I traveled for a long time last night and managed to cover a lot of territory. Some of it was exciting, some inspiring, some sentimental and some just made me smile. A lot. I started with the incredible sounds of Il Divo and Amaging Grace. I just recently discovered this group when a friend sent me the link. I […]
Location: Midwest Primary Industry: Political machine Latest Entertainment: The Burris Family Slight of Hand Team Interesting Developments per Arcamax News: “Roland W. Burris II was hired as a senior counsel for the state’s housing authority in September, about six weeks after the Internal Revenue Service filed a $34,163 tax lien against him and three weeks […]
I just received a breaking news alert from The New York Times that a USAirways plane carrying 146 passengers and 5 crew members is now mostly submerged in the Hudson River after a failed attempt to return to the airport. It is believed that the plane may have hit a flock of birds. Rescues are […]
Today I’m enjoying the freshness of the morning, and feeling blessed. I’m celebrating the birth of my saviour and the abundance with which I’ve been given. Last night I sat out on the beach and watched the stream of brightly decorated boats as they sailed along the coast of the mainland in their annual parade of glory. The […]
The automakers decided to travel by car to Washington this week to beg for their handout. That’s much better than the mode of travel used a couple weeks ago when they arrogantly flew in by private jet. That sent the message that they expected us to buy one of their cars for our traveling, but […]
Today we travel back in time to view a proclamation by the Continental Congress. Following the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress recognized the need to give thanks for delivering the country from war and into independence. Congress issued a proclamation on October 11, 1782: By the United States in Congress assembled. PROCLAMATION. IT being […]
Today we are once again traveling back to the kitchen for more freezer cooking. I’m going to give you a few recipes to try out for your freezer meals. This is another freezer prep day for me. The first recipe is one from my OBC years. It’s Florence Douglas’s Chicken Pie. The second is Sheila […]
I ventured into the kitchen today for an all day go at it. I used to cook, bake, can, freeze, make jelly, everything all the time before I ran away to the sun, sand and surf. In my new life I still cooked, but worked a lot and didn’t get quite so involved in the […]
I remember the Beat Generation. I wanted to be part of it. I wanted to be beat. Ouch! Not like that. Like the cool kind of beat. I was only in junior high, but I worked hard at it, wishing I were older so I could be a real beatnik. Looking back, I can see that I […]
Parke County, Indiana bills itself as the Covered Bridge Capital of the World. At a count of 30 covered bridges, it beat out Lancaster, Pennsylvania by one bridge of having the most in the nation. In 1978 the bridges were added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Covered Bridge Festival is always held the […]