A Day Book . . .

 

FOR TODAY, March 4, 2025

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...

A beautiful sunset. It is really cold out there this morning. -11*C/14*F.  The snow is piled up and dirty and there are piles of garbage bags at the end of every yard, so I thought I would share this photo of a sunset with you from a while back instead.  I am rather late getting started this morning. I didn't wake up until gone 7 a.m.  I remember waking up at 3:30 and thinking I needed to go to the bathroom, but I would wait as it was so close to getting up time and the next thing I knew it was 7 a.m. but I had the best sleep between those hours that I cannot complain!

 

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I AM THINKING ...

I really wonder about people sometimes.  Last week I posted this recipe on my English Kitchen Facebook page for a Skillet Chicken Parmesan. Some Italian Lady from Italy took offense to it, accusing me of cultural misappropriation. She has actually gotten quite antagonistic about it and is leaving comments on every one of my posts:

Old Style Bread Pudding:  

Francesca De Maria- Old style from where? Remains a mistery.

Washington Pie: 

Francesca De Maria- Is it traditional from whashington or you just use the reference for some other reason?

Lemon Splits:

Francesca De Maria - Are you sure this is traditional traditional? With you, one is never sure!

Mississippi Pot Roast:

Francesca De Maria- I believe this is not traditional from Mississippi, right?

It goes on and on, her making nasty comments like this on every post. I am basically not responding to any of her comments.  A part of me wants to ban her from my page. What would you do?

 

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I AM ALSO THINKING ...

I love this picture of March. The March winds, the kite flying, the March hare.   It must be European as it is a bit early for all of that here, but it won't be long!

IN THE KITCHEN ...

Fluffy Old-Fashioned Pancakes for two. Just in time for pancake day.  These really did rise up nice and fluffy.  I quite enjoyed them and took half of them over to Sheila next door, along with some sausage and syrup.  She was quite upset as the Doctor had messed up her prescriptions.  She was on the phone with her sister-in-law. Hopefully she was able to get them sorted. I will check on her later today to make sure she is okay.

ON MY "TO COOK" LIST 

Chicago Bakery Style Apple Slices.  From The Hungry Bluebird.  These look amazing!

 

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SOMETHING THAT IS NICE ...

I love good soaps. This soap from Farm to Skin looks really nice. A bit too expensive for my budget however.

 

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SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS NICE ...

A little Jenny Wren.  I have only ever seen one in person once. They are very shy birds.

 

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SOMETHING I KNOW TO BE TRUE ...

If you always do your best, then nobody can or should ask for more than that.

I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE ...

 

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These are cute.  I think you need to start early to make stuff like this. No good starting them in October or November. 

 

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I like this also . . . 

 

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A cute papercraft  . . . 

 

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Egg Carton houses  . . . 

 

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Little Birthday Greetings  . . . 

 

(Eat Well)

SOMETHING I ENJOY ...

Chicken Wings. I love, LOVE chicken wings.  When the kids were small, chicken was always really expensive (still is) but you could get a huge pack of chicken wings for about $2. I used to buy them all the time because it was quite an affordable way to eat chicken. We all loved them. I would just bang them into a roasting tray and season them and then bake to perfection. We were all very pleased when they were on the menu. You wouldn't get a huge package like that of them for $2 these days!

 

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SOMETHING ELSE I ENJOY ...

Farm fresh eggs. They are so delicious.

 

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OH MY GOODNESS ...

What a beautiful spot! What a brilliant capture.

 

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I WISH ...

That there was a place here where I could go to the Ballet.  No such thing.  I do remember back in the 1970's the National Ballet came to Acadia and going to see it there. I love the Ballet.

I AM READING ...

THE WORSE HARD TIME, by Timothy Egan

Egan tells an extraordinary tale in this visceral account of how America's great, grassy plains turned to dust, and how the ferocious plains winds stirred up an endless series of "black blizzards" that were like a biblical plague: 

"Dust clouds boiled up, ten thousand feet or more in the sky, and rolled like moving mountains" in what became known as the Dust Bowl. 

But the plague was man-made, as Egan shows: the plains weren't suited to farming, and plowing up the grass to plant wheat, along with a confluence of economic disaster—the Depression—and natural disaster—eight years of drought—resulted in an ecological and human catastrophe that Egan details with stunning specificity. 

He grounds his tale in portraits of the people who settled the plains: hardy Americans and immigrants desperate for a piece of land to call their own and lured by the lies of promoters who said the ground was arable. Egan's interviews with survivors produce tales of courage and suffering: Hazel Lucas, for instance, dared to give birth in the midst of the blight only to see her baby die of "dust pneumonia" when her lungs clogged with the airborne dirt. With characters who seem to have sprung from a novel by Sinclair Lewis or Steinbeck, and Egan's powerful writing, this account will long remain in readers' minds.

Reading on my kindle.  I think we are in for some very hard times even now, but not because of a dust bowl.

THINGS I LOVE ...

 

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Blue and white . . . . 

 

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Daffodils . . . . 

 

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Pussy willows and old wooden clothespins  . . . 

 

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Puppies  . . . 

 

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Ginger cats . . . 

 

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I AM GRATEFUL FOR ... 

The ability to learn new things and to grow as a person with each day that passes. Humility.

 

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ALSO GRATEFUL FOR ...

Seasons  . . . 

SOMETHING TO WATCH ...

Toxic Town on Netflix. Based on a true story of an environmental disaster in a town in the U.K.

A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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 *.I will never have this version of me again.

Let me slow down and be with her.

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And that is my daybook for this week!  Thanks always for being here!

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⋯ ◯ ⋯ Take time to enjoy the small *´¯`.¸¸.☆
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Have a beautiful day!  Don't forget!  

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And I do too!