Category Archives: food

Day 2 NaPoWriMo

Quiet day but it started out with the solution to using up bananas: Banana pancakes! morning slatted light across the waiting table glowing sugar bowl banana pancakes filled two plates and our stomachs jolly good breakfast. quiet afternoon some mundane … Continue reading

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Staying Local

As I tour around looking at things and for places to paint, I see lots of things. Some don’t register much, some get a ‘oh interesting’ sort of reaction and some get filed away in the ‘you should find out … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-eight

Mom texts me to say she’s resting after gardening. she’s been out since eight turning soil filling and emptying the rusty old wheelbarrow scarfing around plants she put in early this year. Now resting happily. I put my feet into … Continue reading

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New Stuff

why parsnips, you may ask? New iPhone day! Yes indeed. Photos TBD. The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything. — Zig Ziglar

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A beautiful day in the neighborhood

I went out because the clouds and sky were glorious but the colors of spring are mysterious and fugitive. Tonight I went out to the car because I’d left my snack out there uneaten. I sat there and ate it, … Continue reading

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