It’s SaturYAY! Try something new …
This dessert from http://www.thepickyapple.com/blog is heavenly. Kim made it for one of the fall shows at Depot Theater Company and had non-stop requests for the recipe. NOTES: Kim uses condensed...
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Thank you to my friend Jeffrey Frank for this excellent idea. Terrific way to use leftovers. If all the dressing vanished on Thanksgiving Day, make your favorite stove-top stuffing mix and bake it...
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Scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough. Game over. Filed under: Food, Saturday Stuff Tagged: baking, food
View ArticleBroccoli Cheddar Soup
Creamy Soup Recipe: Broccoli Cheddar Soup When temperatures cool down, there’s really nothing better than digging into a warm and hearty soup; the thicker the better, we say. Broccoli cheddar is one...
View ArticleDevils on Horseback
From the brilliantly clever people at The Crepes of Wrath … Bacon-Wrapped Dates! With surprises!! No wonder these little beauties are known as “Devils on Horseback” — they pack a powerful, naughty...
View ArticleSweet, sweet tapioca …
Are there dishes from your childhood you’d give your right earlobe to duplicate? (Don’t fear it, Stephen Colbert’s doing okay without his.) I finally came across my mom’s potato pancakes when we...
View ArticleWe survived another week!
President Barack Obama was here in Lawrence, Kansas, on Thursday, a few short blocks away on Mt. Oread. The University of Kansas hosted him and I would have stood in line for hours to get a free...
View ArticleGrown Up Game Day Cheesy Beer Dip
The Kansas Jayhawks will be playing basketball in about twenty minutes over on the hill and here on HD, so we’re in Snack Mode. Here’s a variation on the usual white-guy queso, and I’m sure you can...
View ArticlePEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP CREAM CHEESE COOKIES
Yes, these exist, and they melt in the mouths of those who eat them, I have that on good authority. They’re also fun to make, pretty to eat, and you can switch those two things around for...
View ArticleI’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!!!
First post on my Facebook feed this morning was a Happy Anniversary wish from our son John. It’s our 11th … and both of us spaced it off completely, a first in that number of years. We are,...
View ArticleYasss! Weekend!
I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but weekends even in retirement have their own aura – the barely-discernible pace slows, and the party mood amplifies. There are nights when we stay up past midnight...
View ArticleI’m okay with real.
Summer water classes started on Tuesday so this chicky is in the swim again. It’s great exercise and a lot less dance-y than my initial plunge at another facility – this could work out. The instructor...
View ArticleLife holds much more…
I’ll bring the Zen and spend my day not thinking ’bout sewage in a suit JSmith 6/25/2016 Filed under: haiku, My Thoughts, Saturday Stuff Tagged: be real, life
View ArticleKicking over the traces…
Do you ever want out of your skin? You know, because you’re worn out from thinking all the thoughts that pile up in your brain like kindling, splinters poking and needling. Because the stuff held in...
View ArticleThe calm before the earthquake…
Another beautiful Saturday morning in the neighborhood – Farmers Market is busy, #lfk is opening her arms to us as always, the sun’s shining, 67º and easy. Friends who are family have included us in...
View ArticleSuspense, you’re killing me…
the hours pass snail-like finish line is close at hand we will all survive JSmith 11/05/2016 Filed under: Graphics that Grab Me, haiku, My Thoughts, Saturday Stuff Tagged: life, truth
View ArticleSafety that counts…
being seen and heard gifts to those we meet in life gifts of wings and joy JSmith 11/19/2016 Filed under: haiku, My Thoughts, Quotations, Saturday Stuff Tagged: life, relationships, truth
View ArticleThe only safety…
when someone loves you your name feels safe in their mouth your heart is their gem JSmith 11/19/2016Filed under: haiku, My Thoughts, Saturday Stuff Tagged: life, relationships, truth
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