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Swanky (grilled) shrimp cocktail

we are big on shrimp

French toast casserole

Burger blend

sassy seasoning for beefy burgers

i turned 50.

Odds and ends from a purge

more words than you'd think about getting rid of things. and keeping things, including some fragments from blog posts of yore.

how to manage your day

good advice from Emerson, though slightly misquoted most of the time.

There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

Happy new year, southern style

Courtney's deviled eggs and Rebecca's cole slaw

Pimento Cheese

the best and only recipe for it you will ever need, from my mother-in-law

No baloney

no literally, this is a sad story about how they don't make it anymore

sunshine in a jar

heart eyes for lemon curd

hotel illness

that one time i didn't want pizza ...

goodbye january, hello rose

The College of Content

a Lenten project

Farmer Maggot's creamy mushroom & potato soup

a recipe fit for a Hobbit

Chammak challo

catchy catchy catchy

Happiness, pt 4

After too long an absence, the happiness posts are back. Here’s what I’ve got for you this time: birdsong | crackers | lazy Sundays where you don’t have to leave the house and can just wear your PJs all day | throw pillows | all the beautiful plums & lilacs in

If you can't say something nice...

don't say anything at all, but blog about it?

Nostalgia

central Florida in the 80s ... i read so, so, so many books

On cobblers' children

writers gonna write. except when they don't.

Seek, and ye shall ...

a rare work-related semi-rant

FAIL

sometimes you just blow it

NaBloPoMo, redux

failed at blogging, but at least documented my first day on a new job

Happiness, pt 3

This has been a new experiment. Just after publishing my last happiness list, I started this one and have been adding to it until it seemed to reach a length that was significant enough to put out into the world. lavendar | hand claps | puns | doing short spine in pilates reformer

bitter/sweet

leaving Chicago