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Happy new year, southern style

Happy new year, southern style

For a number of years now, Robert and I have enjoyed cooking up a southern new year’s day dinner featuring the traditional foods of pulled pork, hoppin’ john, collard greens and cornbread. Last year we were sick with COVID, and sick at heart over the Marshall Fire, so we

Pimento Cheese

Yes, yes, it’s finally here: the McDonald recipe for pimento cheese. What is pimento cheese, some of you are asking? It’s an appetizer, a snack, it makes a great sandwich, it pairs well with those best summer tomatoes we all long for, you can put it in an

Roar

About three weeks ago, I saw in my mind a picture of a lion’s paw, and someone was pulling a thorn out of the paw. I’ve been pondering this: who is the lion? who pulled the thorn? I mulled this over and shared it with my small group,

Pizza joy

This is too, too good not to post – this way, when I need to watch it another 427 times, it will be easy to find. Guarantee the one -minute time investment is worth it. Pizza in the making ? pic.twitter.com/cyoCb4bzmp — ??????? ➐ (@MSh3aib) May 10, 2020

Confinement

I love to garden and I find that it has a marvelous way of being the perfect tonic at the perfect time. Sometimes it’s an opportunity to be fully engaged just with the work of my hands, a welcome respite from thinking thinking thinking. Other times, insights and solutions

Liberté ... from the same old boring cocktails

Liberté ... from the same old boring cocktails

Hello from the inside. I, like everyone else, have been living out the ultimate ‘I just wish I could stay home ALL THE TIME’ fantasy for the last five six who-knows how many weeks due to “the unprecented circumstances” and “issues related to COVID-19,” two phrases I hadn’t really

No baloney

Dear all, the post below was (mostly) drafted on December 27, 2014. That’s a long time ago. In fact, that’s bologna. Or baloney. Except, well – read the below about that. I can now see that I was held up in posting this due to a) no photograph of

holiday edition: green bean casserole

holiday edition: green bean casserole

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. It’s been a while – I got a little busy. Had to move this blog, a couple big projects at work, got married, you know, just this and that. Anyhow in honor of the holiday today, I wanted to share with you what is going on

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playing dress-up

Note: Polyvore was shut down in April 2018. Bummer! Doesn’t do much for this post, I’ll tell ya. People watching is one of my favorite things – all those stories, what, why, how … and what people wear is definitely part of that. (For the record: I loved Clinton Kelly’

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of magpies and cats in bowties

I can admit it, I’ve always been a bit of a magpie, collecting shiny bits that caught my eye. Anyone who’s been to my house can attest that I like to have my things about me, little bibs and bobs of things – paper flowers, say, or pretty candles

it's a sine

Ever since I can remember, one of my chief cravings when I’ve not felt well (at least, when I’m both not feeling well and eating) is Jello chocolate pudding, the kind you get in the refrigerated case. Just being honest. by crgreene More than once in the last

sunshine in a jar

If you don’t like lemons, there’s nothing for you here today. Unless you like limes. If you don’t like lemons and you don’t like limes, I hope you like oranges, although this post won’t help you with those. If you don’t like lemons, limes,

what's in a word?

From my couch of enforced idleness, I’ve had more time to noodle on the internetz than usual. TweetStats is a nifty little service that lends a little faux rigor and quasi-scientific analysis to your Twitter stream [Over half my tweets (51.38%) are replies, concretely illustrating the importance I

hotel illness

Still life with sniffles. by crgreene Last weekend I was in Seattle for the ALA Midwinter Meeting (for the few civilians who read this blog, ALA stands for American Library Association). What I planned to do: * Attend various committee meetings, vendor breakfasts, etc. * Visit with colleagues old and new * Ramble

goodbye january, hello rose

Thanks, January, for the beauty of frost and ice, the way cold weather lets you know you’re alive, the shortsleeves brought on by some unusual warm weather, and for a new year, but mostly, for a new niece: Rose Eleanor Patterson Born January 20 Perfect to us in every

For those who are about to present

… we salute you. Maybe you, dear readers, do a fair amount of presenting; maybe you don’t. Maybe you’ve given up on me altogether after my protracted silence on this channel. If you are out there (*tap tap* *tap tap* *hellooooo*) and you do ever give talks as part

The College of Content

I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to attempt to be less critical. You may have wondered why there were no further reports on progress … and in an effort not to be critical of myself, I’ll refrain from comment and leave you to surmise for yourself

Curing what ails you: chicken soup for the MOUTH

I have a true confession to make. I am 36 years old, and until just a couple weeks ago, I’d never made chicken soup from scratch. I can see now that was a huge mistake. By the time this recipe was done, it smelled so amazing I was ready

Farmer Maggot's creamy mushroom & potato soup

I considered calling this Samwise’s Tater and Mushroom soup but once I added the cream I figured it would be more of a Shire soup than an on-the-road soup. For those less enlightened nerdy than I, here’s the deal on Farmer Maggot. Without further ado, the recipe. You

Chammak challo

If you are in my general proximity you have likely already been subjected to my effusions about the dance classes I’ve been doing more or less weekly for the last year or so – and when I say dance class, I really mean more like an hour of danc-y cardio

I still love you, New York

Not my favorite song of his by a long shot … but seems appropriate today. And for what it’s worth: I do love you, New York. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHgY_J63Ik&w=280&h=187] God bless America. Thanks to all those whose courage

29

Today, we celebrate the 29 delightful years that I have had the pleasure of knowing my sister – slightly in advance, because the day itself is tomorrow, but I’m just wild like that. Happy birthday, Chelsea! You may be a grown-up married lady now, but you will also always be

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...

The other day on the twitters, someone I follow re-tweeted this from Yoko Ono: yokoono: Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life. Now, I’m not a huge fan of Yoko, but I was also