Was this really necessary?
This revelation, particularly after the fact, bothers me. Why sexualize a character in a children’s series, particularly when it has played no part in 4,224 pages? Somehow I feel manipulated… broad-sided…betrayed. For Rowling to...
FUN MONDAYS – Current Theme, History, Guidelines, and a complete listing of previous themes
In an effort to help out new hosts, and to locate archived Fun Monday themes, the following is a list of Fun Mondays since its January 2007 inception. What began as just something fun to do on a random Monday, has turned into a delightful meme with...
Fun Monday – Tee Time
Willowtree is this week’s host for Fun Monday, and while that could leave you shivering in your shoes, he came up with a delightfully novel idea. Straight from the horse’s Aussie’s mouth blog: This week’s Fun Monday is being hosted by...
Roseanne Roseannadanna (aka “A One-woman Freak Show”)
So, I had a wild hair…literally. More than "A" wild hair, apparently around 100,000 wild hairs. This is the before: (although, honestly, I liked the "look" much better with a do-rag). Last night was "THE" appointed night...
About Face!
Pensieve IS like a box of chocolates! I couldn’t help writing a second post today and, gracious, it could NOT be more different than the first! Poetry’s on my brain, and when I was surfing Recipe Round-ups, "opportunities" kept smacking...
Noni’s Chicken Stew
Noni’s Chicken Stew Ingredients: Whole chicken or 3-4 chicken breasts 1 Bayleaf 1 Onion, chopped 1-2 Peeled, cubed potato(es) 1 Can stewed tomatoes (or 2, or when doubling the recipe, 3) 1 Can cream-style corn (I don’t add two cans, even when...
Multi-tasking–Cooking, Cleaning, Blogging & More Questions
1) Today is the monthly "Recipe Round-up" and I’m working on my inaugural post for that (you gotta like a meme that rolls around just once a month). Hosted by Motherhood Apologia, October’s theme is "Freezer Recipes". ...
Island Girl, Bo Derek-wannabe, or Just Plain Circus Freak?
It wasn’t planned, there was no forethought. We had just stepped off the boat from our first snorkeling excursion along a Caribbean coral reef, when Rosie landed at the foot of my padded beach lounger. While kaleidoscopic visions of tropical fish...