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Bittersweet
Remember when. When I was a child and the Colts came to town. They were our team then. Joined two years later by the Orioles. It was strange today, for some reason. Watching them. In their blue and...
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A “Twofer”
That is, checking two things off my Sixty@Sixty list. Today being Friday, it’s a day we tend to take day trips. It’s also an errand running day, so we combined the two things. We also gave the pickup...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane – Clark’s Farm
First and foremost to me these days it is all about the Enchanted Forest. Seeing this image when I drive down Rte 108 brings back amazing memories. I was 2 1/2 years old when the Enchanted Forest...
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The Hospital at Middle Age
HCGH turned forty yesterday. Hard to believe it has been that long. I arrived here in the county eighteen months later, as a new college graduate in my first apartment, so I remember all the growth,...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane … On White Bread
Combining two goals. The Buy Local Challenge and my Sixty@Sixty goal. Yes, I know white bread is highly processed. Tell that to my mom who fed us Hauswald’s bread every day. Toast. PB&Js and those...
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Mezze
Inspiration. If there was ever a moment that defined how my cooking changed, and how our view of dining also changed, it was a trip to Greece and the Islands in 2004. Third time lucky, I would say. We...
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Childhood Memories
Including one grown up version. The rest of today’s dinner, a trip back to PA for my husband. Watermelon margaritas. Made with leftover watermelon, lime juice and a few other things. I remember having...
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The Family Reunion
My father came from a large family. On his mother’s side there were seven children, she was the oldest. My dad was the oldest of 16 cousins in his generation, children of the seven brothers and...
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Cookie Monster
It’s December, and my focus turns to cookies. Christmas cookies. One of the first planning items, right before doing the Christmas cards, and getting the live greens for decoration. Mickey Gomez, a...
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Resolutions
I didn’t make New Year’s Resolutions last year. I decided to challenge myself in my 60th year to do sixty things. It was interesting. Fun. Not totally successful. But fun. I may try something similar...
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To Honor Our Dads
Both our dads served in World War II. My dad: A SeaBee. Construction Battalion. Enlisted at 17. Built airfields all across the South Pacific. Including the one at Okinawa, where my nephew is deployed,...
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CSA’d Out
I can understand it. Our first year we were overwhelmed at the end of the CSA season. But, we hung in there and learned from it, and drastically changed how we approached the weekly deluge of veggies....
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Giving Thanks Again
Today. Instead of mindlessly spending money at crowded shopping centers. Like a number of my local counterparts, I completely avoid the downtown mall in Columbia and any of the megastores between...
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Memorial Day
We were somewhat busy today but I still took some time to remember what this “holiday” really means. Besides the start of summer, the pools opening, those retail sales, and BBQ parties at the beach or...
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Thirty Five Years
Give or take an hour. A significant anniversary. Living through those vow-y things. Like sickness and health. And loss of loved ones. Job changes. Uncertainties. Good times. Laughter. Tears. Standing...
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Four More Years?
It’s hard to believe four years have passed since I first started this blog. I was reminded of it this morning when Facebook showed me my memories. The last three “blogaversary” posts. Looking back at...
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A Betty Crocker Christmas
Remember these? My first recipes. Back in 1975 when I moved to Columbia. I found the box up in the attic inside a moving carton, along with my husband’s recipe cards. His were McCall’s and bought when...
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Telling Tales
Storytellers. A couple of dozen of them. A dozen at each of two very special evenings here in Howard County. Did you know Columbia MD turns 50 years old this year? And, many of its long time residents...
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Fifty is Nifty
If you are a city, that is. Even though people think that 50 years is a long time, it certainly isn’t when it comes to cities. The place I lived the longest, Columbia MD, turns 50 this summer. The...
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Stove Top Suppers
I was standing at the stove cooking Friday night. Using three of the four burners. Sipping a glass of wine, and chatting with my husband. For whatever reason, it brought back memories of growing up. My...
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