Month: November 2013

IT’S A DUESENBERG!

  This is not just any Duesenerg. This was Gary Cooper's 1931 Duesenberg.   

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: LIGHTS AGLOW – HERITAGE MUSEUM

Heritage Museum and Gardens Annual Lights Aglow was last night. Trees and buildings and tents ... lights everywhere. It was a very cold night. Hard to shoot when your fingers are going numb from the chill, but I can't shoot with gloves.  Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light! (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: … Continue reading WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: LIGHTS AGLOW – HERITAGE MUSEUM

CONSUMING A WORLD OF WORDS – ALICE IN WONDERLAND

ALICE IN WONDERLAND, NANCY CHRISTIE 19 pages Pixel Hall Press (November 25, 2013) In a mere 19 pages, Nancy Christie paints an amazingly vivid portrait. A complete world. A woman of indeterminate age, Alice is trapped in the walls of her mother's house. She has surrendered her life. Nothing exists but tending her bedridden shrew of … Continue reading CONSUMING A WORLD OF WORDS – ALICE IN WONDERLAND

SWINGING SCIENCE

  It took me a moment to get this one. Since I did, I haven't stopped laughing. 

Saving Wolves

See on Scoop.it - Forty Two: Life and Other Important Things I wish that I could wave a magic wand and make the world a kinder place for animals; cats, dogs, cows, pigs, sheep, horses, whales, dolphins, elephants, animals used in laboratory experiments — you get the picture, right? Animals are awesome. Animals should have … Continue reading Saving Wolves

DAILY PROMPT: SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE RAW CRANBERRY ORANGE RELISH

This is the most popular side dish I serve with the turkey on Thanksgiving. This year, I'm making a sugar-free version for my diabetic daughter in law using the baking version of Splenda. There are probably other sweeteners you could use -- the measurements will be based on whatever the manufacturer says. Since it isn't … Continue reading DAILY PROMPT: SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE RAW CRANBERRY ORANGE RELISH

BY THE LITTLE COLORADO

It looks like a castle in the desert. Just a natural rock formation, but I like to think a sorcerer lived that and all that remains of his magic is the stone castle, looking over the Little Colorado, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

GOOD ADVICE FOR ELSEWHEN TRAVELERS

Time travel, the ultimate addiction. The day I realized the big window in my bedroom was a wormhole, I started day tripping all ever. It started out a day like any other. Coffee. Making sure the dogs had biscuits. Wash those few dishes in the sink. Clean out the drying rack. Look at the sky, … Continue reading GOOD ADVICE FOR ELSEWHEN TRAVELERS

HE LEFT THIS SILVER BULLET

The young man was confused. His horse edgy, restless. So much noise. He'd seen horseless carriages, but this was crazy. Those things were fast, going every which way. How many directions in a small town not much bigger than those with which the Lone Ranger and his faithful Indian Companion Tonto were familiar. Different trees. … Continue reading HE LEFT THIS SILVER BULLET