“There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents …and only one for birthday presents, you know.” – Lewis Carroll Also On Tap for Today: Be fanned with palm branches and served ice cold water, infused with cucumber slices as I…
Author: elizabethev
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Today: Things, Kitchen Edition.
March’s volume of Martha Stewart Living appeared in my mailbox a week or two ago. That’s always a good thing. Is that really my best Martha pun? I need to get a life. Or, for your sake, a past time that does not involve broadcasting…
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Today: Sick as a… dog.
Maybe Clark wasn’t getting enough attention. Or, more likely, maybe he bumped into a puppy from the wrong side of the T tracks at the park. And that bad puppy snotted on him. Either way, he contracted pneumonia. And I contracted a serious case of…
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Today: Hat tricks and maple treats.
That’s a P, not an F. Puck. We good? Good. As I sit down to write this (sure to be riveting) post, a news anchor is commenting on the “unprecedented number of intoxicated people” in the streets of Vancouver, as the start of the US…
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Today: OMG.
I don’t claim to be an expert on world religions, or even my own religion, but back in 1987 George Michael told me I’ve gotta have faith. And I took it to heart. (That same year, he also mention something about being a Father Figure……
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Today: Borrow a book.
Is there such thing as too many books? Yes, possibly. Case in point: our shelves have a tendency to overflow and books occasionally come raining from the heavens. Or, more accurately, from the top shelf. And sometimes, when I fear approaching the shelf and jeopardizing…
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Today: Roses and chocolate and lobster, oh my!
Yes, you read that correctly. But no, I did not eat the wily crustacean. I did cook it though. I was ruthless. All in the name of love. And experiments. After battling through fixed menus and crowded restaurants the past few years, we had a…
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Today: Let it snow. A lot.
Forgive me fellow, New Englanders, but I am wishing and hoping and praying for an epic snow storm. I want to make a snow fort. I want to drink hot chocolate from the comfort of my sofa in the middle of an otherwise normal weekday. …
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Today: Before and After.
First things first: There will be nearly no substance to this post. In other words, it’ll be just like every other post. Okay. I was sorting through old emails and came across a real gem that I just had to share… a photo from…