I can't think of anything better to do than this-- cooking and baking--locked away from the world for a while... Sometimes you just have to go there, to a place where you can breathe and not care about anything pressing. No eyes peering. No critical remarks. No doors slamming shut in your face. Nobody 'forgetting' your birthday. You can celebrate. Celebrate your corner, … [Read more...]
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A New Season, A New Change
It's time for a new season, a new change again... I've had to re-do this post, to re-write it. When you're a blogger, it takes guts and fortitude to be transparent, vulnerably brave, because YES, you do get your haters along the way through mean emails and messages/social media-comments about the topics that you write or the way you cook or look... and you most likely will … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Brunch Megmosa-Poinsettia
We shall drink; a Megmosa-Poinsettia, that is. Composed of equal parts champagne and grapefruit juice is a Megmosa... but half cranberry juice to half champagne is called a Poinsettia cocktail. Since I'm including grapefruit juice as well as muddled cranberries, this is a Megmosa-Poinsettia for brunch on Thanksgiving. Always use fresh fruit, not fruit juices from the … [Read more...]
Citron Bourbon Cranberry Relish
Let it be the best time of the year, this Thanksgiving, not only at Christmas... [and they're starting early/extending, mixing up, ALL the holidays into one now... (sigh)] A huge shop-fest. Christmas in July. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, AND school supplies in the same rows in stores when semester begins... ugh. Why can't we make it the best time of the … [Read more...]
Bourbon Sweet Potato Cake with Fireball
These are Alabama red sweet potatoes. This Bourbon Sweet Potato Cake with Fireball, a moist and subtle flavor of booze in the cake, is ideal for Thanksgiving. Preheat conventional oven to 350 degrees. Bring 4 large eggs to room temperature. Peel and grate sweet potatoes for 3 firm cups. Don't loosely fill the measuring cup. Beat together 4 eggs, 1 … [Read more...]
Light on a Hill
When do you start to speak--when do you begin again--how exactly? Nobody has the right answer for everyone. We're at different rates of speed. We're the same in many ways, but we're very different in many other ways that are extremely important in order to reside and function healthily and well in society. We each have our own set of fingerprints in our DNA--and on the … [Read more...]
Rose-Colored Glasses (29)
Do you remember these? I believe these are from 1984--Avon Cape Cod, ruby red, salt & pepper shaker set/perfume bottles. They sort of have a 'Rose-Colored Glasses' look to them. I got these at a second-hand store over summer, not because I occasionally collect salt & pepper shakers, but because I specifically thought they'd be outstanding in a Victorian window. And … [Read more...]
Roasted Chicken & Vegetables with Dekuyper Cactus
Make this for Fall, a good chicken roast... this season before Thanksgiving. Inside lies a hint of a fiery flavor, though mild, laced with Dekuyper Cactus Juice Schnapps Liqueur. This gives the dish a slight Tex-Mex twist. Prepare your choice of vegetables, first. My selection for this meal: roughly chopped assortment of peppers and celery, peeled russet … [Read more...]
Live & Let Live
[LIVE & LET LIVE] 1 early Spring/2 travel south/ 3 middle finger/4 "I can't adult today"/5 egg-shop/6 "live, laugh, love"/7 computer-literate/8 purple rose-colored glasses/9 Magic City/10 cod sandwich/11 "take a trip" coin purse/12 jeans day/13 peacock nails (red gel base; Mary Kay Nail Laquer: Garden Terrace Olive Green, 2016 Runway Bold Collection blue, … [Read more...]