I’ve been…reasonably decent this year.  I guess; it’s certainly up for debate.  I can definitely say I haven’t started smoking again (which some days is still damn hard, but it’ll be two years on December 23rd and doesn’t that count for something?)...

A conversation between me and Beloved last night: Beloved:  What are you doing? Me:  Thinking about my post for tomorrow. Beloved:  Random Thoughts? Me:  Yup. Beloved:  Do you have any random thoughts? Me:  Do I have any other...

When my kids came to visit for Thanksgiving, Darling Daughter asked if I’d buy some Ben and Jerry’s. “No,” I said, ” but I’ll make you some ice cream.” She didn’t do a very good job of hiding her disappointment that there would be no Karamel Sutra or...

After all your wonderful help Tuesday, I picked the two photos to submit for my test – the back of the church with the graveyard and the buggy going through the cornfield.  I logged into the site, went to the page for my submissions and saw “Pick one...

Before we go any further, let me just say that I do NOT own a ricer. Yes, I am a culinary heretic. However, I have been “mashing” my potatoes on the “low” setting of my cheap little Sunbeam hand mixer since dinosaurs roamed the earth (amazing, the...