marianallen

Shepherd’s Pie Only Not #NotVegetarian #NotKosher #Treyf #CookingWithLeftovers

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

So I scored some great thighs at the farmers’ market…. Wait. Let me rephrase. I bought some small-farm-raised chickens’ thighs at the farmers’ market, and I braised them in butter and then simmered them in a sauce of cream of mushroom soup, sliced portobello mushrooms,…

FREE STORIES For Halloween #FlashFiction #MondayRecommends #NailArt

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

Comes now Jack Wallen, spooky fiction author extraordinaire, to present you with a smorgasbord of writers providing a Halloween (or similar) flash fiction story for every day in October! I’ll have one in there somewhere. When I get the URL for my story, I’ll post…

Sunday Snapshot – Blast From the Past

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

First, happy birthday to me! Seventy-one, that’s how. This box and its contents were gathered during the early seventies, when I was in college. I still use these sometimes, although I don’t correspond by paper mail very often. In case you don’t know, those colorful…

Tipper Gets Back #Caturday #TipperAndChickie

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

Hi there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? I got out this week! I didn’t get very out, though, because #4 Hooman Sister caught me just off the porch. Boo! But at least I got paws on the ground, so winner, winner, Blue Buffalo chicken-flavored…

All #Fridays4Future #ClimateStrikeOnline

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

SkinnyDoors #ThursdayDoors

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

I may have already shared this first one, but I’m a big, big fan of skinny doors and of brass hardware, so…. I’m not sure where Charlie scrounged this door from; he did a lot of remodeling for people, and carted off the leavings for…

SkinnyDoors #ThursdayDoors

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

Interpersonal Relationships #1LinerWeds

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

One of my favorite authors is Edward Rutherfurd. He writes place-based historical fiction — big, fat volumes with lashings of strong characters and historical background that reads like local color, not a lecture. SO GOOD! In earlier volumes, he began with the first human settlement…

Not A Charlatan. Not In The Least.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

I subscribe to The Food Charlatan online, and she has seriously maligned herself. But, as I see from her About page (best.about.page.ever), she just thinks the word “charlatan” is fun to say. SISTER! I like saying “disingenuous.” Try it. ANYWAY, she (Karen) posted a recipe…

Frazier History Museum #FrazierMuseum #BLM #MondayRecommends #NailArt

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

There are quite a few museums in Louisville, Kentucky. One of them is the Frazier History Museum. I’ve been there a few times. Once I went to see their swords and knives, during which trip we were treated to a live exhibition of swashbuckling. Another…

Sunday Snapshot – Smooth

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Write about someone or something smooth. Or the Santana song. Or just listen to the Santana song. In fact, Imma go do that right now. MA

Chickie Gets Tricky #Caturday #TipperAndChickie

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! Tipper and I played a good trick on Mommy. Tipper hid behind the bookcase. I got Mommy to look at me, then I went behind the bookcase and Tipper came out from the other side. Mommy said, “What? I thought…

Chickie Gets Tricky #Caturday #TipperAndChickie

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

Details #Fridays4Future #ClimateStrikeOnline

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

“History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously its not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little more attention to certain details, like for instance your planet.”― Kim Stanley Robinson, New York 2140

FriendDoors – #Hopkinsville the Last

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

I’m sorry to say, I’m sad to report — Oops! Bruce Willis break! ANYWAY, this is the last of Sara’s Hopkinsville, Kentucky door pictures. After this, you’ll be stuck with my boring portals until the archaeologists go on another field trip. Saved the best for…

A Jewel From My Spam Filter #1LinerWeds

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

I get very few spam comments these days, and what I get is flat-dab boring. But this was a gem. I’m sharing it with you today because the last line produced “prolonged outright laughter” (bonus points if you can name that reference). 🔺WELCOME TO THE…

That Wonderful Summer Salad

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

If you don’t like raw tomatoes, this salad is a nightmare. For the rest of us, it’s bliss. Red tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, mozzarella, and fresh herbs (this is parsley and basil). Dress it with Italian dressing, and gorge yourself in a very unladylike way. Sure,…

"Everything Doesn’t Have To Taste Good To Eat It.” Oh, But It Does. #NailArt #MondayRecommends — NOT

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

There is a meal delivery service, which shall be nameless, that specializes in vegan food. It starts with a V, ends in an O, and has two Es, a T, and an R in the middle. I have a vegan daughter and I love veg.…

Sunday Snapshot: None Of Mine

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

When I saw the cap of this in the yard, I thought it was a potato. Now, I’ve been known to toss scraps out in the back, in hopes of luring the groudhog or the foxes out, but I would never toss a potato. But,…

Tipper Has The Happy #Caturday #TipperAndChickie

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0200

Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Momma cleaned up the toys again, and that means I got to start dragging them out again. The first thing was my Kong, of course. She never puts treats in it anymore, because she doesn’t have to;…