Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This was a fun prompt. Everyone selected a book and then rolled 3 10-sided die. Based on the number from the die, we flipped to that page number and after reading either the first line or the whole page we were to continue what we thought might happen. I selected the Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft
Halloween has passed and Thanksgiving is almost here but I had to share these photos. I’ve been wanting to do this forever with Bear and we had a ton of fun with it. Bear was such a good boy but once he was done, he was done. In his defense, it is HOT under that
I love finding random little, interesting stops in small towns while on road trips. On the way to and from Bent’s Old Fort, we drove through Coolidge, Kansas. In the original 1983 National Lampoon’s Vacation movie Cousin Eddie is from Coolidge, Kansas. Despite enjoying the Christmas Vacation movie, I have not watched the original film
We are a little past spooky season but I am a bit behind on my stories and I do love how this one turned out. Prompt: Cryptids and mythological creatures are now out in society and know to the humans. What are they doing now. If possible, try for a bit of rom-com. Crypid: [noun]
Last year I read and reviewed Those Were the Days. It is a memoir by an Aspen, CO of her time there in the 70’s. I also got the opportunity to interview her and it was wonderful. Her book, along with being filled with wonderful stories, has recipes from the restaurants that were there at
Keltin and I had the opportunity to visit a couple of historical sites over the summer. The first of which was Bent’s Old Fort outside of La Junta, CO. This was fun day trip out from his parent’s place in Southwestern Kansas. It is $10 for adults to visit and there are restrooms both at the
The writing prompt for this story was an unsolved mystery. We all drew mysteries from a hat and I got the Flannan Lighthouse Mystery. Here is the short blurb: In 1900, thre lighthouse keepers disappeared from their post at the Flannan Island Lighthouse. The ship sent to relieve the men could tell something was very
The base recipe for this are rosemary cookies. The original recipe is in the back of The Lost Apothecary. The cookies are delicious from that recipe but I wanted to try something different and I was craving a taste of fall without going full pie and decided to play with this recipe a bit. I
A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to visit the Texas Renaissance Festival down near Houston. I love Ren Fests, I think they are a ton of fun, they typically have good food and great entertainment along with some pretty decent mead. We visited on Pirate Weekend and there were a ton of
Title: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who CookAuthor: Anthony BourdainPublication Date: 2010Publishing House: Harper Audio After listening to Kitchen Confidential I was interested in reading more of Bourdain’s books. Medium Raw is not a sequel to Kitchen Confidential but it is a companion book in that Bourdain
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