What to cook for dinner

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It’s that time of the morning. I need a dinner idea, and it’s not coming to me. It’s going to be rainy and cool. That normally would mean soup or stew, but I am really at the end of the winter cooking cycle emotionally and would much prefer steak and salad. So the process begins. [...]

Good enough to get into trouble

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I am keeping up with feeding myself, doing the dishes including the dreaded unloading of the dishwasher, watching a lot of bad TV, and playing on the computer. The last 24 hours I have been playing on the computer in conjunction with my PayPal account. I’m having fun. Let me share the two things I’ve [...]

Green

That’s the general color I’ve decided for the home office. I’m looking at a dusty, Tuscan, ancient green. A gray green. The old color we’d call Sage Green a few years ago with a couple of layers of mud on it. I think it will look good with all the wood in the room. — [...]

Bedspread love, round two

I did it. I ordered two twin duvet covers from Pottery Barn for the guest room. I’ve only been looking a year. Originally I thought I’d pick a couple of handwoven spreads up in Guatemala, but since I’m not going, that was off. A couple of days ago I ran across this one: I love [...]

Making the home decorating to do list

I have decided to redo the house. Every inch of it. I’m waiting a couple of weeks to see if I might have a partner in this project. In the meantime, I’ve started the list. Everything I hope to accomplish is going onto a spreadsheet. It’s actually been very helpful as now I’m beginning to [...]