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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
  The perfect breakfast meat. Write anything about bacon! Bacon is great anytime. Bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches with soup on a cold day. I wasn’t surprised when fast food places started selling sandwiches with bacon added. Don’t forget bacon bits on salad. Facts: Bacon dates back to 1500 BCE. The word bacon refers to the back of a pig. Two billion lbs. of bacon are produced in a year. Now everyone will go out and buy bacon this week. Happy Eating and Happy New Year |
 } Merry Christmas The best part about this time of year is soon the days will start to lengthen and the sun will burn away the clouds more often. I long to see the sun again. Shining Bright and Clear. Spring will show us everything, is still alive and near. Happy Holidays A little cheer goes a long way. |
 Two Quotes From: https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/maple.html Maples are such sociable trees...They're always rustling and whispering to you. By Lucy Maud Montgomery "I always feel at home where the sugar maple grows.... glorious in autumn, a fountain of coolness in summer, sugar in its veins, gold in its foliage, warmth in its fibers, and health in it the year round" By John Burroughs 17. Maple Syrup Day Did you know that this sweet and unique flavor originated in America? Native American Indians were the first to harvest and boil the sap of the maple tree into a thick syrup. Talk about, well, maple syrup, of course. We have Maple Trees. They are beautiful in the fall. The flat, green leaves have 3 points. I look for them to sprout in the spring. The sound of them blowing in a breeze is comforting. If there is a heavy rainstorm headed our way the leaves turn upside down. We tapped trees once. It takes 20 to 60 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. It depends on the sugar content of the sap. This is one of the reasons it can be so expensive to buy. The sap has to be boiled down to eliminate liquid, leaving only the heavy sweet syrup. People who tap trees have to be careful not to put in to many taps. The sap is the life essence of the tree. Too many taps can kill the tree. We did not have a good enough set up to make a lot of syrup. It takes a long time to boil the sap at the proper temperature. We were using propane in the house. The house was filled with sap steam and the over powering maple sweet smell of boiling sap. Many years ago my uncle owned the adjacent farm. There was a maple syrup house in the woods, where there were a lot of Maple trees. The family boiled large caldrons of sap using wood fires. The sweet smelling steam would rise from the open windows of the sap house. As kids we went out to play around the operation sight. It was a lot of fun. The men were using a two man manual saw to cut logs for the boiler. One day they thought it fun to give my cousin and I a job cutting a piece of log. Two girls managed one cut. I wonder how old I was that year? Young grade school then. I use maple syrup to make my favorite granola recipe. This is the wrong time of year for Maple Syrup Day. The trees are silent. Taking a winters nap until spring. Only the roots deep under ground may be working to make the sugar sap that rises in spring to feed the tree for another year? |
by Gaelic Storm's album called Herding Cats Lyrics: Candlelight dies at the window And the night wind blows soft from the sea Though I lie in your arms, I'm a thousand miles away On the waves sailing fast, sailing free Now I'm bound for the heart of the ocean I'm riding the sea in my soul In the dark and the deep she will rock me to sleep Down below, where the black waters roll When the sea birds cry out in the morning And the sun lays it's kiss on the sand I'll be drawn to the shore like so many times before As I long to be far from the land Now I'm bound for the heart of the ocean I'm riding the sea in my soul In the dark and the deep she will rock me to sleep Down below, where the black waters roll I can still hear your voice on the trade winds I can still taste your tears on the foam But the lure of the tide that I'm feeling inside Will not rest 'til my heart finds it's home Now my heart is the heart of the ocean There are storms from the sea in my soul I'm restless and deep and before I can sleep I must go where the black waters roll Where the black waters roll Where the black waters roll Where the black waters roll There is a book by Warren G. Bennis // Title: "Managing People is Like Herding Cats" Cats use certain ways of manipulating people to get what they want. So, managing people in extreme situations is the reason for the expression. Origin of this expression is attributed to Monty Python : https://englishexplorations.check.uni-hamburg.de/idiom-of-the-week-herding-cats/... ![Merit Badge in Western
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 11. National Noodle Ring Day This is not just some random food holiday about pasta forming a ring. It is about a special dish everyone can cook who has a bundt pan and noodles. The noodles have to be cooked and then filled into the bundt pan. Anything can be added now: from eggs, tomatoes, cheese, carrots, or bacon, and of course the sauce. The dish now has to bake and can later be turned upside down. Thought and opinions? Something you might try? I probably would have tried this for a family meal when I was younger. Our family no longer gathers for family meals. And, I don’t go anywhere a dish like this would be likely to fit. The only interest I would have in it would be the pure fun of building it, tasting it, and serving it to see if people liked eating it. Besides, I really don’t enjoy cooking. Most of what I cook for us is tried and true dishes. Actually, all the dishes I'm cooking I'm having to learn to cut down amounts in recipes. Even freezing leftovers isn't always a sane way to keep what is left. It's better to use smaller amounts and cook fresh as often as I feel able. In the last year and a half we have cut down on the amount of food we eat. Breakfast and a noonday meal. A snack in the evening if we need more. A lot of the time we don’t need more. And, even then we just aren’t withing away. Keep On, Keepin On |
  I had to look this up. Proclaimed for December 10 by the United Nations in 1948. https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is the beginning of the article on www.un.org.: “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." The following Quote is from scripture and https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/human_rights/universal-declara... For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(Galatians 5:13-14 And from: Human Right vs Christianity on Twitter https://twitter.com/search/Human+Right+vs+Christianity Kamala Harris: Our newly elected Vice President of the United States of America “On Human Rights Day, @JoeBiden and I are committed to supporting and defending human rights at home and around the globe, building a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive no matter their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity.” From Apondia: December 10 only reminds us human rights are a daily chore, given by God, each day every day, by each person, every person, forever |
 8. Brownie Day There are many types of brownies: Fudgy, cakey, 'special', with or without nuts, etc... Tell us something about brownies. Quote:"A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies." — Linda Sunshine -- https://www.bustle.com/articles/198480-national-brownie-day-quotes-that-are-basi... Brownies are the best. I think they are yummy when they are fudgie; baked with lots of walnuts, and no frosting. When I started cooking with my Nu-wave Ovens, the ovens came with a cook book. It has a recipe called, Best Brownies. It takes about 10 minutes to stir up a batch and pop them in the ovens. Most cookie and recipes for sweets always come out fully cooked, soft to eat with a thin crusty outside. Just right for brownies to eat with a cup of hot tea on a winter day. ![Merit Badge in Appreciation
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 Monday December 7: Letter Writing Day Write a letter to one of your favorite characters. Which book and who's the author? Anna Pigeon is the main character in a series by Nevada Barr. The series is about a female law enforcement officer. The stories are about crime mainly murder in the national parks. Nevada Barr was once a park ranger and has lots of background from her own life to draw on as she writes these stories. Dear Anna Pigeon: I have always wondered if your last name has anything to do with the way you suffer physical assaults in every story? Reading your life adventures in these books gives me a look at the National Parks I will probably never get to see any other way. Every time you move to a different park gives me new insight into the natural world. I always like the way you are portrayed as adventurous and wise in the ways of nature. I’m glad you appear in so many stories. Since, I never tire reading about your adventures. You also know a lot about horses and I like the use of them in your stories. It is uncanny how you manage to survive so many disasters. It is has always been nice to look forward to another scene in your novel life. Keep Nevada Barr at the typewriter. Building new novels around your wonderful character. Sincerely, Apondia, A fan |
  Quote:“It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that had ebbed and flowed between the walls, into the walls, over the years. Wasn't it, after all, a kind of life? And there were houses, he knew it, that breathed. They carried in their wood and stone, their brick and mortar a kind of ego that was nearly, very nearly, human.” ― Nora Roberts, Key of Knowledge --https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/old-houses 3. National Roof Over Your Head Day. Tell us about the favorite room in your home.{/c I don't like to think of this house as an old house but it really has been here a lot of years. There are really a lot of rooms in my house I like. I’m not sure any of them could be considered favorite over any other. This is a large house, built when there were four children growing up in it. We have rearrange rooms since then. I always like the balconies and porches in spring, summer and fall. There is always a place to sit and enjoy the sunshine or weather from a sheltered place. I like the main floor because the living room is there. We keep the main TV and computers there. So, that is where my window to the world sits on the East end of the house. This fall, I have been setting up a sitting room in the family room, which is in the basement. It is where the new corn stove sits on the old fireplace hearth. So, that is the room with the most heat. If we use other rooms we have heaters that can be started when we plan to spend any time in them. I’ve thought about it some. I could live in a smaller area if I was forced to. This is where I live and I’m satisfied to stay as long as I can. The diversity of rooms used at different times of year makes it comfortable and keeps it from getting monotonous. When I think of the things that need done to keep an older home going I remembered this hit from a many years ago. There is a lot of base in this song. apondia#1781748 |
 *snow* There is a quote for anything. https://quotestats.com/topic/fritters-quotes/ Quotes: Gertrudis got on her horse and rode away. She wasn't riding alone she carried her childhood beside her, in the cream fritters she had enclosed in a jar in her saddlebag - Author: Laura Esquivel 2. Today is National Fritters Day! Write about your fave and if you haven't had fritters, would you like to try one? The doughnut shop I use to work in sold the largest Apple Fritters I have ever seen. Probably 1000 calories a piece? I never heard of fritters until I worked there. I’m not a fan of fritters, I prefer cake donuts, I think. They come with different types of frosting's or powders. And, if I wasn’t to lazy, I could make them at home. I have a recipe in my Amish cook book. Peanuts and pretzels will do for now. It's all apples to me. Do they come with other types of fruits? Pineapples/lemon/orange? Keep Warm. 32 degrees here today. Dropped about a foot of snow on our farm over night. What can I expect we live in a snow belt from Lake Erie. |
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