Tomorrow, when I get dressed, I will slip my feet into what I call my Red Boots of Courage. It's going to be a long day. Americans will choose the 45th President of the United States in the 58th election held since we became a country. All American women have had the right to vote …
Category: life
There are no coincidences
One Girlie I am particularly fond of likes to say "Mrs. E, there are no coincidences. Things happen for a reason." I completely agree. But I am still astounded sometimes when I run across what, on the surface, seem to be totally unrelated facts or events. Here is what happened to me yesterday. Saturday, I …
Let them eat brioche?
**Update October 25, 2016 Sometimes the most wonderful things happens when you write a blog. You make new friends. And you realize that people really do read what you write. I write this blog this for me, but if I can reach just a few others who have the same interests I do, then I …
Kindness
Quote: Audrey Hepburn Photo credit: not sure- I found it on Oui, Oui Je Parle Franglais's FB page I am, quite truthfully, so undone by this presidential election and the ugliness that it has brought to the forefront of almost every waking moment of our lives in the United States, that I find myself in …
“News is bad for you”
photo credit: Amanda Whitlock "And giving up reading it will make you happier." The Guardian I admit to being semi-addicted to Facebook. I get up every morning, make my hot lemon tea water, start the coffee brewing, and open up the computer. My day just doesn't seem to start off right without reading Sean Dietrich's …
A Paradox
According to Merriam-Webster's Learners Dictionary: paradox noun par·a·dox \ˈper-ə-ˌdäks, ˈpa-rə-\ Popularity: Top 1% of lookups Simple Definition of paradox : something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible : someone who does two things that seem to be opposite to …
Who am I?
This popped up on Facebook as my post (on the old blog) from a year ago... I am still wondering who I am! A work in progress, I like to say. I can even add a few more facts to the list. When you were twelve or so, did you sit around and wonder why …
Good Women by Sean Dietrich
Here I go again. Shamelessly stealing from Sean. Well, it's not stealing if he says I can, right? And if I give him full credit? I love this man. He says it the way it should be said. He is not ashamed of his Southern roots. He is not ashamed to eat real food. And …
Heroes
Ask Americans of a certain age where they were on 9/11 and they can tell you. I was in a 7th grade team meeting. Before internet and televisions in all classrooms. Most of us didn't even have radios. Sounds like the Dark Ages to the young'uns. The kids I teach this year, in 6th, 7th …
Gratitude Project
This is an earlier post that I am moving over from my original blog. It is one of my most meaningful experiences and I like to look back on it often. It keeps me grateful and less likely to get wrapped up dramas or concerns that I cannot control. Can you teach someone else to …
the sabbatical chef 