The Tea Party and a warped sense of time
Reading an editorial today by Racine’s local newspaper, I felt a certain “down the rabbit-hole” sensation that has become increasingly familiar. The Journal Times opinion piece, “State no longer a ‘tax hell’,” lauds the news that...Out with Easter candy, in with fresh vegetable platter
Lately I have been making up a platter of veggies for us to snack on throughout the day. I really need to make sure that I keep this up. The past week has been very challenging for me. I happen to have a huge sweet tooth, and this time of year is always very...Forsythia pruning: Bush renewal produces more blooms
Here’s our forsythia bush this afternoon. Okay, it may not be breathtaking to you — but it is to us because we know how it looked last year, and the year before that. Last summer, we did a “renewal pruning” on this shrub. This forsythia was here when...Forsythia in bloom after renewal pruning
< Previous Photos Next > Forsythia in bloom after renewal pruning Racine, Wisconsin — Our forsythia is finally blooming again — after just one year of a three-year renewal pruning plan. See other posts about: SAMSUNG T7 Shield 2TB Portable SSD Back up your...Healthy Salad Dressings
It has been way too long since my last post, so I thought I would share with you some great recipes that have become a staple in our house. I came across these “Dressing for Success” recipes last year in my Women’s Health magazine. All three...Jaime Escalante and ‘ganas’
The death of Jaime Escalante is in the news today. Escalante was the calculus teacher portrayed in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver who had his students in a low-income, East Los Angeles school passing the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Listening to a remembrance today on...Healthy breakfast ideas: Oatmeal, yogurt parfait, egg sandwich
One of my favorite healthy breakfast staples is steel cut oatmeal. It started when we saw the “Oat Cuisine” episode on The Food Network’s Good Eats with Alton Brown. I have been making a variation of his recipe on a weekly basis ever since. (I do...Glenn Beck, Eric Massa, and the worst interview ever
The clips included in the clip above really deserve to be enshrined in the Awkwardness Hall of Fame. I’m someone who grew up watching the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon year in and year out. I was tuned in when David Letterman interviewed Crispin Glover and Farrah...Recipe for oven fries: Healthy roasted potato fries
I have been craving potatoes lately. I wake up drooling at the thought of eating McDonald’s hash browns — maybe six or eight of them — for breakfast. At dinner time, I imagine myself tipping large orders of French fries into my mouth straight from the cardboard...
