This is January, and this is NOT a food blog. Nonetheless, we are going to discuss a Christmas-related food experience. Those who are bothered by this may run out and buy Valentines. Nuts in the shell were always included in Christmas stockings at our hose, resulting in the appearance of the family nutcrackerContinue reading “Flying Up From Rio”
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Polarizing Plate
I don’t go LOOKING for trouble, Heaven knows. I was just curious about a food item—though I certainly do not write a food blog—and went into the Interwebs to answer my question. Someday I shall sum up my research into the history of the BLT, but I was sidetracked into a completely unrelated issueContinue reading “Polarizing Plate”
Informational Mailings
Last week in this space we discussed those informational postcards which informed you about candidates who knew you were the right kind of citizen and would vote for them. These are considered by most of America to be part of a larger subclass of educational material known as “junk mail”. The custom ofContinue reading “Informational Mailings”
Election Year!
Let’s continue to celebrate the New Year while we can. It is 2024, after all, a (FM) as the Farmer’s Almanac likes to remind us, a year that’s one day longer than the rest: a Leap year, an Olympic Year, a…well, yes, in these United States, a big Election Year! We are notContinue reading “Election Year!”
Centennial Volumes
Well, I just don’t know. It’s about time for me to do my annual summary of book stuff celebrating a centennial in 2024. But besides the fact that 1928 has been grabbing all the media attention (since works published in that year are not officially in the public domain) I am struck byContinue reading “Centennial Volumes”
Dutch Courage
We are ALMOST a week into the New Year, and like the rest of us who swore off procrastination last year, some of you have not gotten around to making your resolutions yet. I know I offered you a great deal of selfless and unselfish advice (it’s easy to be unselfish if you’re givingContinue reading “Dutch Courage”
2024 Self-Improvement (Yours)
One of the services any good blogger should be ready to perform for readers is help out with New Year’s Resolutions. This might seem a little late to some of you, but the people who get their Christmas shopping done by Halloween are not exactly my core audience. And, anyway, by this timeContinue reading “2024 Self-Improvement (Yours)”
The Gobble-Uns Who Getcha
Every culture on the Earth, it seems, has a demonic creature designed to punish, terrify, or simply eat disobedient children. Sometimes demons, sometimes cranky witches, children are informed, will carry them away or sometimes just give them a solid thrashing. And no holiday draws them out, at least in Europe, like Christmas. Pere FouettardContinue reading “The Gobble-Uns Who Getcha”
Carol of the Yells II
Once upon a time, the story goes, a Methodist preacher was on a voyage when a horrible storm sprang up. The crew of the ship was doing its best to keep the vessel from coming to grief in the high winds, and several able-bodied passengers, including the preacher, had come on deck to helpContinue reading “Carol of the Yells II”
Santa Blogs XL
Dear Santa Blob: How do you do it, you Polar Punk. Last year I was sure my uncle, at least, had realized I was too old for the books about cute bunnies and duckies my mother buys me (secondhand, when she can find a good Book Fair, thanks to you, you red-coated rat) andContinue reading “Santa Blogs XL”
Blogsy Babbles 