Cake is not a substantial breakfast. But it sure is yummy.

Anyone know how to freeze fruit? I've decided to freeze as much summer fruit as possible so we can have pie in the middle of winter. Mmmm, pie...

I've had a line from a song popping into my head all week. But for the life of me I can't remember what comes before or after, which means I have no idea what song it comes from. Can anyone help ( Read more... )

A friend of mine posted this on his facebook. It's one of the stanzas from "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" that seems especially apt now ( Read more... )

Don't you love it when I go through my inbox and purge? I find the most interesting stuff. :) Today's selection is no different. I hope you enjoy ( Read more... )

Airplanes are by far the best way to get reading done. There's nothing else to do!! (Except curse the small children sitting behind you wailing and kicking your seat. And their parents who brought them on such a late flight.)

However, I began a wonderful book, The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey. It's ( Read more... )

What song does this verse come from?

Lucky for my lips that only mumble
That spill kisses like a fountain.
Lucky for my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains.

I know. ;-p And can't believe the artist said that in the original version. (hint, hint?)

UPDATE: sloanesomething got it. Feel free to continue to guess!

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

-James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836)

Does anyone know where this quote comes from?

"The one piece of comfort in a red haired girl's life is the knowledge that some day, some how, Gilbert Blythe will show up and sweep her off her feet."

Because as cheesy as it is, I love it so. And I want to give credit where credit is due.

Somehow, I've been in political discussions the past few days. And what with our civil liberties being slowly chipped away by fundementalists, I found this past Sunday's Epistle reading rather appropriate. I'm not one to quote the Bible since I don't really know it, but I thought I'd share the apt sentences with you. Even though I'm probably ( Read more... )

And none will hear the postman's knock / Without a quickening of the heart. / For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
-W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973)

For those of you with whom I correspond, letters are coming, I promise!!