We like pretzels. One of the things I really miss is fresh warm pretzels, the kind we used to buy at the old mall in Auburn. I don’t know if the mall is open or will open. It was barely… Read More ›
Food
THE PRICE OF FOOD, THE COST OF STAYING ALIVE – Marilyn Armstrong
This post started out as a comment to Rich’s piece, but it reminded me of all those years when the Fishery Department in New England begged the fisher-folks to hold back on fishing out the spawning areas. St. George’s banks… Read More ›
BRING ON THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES – RICH PASCHALL
Hungry Eyes, by Rich Paschall My father knew all the best buffet restaurants and Swedish Smorgasbords. For a few years, it was a frequent weekend adventure to accompany my father and his wife to a buffet restaurant. There are not… Read More ›
INTRODUCING THE POTATO – BY ELLIN CURLEY
When we celebrate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day, we should also be celebrating Columbus’s discovery of the potato. More accurately, Columbus’s introduction of the potato from the New World to the Old World. This introduction… Read More ›
TIME FOR ANOTHER BREAK – Marilyn Armstrong
For the last few days, my right arm has been getting worse each day. So now, it’s bad enough that I need to stop typing for a day or two. Usually one does it, but sometimes, it takes two. But… Read More ›
CRUSHED GHIRADELLI CHOCOLATE & THE CRAZY CUOMO KIDS – Marilyn Armstrong
CRUSHED GHIRADELLI CHOCOLATE & THE CRAZY CUOMO KIDS Andrew Cuomo, New York State’s Governor, seems about as sane and down-to-earth as anyone in government can be. Considering the damage to New York from COVID 19, he’s done about as well… Read More ›
CORONAVIRUS TRENDS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Most of the United States, and much of the rest of the world, are ‘sheltering in place’ because of the Coronavirus pandemic that has swept across the globe. This means that vast numbers of people are cooped up at home,… Read More ›
ANXIETY AND THE CORONAVIRUS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I’ve had an anxiety disorder for as long as I can remember. As a child, I would worry about everything and was afraid of almost everything. My mother, a trained child psychologist, tried to give me a form of cognitive… Read More ›
CROCUSES AND THE HEADSTONE FOR OLD WINSTON – Marilyn Armstrong
Crocuses and the Headstone for old Winston, the guinea pig Garry wasn’t feeling up to grocery hauling today so I went. No problem keeping my distance. The store wasn’t crowded. there was no pasta, no bread, no paper goods of… Read More ›
A GLOBAL TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE! HOLY SH$T! – Marilyn Armstrong
No matter how long I live, I think the memory that will linger longer than any other is the absence of toilet paper. There’s no TP in Massachusetts, even out here in the boonies. No TP in Boston. No TP… Read More ›
NO TOILET PAPER IN UXBRIDGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Garry likes to quote lines from “Airplane,” such as “I guess this was a bad day to give up sniffing glue.” That was, by the way, Lloyd Bridges. There were a series of these, starting with “I guess this was… Read More ›
WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS – Rich Paschall
A Return to France, by Rich Paschall When you have been to Paris, you will likely hope that you can return someday. It is just a little sprinkle of magic that the city puts upon tourists and part-timers. There are… Read More ›
