by me | Dec 31, 2021 | Books, current events, Holidays, writing
Fires are for reading by, chatting and napping by, cooking over, adding light to the night and warming up winter. That in 2021 U.S. citizens, including elected school board members in not far enough away Spotsylvania County, VA, promoted burning books they don’t...
by me | Oct 3, 2021 | Holidays, Humor, writing, writing for children
So Lydia Lukidis and Kaitlyn Sanchez are at it again with their Fall Writing Frenzy contest for children’s writers. Pick a photo from their stash and get inspired to write something somehow related that’s under 200 words. The above is not that...
by me | Dec 10, 2020 | city living, food, Holidays, Richmond VA, Uncategorized
I used to do a December holiday gift guide back when I was doing Real Richmond Food Tours, focused on Richmond, not surprisingly. Now that I’m a free agent, I still want to plug local, well-loved businesses, and now that my daughter’s Richmond, VA-based...
by me | Apr 3, 2014 | current non-events, Family, food, Holidays, Humor
I’m not sure if I will rate more or less of that once this gets posted. In my refrigerator when I first wrote this were way too many house made Sour Watermelon Gummy Bears. I had very little to do with the making of them and even less to do with the eating...
by me | Jan 8, 2014 | city living, current non-events, Family, food, Holidays, Humor, Richmond VA, writing
I found the fountain of youth last month, but I’m not interested in partaking of it again. It was at a Catholic church here in town during Advent. Almost as soon as I walked in the door with my 81-year-old mother, I felt transported back to...
by me | Dec 11, 2013 | current non-events, Family, food, Holidays, Home, Humor, richmond magazine
It’s the time of year when people focus even more than usual on food. Grocery stores are stocked with holiday must-haves. Time to bake and shop and simmer. Yet the week before Thanksgiving I was stewing over what I was going to drink with a bottle of Mirilax to...
