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Mi vida es un bolsillo lleno de arco iris.
My life is a pocketful of rainbows.

So, here I am...
***This blog was Established 2005***
And I am slowly reestablishing it.

I love English Lit! I have a fascination with puns, satire and tropes. I relish sharing the latest logic puzzle I've found. I advocate for education reform. I read Spanish much more fluently than I speak it. I know a lot of German. I dabble in SEVERAL languages .... including writing, history and knowledge of cultures. I am very interested in urban farming and self-sufficiency. Huge Douglas Adams, Roger Zelazny and Piers Anthony fan. I like reading Stephen King/Richard Bachman. I could spend hours with Terry Brooks and Shannara. T.S. Garp and I would get along famously. Avid Armchair Traveler ... especially Italy and Mongolia. Miicroadventures rock! I homeroast green coffee beans ... my fave are those from Chiapas, Mexico. I try new teas and those from Scotland make me smile. Friends and family are AWESOME!

I hope that something made you smile today!.
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Saturday, December 30, 2023

2024 Audiobook Challenge
Now I don't necessarily expect make it ... but I will try for a noble goal. 150+ Lest you should be impressed, I am mainly going to do books on my physical TBR/TBRreread. That goal seems more necessary than impressive. :-)

Thursday, December 28, 2023

-----Tom Smothers, one of The Smothers Brothers, has passed away. He was in his 80s.

People must really like casseroles lately ... with cold weather approaching. I see links popping up. I should raid my mother's recipe box/books (that I inherited). I like retro casseroles.

My 2024 Goals

-----Do research on the history of Extreme Poverty and what it has led us to.
Start compiling what the Bible says about poverty and truly think about it.
-----Pray for someone I thought I knew ... who let there financial hardships and worries eat them up.
-----Make more salads!I especially want to do stone fruit salads (maybe not plums, so much). Did you know that olives are a fruit (and a stone fruit)? ----'Write a lament.

This is a list in progress. :-)

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

-----Corned-Beef Salad with Thousand Island Dressing and Rye Croutons
The description given for the dressing:
.....the real old-fashioned kind with “islands” of pickle relish, hard-cooked egg, and chopped scallion.

-----Corned Beef Sandwich Spread
-----How it became Irish American to have corned beef and cabbage. Instead of bacon(ham).
And this is where canned corned beef is likely most popular.
-----Corn Beef with White Sauce. Wasabi white sauce.
-----There is such a thing as Corned Beef Spaghetti. Does that even sound good?
-----Corned Beef Coleslaw. Hmmm.