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Travel Theme: Green
At Where’s My Backpack? this week, Ailsa celebrates springtime and St. Patrick’s Day and challenges us to show all things green. OK. I’m in. And I’m talkin’ trees. At my mother’s house, there is a...
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Nosh: Homemade Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe Sauce
Just writing the words “orecchiette with broccoli rabe sauce” makes me happy. I’m kind of a simple creature, really. That’s all I need. Well, that and having a plate of the actual food in front of...
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Nosh: Fiery Onion Relish
One of the things I make regularly to keep around the house are pickled onions of one sort or another. Pickled onions are quick and easy to make and add snap to just about anything. Hummus and pita....
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Travel Theme: Benches
Ailsa’s travel theme this week at Where’s My Backpack? is a surprisingly thought-provoking one–benches. Some people (like, apparently, Ailsa) find them intriguing and somewhat romantic. I tend to...
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Travel Theme: Contrast
This week at Where’s My Backpack?, Ailsa’s theme is “contrast”. My photos are all about the visual contrast of the silhouette, which I love. The view from my room at Belhurst Castle. Yes, that’s a...
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Nosh: Cauliflower with Whipped Goat Cheese.
You read that right. Whipped goat cheese. WHIPPED GOAT CHEESE. Yes. How, you wonder, does one go about preparing such a culinary delight? Such a feast for the senses? Such a groovy thing to do with...
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Nosh: Thai Spinach-Potato Curry
Here’s what it’s currently too hot to do in my neck o’ the woods: Bake Roast Move more than five feet away from the couch Which is then gross, because you spend all your time sweating into your couch I...
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Travel Theme: Peaceful
Ailsa’s travel theme this week at Where’s My Backpack? is: peaceful! While there are many out there who think I wouldn’t have an idea of what that meant…that I am a rageitarian and my anger sustains...
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Nosh: Blackberry Vinaigrette
A moment, if you please, for the glories of a fresh vinaigrette. Vinaigrette is an amazing thing. I realized a long time ago that if I learned how to make things like sauces and dressings, I could...
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Travel Theme: Ripple
This week at Where’s My Backpack?, Ailsa’s travel theme is “ripples”. Ripple? Photo from www.drunkard.com No, not THAT kind of Ripple! You know. Ripples. Like the things that surround my beloved...
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Myrtle Beach, June 28th, 6:08AM
We just got back from a vacation in Myrtle Beach; my brother and sister-in-law moved down there and I am always–always!–a fan of visiting family, particularly if they’re in new/fun/interesting places....
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Travel Theme: Motion
This week’s travel theme at Where’s My Backpack? is: motion! As luck or fate or my enviable location in central PA would have it, family is in from out of town. And it’s family with small kiddos....
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Travel Theme: Simplicity
This week at Where’s My Backpack? Ailsa asks us to celebrate simplicity. Which, ironically, can be difficult, since we often try to cram as much as possible into a photograph to make it more...
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Word a Week Challenge: Unexpected
I’ve never participated in the Word a Week Challenge, though I often check it out. HOWEVER. This was too good to resist, as I’ve been waiting for the right forum in which to post these photos. I...
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Bad Fashion Ideas, Fall 2013: This Isn’t Funny Anymore, OK?
Omigod. OK, so, I just went to the mall to check out what was happening in the anchor stores, what’s being marketed to women, what is determined by corporate buyers as completely appropriate and (at...
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Travel Theme: Distance
Ailsa’s travel theme this week at Where’s My Backpack? asks us to look at distance, into the distance, from a distance. For the record, the word “distance” literally means “standing apart”, from the...
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Nosh: Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce
There isn’t much in this world I like more than savory winter gourds, like butternut squash (or, “pumpkin” if you live anywhere outside the US) and not surprisingly, I am happy to eat them in just...
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Scenes from the Rail Trail: Sept. 25 2013
We try to keep things groovy here in our lovely little ‘burg. We have a great single-screen, lovingly restored, art deco movie house and the local filmmakers who have used said movie house...
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Nosh: Green and Black Olive Tapenade with Fennel
You know when you start getting those party invitations, and they say something like, “Bring finger food! A small dish to share! Some nibbles!”? And you know that chips will be in abundance and...
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Scenes from the Rail Trail: October 6, 2013
While I’ve normally only ridden the Rail Trail as far as work–which is about 12 miles round-trip–today, I totally went for it, going the extra 4 miles to the end of the trail and then back. So, if...
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