image link Charley was a wood carver who had learned the trade from his Great Uncle Horatio, aka “Uncle Ray”, a grand adventurer who rejected the comfort of a privileged lifestyle of inherited wealth and who instead chose to globe-trot well into his 80s. Charley was able to spend each January with Uncle Ray, who…
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mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
“All I’ve Got to Do,” by The Beatles — Coloring Club Plus — 8/30/19
With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on November 22, 1963 (the same day when the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX), on Parlophone, exactly eight months after the band’s debut Please Please Me. The album…
Salsa Mexicana Cocida
I decided to try one of Irene’s delicious recipes. Irene’s blog is My Slice of Mexico. The recipe I chose to make is Salsa Mexicana Cocida. I had about a dozen ripened and ripening tomatoes from the two plants that are off-the-charts prolific with large flavorful fruit. (The other plants I started from seed from…
The Silver Vortex
Remy and I met in a rare book store on Monopoly Boulevard in Boston. Not only did we have an interest in rare books in common, but we loved finding obscure historical places to explore that we’d found in them. In a 15th century tome, the Romana Obscura (RO), we were able to acquire for…
Randy Rainbow Rides Again
Fandango shared another rousing episode of Randy Rainbow’s incisive political satire. Randy nails Cheeto to the wall with his Song Parody of Jesus Christ Superstar selections.
99 Happy Songs!
Paula at Light Motifs II passed the happy wand to me! We’re trying to post 99 songs for Rory’s challenge, and I have a great one right here. Can’t help but smile when this one plays. Dare ya to try! Now I tag freefallin!
“Do You Want to Know a Secret,” by The Beatles — Coloring Club Plus — 8/29/19
Today’s coloring is dedicated to The Beatles. The 4 froggies represent the Fab Four. I remember when this album came to my house and even as a 5 year-old, I was playing the vinyl off of it. I would sit there on the floor and pore over the jacket. I loved the album as a…
