Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 31/10)
C Scene There was a lot of good stuff this week. Carla hauling the vodka bottle out of her desk drawer and telling Sally “orange juice in the fridge” after…
Portugal and Eco: The Knights Templar Castle, Tomar
Vacationing in the Azores, my reading was Humberto Eco’s Foucault's Pendulum. It was my introduction to the Knights Templar and I fell in love. I was going on to Portugal, and Tomar…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 24/10)
Trifecta No one scene jumped out at me this week. But three spoke a bit, for different reasons. First, the penultimate scene with Steve and Becky. A close up of…
Click Fatigue
Every day I gave .6 bowl of kibble to shelter animals and 10 pieces of kibble to other shelter dogs and 10 pieces to cats. I had 2 foster dogs…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 17/10)
Molly's Turkey Molly pulls the Christmas turkey out of the oven. The pan tips and the turkey slides out on the floor. Oh, the poor girl. I haven’t had a…
Commodity Dogs
Dogs and cats have always been a part of my life - an important part. Most of them, from my childhood and adulthood, have just come along and stayed. An…
Secretariat: The Movie (2010)
The thing that annoyed me most about the movie Secretariat was that the horses playing him were not in the credits. In particular, the one who played him in close-ups…
Waifs and Strays Christmas
My partner and I were alone one Christmas. We realized a few of our friends would be too so we invited them for Christmas dinner. As you do especially at…
Coleman Stove Stir Fry
This is a success story, a risky entertaining move that worked. Years ago when I knew something about cooking but not a lot about having dinner parties, I wanted to…
Meal plans
When you're making a meal, buy the right parts and remember all of it. I learned this one New Year's Eve. I cooked dinner for three friends. I’d decided to make…
If you don’t eat it, don’t cook it
This was the stupidest meal I ever made, even though it worked out fine. When I was young and foolish, I invited a young man I was trying to impress…
Entertaining with ease – or not
Entertaining at Home With Ease is a book co-written by my late mother-in-law, Dr. Marjorie Stewart. Her main point about dinner parties is make it easy for yourself and that,…