Shrimp with Grapes, Citrus, and Rum
So simple to make and simply delicious! Ingredients Instructions Based on a recipe from The Spiced Life, which was based on a recipe in Susan Volland’s Green Black Red: Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes.
Health Update
“Bruce, the kidney stones are still an issue,” the urologist said, “But we are more concerned about a mass on your bladder.” This was a few weeks before Christmas 2025, during my usual, routine 6 month ultrasound. More tests were called for but with the holidays coming up and my medicare coverage changing, the CT-scans…
Quick Fish Chowder With Hot Butter Crackers
My wife and I do not often cook dinner together. She is the baker. And I am the maker. I am now reminded of the Aztec Two Step song, You Do The Bakin. Recently, Susan and I made this chowder together and it was delicious. Quoting Sue Li from The New York Times: “As easy…
Spring is in the air.
Photo from March 17. March is the month of expectation, The things we do not know . . . —Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-86)
White Bean Salad With Fennel and Celery
This post cries out for a different title. Like…….WOW! Or…….DELICIOUSNESS! Perfect for summer, but also perfect for a cozy winter evening. Quoting Sue Li in The New York Times: “Like so many bean salads, this one is delicious the day it’s made, but gets even better as it sits. You can marinate the beans in…
PERSIMMON BREAD
The young women bagging my groceries when seeing the three persimmons asked, “What are those?” “Those are persimmons,” I answered. “What do you do with them? What do they taste like?” She asked. “I am going to make persimmon bread and they taste a bit like sweet apples, honey-like.” I had never heard of persimmons…
GOOD DOG, GOOD DOG
Quiet Life Our dog has lost his hearing.It’s sad.Years ago I read to himDOG SONGS by Mary Oliver: “A puppy is a puppy is a puppy.He’s probably in a basket with a bunchof other puppies.Then he’s a little older and he’s nothingbut a bundle of longing.He doesn’t even understand it….” Thirteen years ago we said”We…
My Gift to My Wife on Christmas
A watercolor and a poem. For SusanOn Christmas 2025 A gift.This isA Place.A TableRound, of grace.A heart shaped roseRises from a gold vase.A checkered tablecloth.We hold hands.Susan and IGive praise.Thank You GodFor these giftsWe are about to receiveFrom your bountyThrough Christ our LordAmen.A table of grace.A worldRound, of grace.This morning I saw a bluejaySnatch an…
Thanksgiving Recap
A family Thanksgiving tradition: we host our daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren for breakfast, gift-giving, watching the Macy’s Parade and the dog show. We have the grandchildren open their Christmas gifts on Thanksgiving as on Christmas day at our daughter’s home, what with all the relatives there, it is a bit hectic or chaotic. In Thanksgiving…
Rocky Mountain National Park
Love this song: He was born in the summer of his 27th yearComin’ home to a place he’d never been beforeLeft yesterday behind him, you might say he was born againMight say he found a key for every door When he first came to the mountains, his life was far awayOn the road and hangin’…
Thai Pumpkin Soup
Yes, friends, it is pumpkin time. And the pumpkin from Organic Green Valley is the best! Ingredients Procedure I didn’t have cilantro but I did make croutons! Oh! I plan to make a pumpkin pie soon!!! Here’s a photo of one I made last year:
Recent Watercolors
GAIA. Blue Vase. Nymph Lake. Rocky Mountain National Park. Autumn Leaves, Something I Saw.
Oh No
Not a pretty picture. “That’s a significant tear you have in your rotator cuff,” said the surgeon. “I suspect you have had a tear for years and falling over your rototiller shoulder first on your driveway a few weeks ago, exasperated it.” The MRI report read, in part: “Massive full-thickness rotator cuff tear……Tear measures 5-6…
Slow Cooker Chili
I am always on the lookout for new and old and interesting chili recipes. I have a collection of 20 or 30 I have saved through the years. The list of ingredients really piqued my interest! It’s a Seasoning Spice Party! Sarah DiGregorio writes in The New York Times: “A great chili should be richly…
Khorak-e Loobia Sabz (Green Bean and Chicken Stew)
Simply delicious! You will find yourself making this again and again. OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD FLAVOR!!! Naz Deravian writes in The New York Times: Lifting spirits with a medley of flavors and vibrant hues worthy of a spring garden, khorak-e loobia sabz is equal parts cozy and comforting, and also perfect for entertaining without much effort. Green beans,…
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