Sunday Morning Musings: “Traipsing” with the Laundry and “Gosh All Fishhooks”

I gathered up my laundry and traipsed it over to the laundromat, with my head full of all the changes that are coming with the move.  Yep, it’s almost most a done deal, with the closing less than two weeks away now.
For many, I suppose, there’d be no question about the choice between living in [...]

Another Lesson: Getting the Most for Your Money at the All-You-Can Eat Buffet, Or How To Hide a Gun

This is not my usual type of post, but I couldn’t resist passing this along. It’s one of those stories that makes you think, “Now has that ever happened before?”
Here in Houston, when someone is arrested they are usually taken to the Houston Municipal Jail, and then if they are not let loose or [...]

A Glimpse of Galveston 10 Months After Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike hit on September 13, 2008, just a little more than 10 months ago. Preparing for the storm to come through Houston, going through the dramatic ordeal first-hand, and waiting for life to return to normal afterward are experiences I won’t forget.
But in these past 10 months, I haven’t gone to the coast, where [...]

American Idol Has Adam Lambert and Sweden’s Got Talent Has . . . Knäckebrödsdansen

Someone is going to comment that this is what happens when a country becomes too socialistic, but this is so much more fun than the Perez Hilton–Miss California USA cat fight.
It doesn’t really matter if your Swedish doesn’t go any further than “lutefisk”. but I’m sure if it goes as far as Swedish meatballs, some [...]

Hamburger Gravy: One of Those Good Ol’ Comfort Recipes

In my Hamburger Gravy post, some readers may have been disappointed by not seeing an actual recipe format. (I guess I thought the directions for making hamburger gravy were implicit there.) Here is how we have made and still make hamburger gravy in our family. If you have never made hamburger gravy, it [...]

Simple and Delicious Squash Pie and Ice Water Pie Crust Recipes–Something You May Want To Try This Holiday Season

I got out my recipe box tonight, as I wanted to find my pie crust recipe; actually, I have two different recipes that I’ve used over the years, one that you start with boiling water, and the more traditional one in which you finally bind the ingredients together with a little ice water. Homemade squash [...]

Homemade Gravy Right in the Skillet–Really Good, Quick and Just the Thing To Go with Fried Meat

I’ve received so many views of my Hamburger Gravy post that I thought I’d try to write a real “how to” explanation for making gravy; I’m not sure that I want to call it a recipe because I’ve never written one down before.
I learned how to make gravy from my mom out on our farm [...]

After Hurricane Ike: Getting Back To a Routine, But Thinking About Blizzards and “Bierochs” (Recipe Included)

This week really felt good–getting back to a normal schedule, after being at loose ends without electricity and not working. I feel so fortunate to have pretty much everything back to normal, when there are so many who don’t, from those still without electricity here around town, to those down on the coast and other [...]

Sex in a Pan–Decadent and Easy!

In the 80s and 90s, I lived in a great little garden complex over in Montrose (Houston, Texas) on Burlington Street. There were 32 apartments, all of which overlooked the swimming pool and small courtyard in the middle. It was a great little complex, friendly and close-knit, and for a lot of those [...]

Coffee Milk and Hopalong Cassidy

I’m not a big coffee drinker. I’ve never been one of those people who just have to have their cup of coffee in the morning to get started. (Maybe that’s why I’m a slow starter.) But about once a week or once every two weeks, I’ll get a grande at Starbuck’s at work and add [...]