What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? It’s not about maintenance right now. There’s a whole lot to improve. Even if my most recent tests showed that I was in okay health (my pee did say I could drink more water, and my cholesterol levels are on the higher side, butContinue reading “Freeze Dried Craze”
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Bookish Destinations
What are your future travel plans? My husband had initially been talking about going to one of the best beaches in the world for our 20th wedding anniversary. While I can roll with that, I’m not as keen on a beach holiday as I was when I was younger. It could be the hot flashes,Continue reading “Bookish Destinations”
A Little Bit of (Crawfish) Monica in My Life
What foods would you like to make? The thing about books and myself is that, from my tween years (back when “tween” wasn’t in anyone’s vocabulary) I’d formed a (possibly unhealthy) habit of partnering reading time with snack time. I read books every day, but nothing beat the joy of Friday afternoon reading. On Fridays,Continue reading “A Little Bit of (Crawfish) Monica in My Life”
Cat Lady Post: Mid-level Cat Lady with Some Seniority
Dogs or cats? It’s not that I don’t like dogs. In fact, I love them. I wouldn’t mind taking care of one or two. I want all the dogs in the world to be happy, taken good care of, and know that they’re safe and loved. Cats are different though. I’ve always wanted a catContinue reading “Cat Lady Post: Mid-level Cat Lady with Some Seniority”
In the Garden: Prickly Pear Predicament
I’m on the warpath because some beast or human broke my prickly pear cactus! I had grown it from a single pad that I had snapped off somebody’s plant (with her permission). I don’t usually actively acquire cacti and succulents unless they’re virtually free. I am fascinated by cacti, however. I think it started withContinue reading “In the Garden: Prickly Pear Predicament”
The DNF Option – Do You Take It?
There was a time when I suffered through boring storylines, repulsive characters, predictable twists, and cheesy, cliché writing for the sole reason that I had to see something I had started through to the end. I was young, healthy, and childless. It was nothing to waste an hour or two plodding through an inferior novelContinue reading “The DNF Option – Do You Take It?”
Little Hopes and Big Hopes
What are you most excited about for the future? When first accosted (because I somehow felt both affronted and burdened) by this query, my natural negative tendencies immediately took over. Concerns about autism, expenses, inflation, and even wars entered my mind. Being an instinctive worrywart and over-thinker, I suppose I do have a natural DebbieContinue reading “Little Hopes and Big Hopes”
Unseasonal Baking Spree
In a previous post, I mentioned that I tended to reserve my baking for the cooler months. This isn’t a hard and fast rule, of course. In fact, in the middle of a heatwave, I decided to do a bit of penitence by laboring in the kitchen and doing a torrid baking streak. It wasn’tContinue reading “Unseasonal Baking Spree”
Small Life Delight – Homemade Candy
The first time I learned about snowflake crisps, I was watching famous Chinese vlogger Li Ziqi prepare treats for a festival. I was intrigued by the mixture of butter, marshmallows, crackers, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, etc. It looked like really loaded marshmallows, a concept I found really intriguing. It’s always fun to see candy beingContinue reading “Small Life Delight – Homemade Candy”
In the Garden – Crooked Cucumber Harvest
I’m not going to make any claim to Zen other than the fact that I write a lot about green tea and often have to delve into meditation and tea ceremonies. I’m hard pressed to find any Zen in my life. It’s not my aesthetic and not my disposition. It would be nice if itContinue reading “In the Garden – Crooked Cucumber Harvest”
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