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Tuesday, December 24th…Sitting with Bill in Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz. We arose at 4:45 this morning because we had to report to the hospital at 6:15 a.m. Bill was scheduled to have a pacemaker installed…his ninety-five year-old heart was showing…

9 Jan at 6:02 pm

“The Best Ever” Sour Cream Blueberry Make-Ahead Pancakes

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years … years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill…

19 Dec 2024

A Ginger Cake of Boundless Virtues

From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Dear Readers, I posted this last spring … thinking about Easter. Here I am thinking of it again, a cake for all celebrations … Bake it and you’ll agree! As a matter of fact, it’s the ideal cake to bake…

3 Dec 2024

What I learned from my Thanksgiving dinner…

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table, Taking Stock

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years … years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill…

20 Nov 2024

Ajvar!

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years … years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill…

11 Sep 2024

Have You Ever Grated Raw Beet into A Salad?

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years … years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill…

8 Jul 2024

Two Ripe White Peaches

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years … years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill…

10 Jun 2024

Some Cookie!

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Tonight I thought of Charlotte the spider spinning in her web praise of her friend Wilbur the pig: “Some Pig!” Well, that’s how I feel about the cookies I baked today. They are Some Cookies! I created this recipe in…

4 Jun 2024

The Romeo-and-Juliets of Flavor

A View from My Seventies, From the Past, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years…years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill to appear.…

23 May 2024

New Wrinkles…and A Tasty disappointment

A View from My Seventies, In the Kitchen, at the Table

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Gentle Reader, While I’m closeted writing a novel I hope you’ll enjoy reading, it’s been suggested I post pieces from earlier years…years when I was freshly widowed, living in or near L.A. with my dog, waiting for Bill to appear.…