
gumbo for the super bowl
as promised, we are making more gumbo for the super bowl.

if there were aliens
if there were aliens among us

amped up black bean soup
After I made the beans, I read the recipe and had two problems – first, I had pre-cooked the beans, forgetting that the recipe called for cooking the beans along with the veggies and second, the recipe seemed much more boring than I was craving so – I started over and re-created this soup.

amped up black bean soup
After I made the beans, I read the recipe and had two problems – first, I had pre-cooked the beans, forgetting that the recipe called for cooking the beans along with the veggies and second, the recipe seemed much more boring than I was craving so – I started over and re-created this soup.

27 years
Wasn’t it yesterday that we sat under the awning of our trailer-home, laughed, drank gin and tonics and played rummy 5000 between play rehearsals?

27 years
Wasn’t it yesterday that we sat under the awning of our trailer-home, laughed, drank gin and tonics and played rummy 5000 between play rehearsals?

dance like no one is watching and write like no one is reading
I find it odd that people are reading this.

dance like no one is watching and write like no one is reading
I find it odd that people are reading this.

bad news
Turned on my old kenmore to preheat for ginger cookies and within a minute I heard a cracking noise, like crumpling newspaper, coming from inside the oven. Opened the door and the back of one side of the heating element was flaming. Not what you want to see.

bad news
Turned on my old kenmore to preheat for ginger cookies and within a minute I heard a cracking noise, like crumpling newspaper, coming from inside the oven. Opened the door and the back of one side of the heating element was flaming. Not what you want to see.

what to do with pork tenderloin
This was my dilemma. I made one a couple nights ago and it was yummy but I find that we rarely sit down to a 3-part meal meaning; meat, vegetable plus something to round it out.

what to do with pork tenderloin
This was my dilemma. I made one a couple nights ago and it was yummy but I find that we rarely sit down to a 3-part meal meaning; meat, vegetable plus something to round it out.

Here is my basic, (usually leftover) casserole:
You can used anything for the layers – any pasta on the bottom (I prefer angelhair) any veggies next, meat next if you want.

Here is my basic, (usually leftover) casserole:
You can used anything for the layers – any pasta on the bottom (I prefer angelhair) any veggies next, meat next if you want.

tracks in the snow
Coyotes have been howling and yipping almost every night