Last night was lovely--seeing the Old Year out and the New Year in with my oldest friends from college days--we played Tripoley, wore silly hats, blew horns, snapped crackers, watched the ball drop, toasted the new year and our friendship, and had tons of good food to eat ( Read more... )

I guess you can tell I'm feeling better! Whew--and just in time, too ( Read more... )

Orange juice and Robitussin are my friends, I can tell you that ( Read more... )

Yes, it's Monday--can you tell? And it's blinking cold here again--although the sun's out, so that's something ( Read more... )

and hot chocolate--comfort food for a cold morning, but I think I'll brave the elements and go for a walk first. Then I can eat my toast (lightly golden-brown, buttered) sans guilt.

It's going on for 11 AM here and we haven't even hit 20 degrees F yet!

caffyolay, *this* is when you should come to see me!

It is freezing here--has been all day, and the temp really nosedived since the sun set ( Read more... )

Good Lord, it's cold here! Bet you didn't guess this was a weather post, did you ( Read more... )

Let's put it this way ( Read more... )

Over again--for another year ( Read more... )

A couple I'm friends with have a 12th Night Party at their home every Epiphany; however, since one of the partners has a job as an organist in Louisiana, and the other one's teaching here in Memphis, the party was changed to tonight, which means a night of good and free-flowing wine, food and (perhaps) song, since both are musicians ( Read more... )