christmas Poinsettia; a gorgeous Hibiscus needing to bloom again!... It's been two years since this happened!... The simple things that are worth experiencing; a blossom, a scent, a smile, a happy tone of voice when somebody greets you. Does it really matter how you do things... not always! Court Square, Montgomery, AL [the … [Read more...]
Rose-Colored Glasses [30]
How did this happen already?... like I'm in a hurry to get ready as much as possible, do all the decorating and planning! This picture is from 2017; but I hung my train boy's bright blue stocking today, this very one! I haven't gone shopping though... I just recycle my decorations as anybody! I was looking through my cards from Christmases ago, and realized that I … [Read more...]
Finding Placement
This is just my personal perspective on network marketing, some of the ins-and-outs; not the reflection of any particular company or anyone else's personal business but that of my own experience, so far... There really isn't any such thing as balance. It is about maintaining harmony in all areas of life choices, as much as possible. The scales will get tipped, be … [Read more...]