Oryx and Crake is part 1 of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy. I read part 2 without knowing it was part 2 of anything, then read part 3 because it became available at the library before part 1. By reading part 1 last, I had a much different perspective on the story and characters, knowing where […]
Lotusland is a 37-acre public garden of exotic plants that belonged to Ganna Walska. The spectacular collection is a very personal expression of Walska’s penchant for the dramatic, the unexpected, and the whimsical. Married 6 times, Walska was a singer and socialite. The gardens range from a spectacular lotus pond, cactus, succulents, cyads, topiary, and bromeliads.
I finally cooked again. It’s hard when life is chaotic. It’s much easier to throw food in a pan and then toss it over pasta or rice. Brain cells are used when assembling an actual dish and I’ve been woefully short on functioning brain cells. I had this luscious goat cheese that I wanted to
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Allan was exceptionally good at blowing things up. His political ideology was Vodka-ism. His daily philosophy was “Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.” I liked Allan, the 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared just before his 100th birthday. We have stereotypes of what a 100-year-old man would
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Growing up, just as every Saturday I watched American Bandstand, every Sunday I listened to Casey’s Kasem’s American Top 40. I can’t remember exactly when I started listening but I think it was around age 10 when I got my first cassette recorder. I had to miss 2 hours of the Sunday morning program due
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