This morning, maybe because Matt and Dawn were expecting company yesterday, I thought of how my dad and mom welcomed company a long time ago when I was a child. Company was special. (It still is, by the way.) We looked forward to visitors (well, Mom and Dad did. I was so shy that sometimes I would […]
Oct 30, 2014
Chocolate Nuggets
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What do you call a pan of double chocolate orange brownies that don’t exactly come out of the pan as they ought? Chocolate nuggets, of course. And, let me tell you they are just as tasty as the kind that is neatly cut into attractive squares.Chocolate nuggets, coffee, friendship and a whole lot of laughter […]
Oct 29, 2014
A Strong Tower
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In Ireland, tall, round stone towers rise like ancient, stalwart guards, keeping watch over a beloved country. Built centuries ago, some as long ago as 750 or 800 A.D., sixty-five of them dot the Irish countryside. Some are in fine condition, looking much as they did when built, and some are just ruins, crumbling stones in a jumbled […]
Oct 28, 2014
Koffee with Kerry
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Once, long ago, in those dear, dim, misty days almost beyond recall (certainly beyond the time of some of you readers) I, Blanche Day, had a lamb for a pet. His name was Louie and I loved that lamb as you can see in the picture. Sorry about my tongue being between my teeth. That […]
Oct 27, 2014
Coffee with Blanche
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Another Monday, another start of the work week. I hope it is blessed with good things for you and for all of us. October is nearly over with, finished, done! And then comes November with election day (don’t forget to vote) and Thanksgiving. November also is the month for celebrating the end of World War […]
Oct 25, 2014
Look Up
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Yesterday, while sitting on my deck, I glanced up at my back yard maple. Colored leaves adorned the top! Evidently autumn comes to the heights before it comes to us lowly earthlings. And the thought came to me, if I hadn’t looked up, I would not have seen those beautiful leaves. Yesterday’s disappointment is indeed banished […]
