Saturday, July 20, 2024

Pancakes for the Brunch Bunch

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 This started from the Better Homes & Gardens plaid cover, loose leaf cookbook. We prefer the buttermilk variant made with 1/3 whole whe...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

Advent is Fulfilled

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24 December is the last day of Advent and the day to which the Great O Antiphons have been pointing. Each antiphon has addressed the coming...

O Emmanuel

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23 December is the seventh and last day of the Great O Antiphons: O Emmanuel (chant with neumes) O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspect...

O Rex Gentium

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 22 December is the sixth day of the Great #OAntiphons: O Rex Gentium (chant with neumes) O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque ang...

O Oriens

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 21 December is the fifth day of the Great O Antiphons: O Oriens (chant with neumes) O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: v...

O Clavis David

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 20 December is the fourth day of the Great  #OAntiphons: O Clavis David  (chant with neumes) O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui ...

O Radix Iesse

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19 December is the third day of the Great O Antiphons: O Radix Iesse (chant with neumes) O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super...

O Adonai

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18 December is the second day of the Great O Antiphons O Adonai (chant with neumes) O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flamma...

O Sapientia

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 17 December is the first day of the Great O Antiphons: O Sapientia (chant with neumes) O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attin...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Lost my Cherry to Reagan

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This one was originally written in the first days of November, 1996, and posted to the OOG list. It has since been posted various places on ...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

grief

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apparently i loved them even when i didn’t really like them i dreaded their calls the emotional toll that now i miss i wished that they woul...
Tuesday, September 06, 2022

SWMBO’s Tomato Pie construction instructions

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 Step-by-step instructions for a wonderful summer treat. Pie filling ingredients: 2 to 2.5 pounds very ripe tomatoes , heirloom if you can f...
Saturday, July 09, 2022

Velma’s Fudge

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This one has been carried around on notecards for decades. I'll try to link a scan of selfsame. In the meanwhile: Butter up a pan. 9 x 9...
Saturday, August 14, 2021

We Are Still Married (1998)

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 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 13:08:58 -0400 From: Victoria Subject: not sure if i should send this, but... i’m back again, sorta. back from the e...
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History to We Are Still Married

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 I honestly can’t believe that I have never blogged this . I had it as a FaceBook note for a long while (before FB decided that those couldn...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb”

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The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman (on the occasion of Joseph Robinette Biden jr.’s inauguration, 20 January 2021) W hen day comes, we ask o...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Tomato Jam

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There are lots of versions of this recipe with many variations in the list of ingredients. This one comes from Chef Wes Fulmer of Motor Supp...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

New York-Style Pizza Crust

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This is based on J. Kenji López-Alt’s New York Pizza recipe . His recipe makes three pies; we only ever make two crusts . It is well worth r...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”

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Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early And put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, Then with crack...
Monday, May 20, 2019

When Abortion Stopped Making Sense

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When Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense By Frederica Mathewes-Green January 22, 2016 9:00 AM Roe v. Wade -- Abortion Won the Day, but So...
Saturday, April 06, 2019

Magnificent Obituary

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Tim Schrandt June 11, 1955 - March 29, 2019 U.S. Veteran Tim Schrandt, age 63, of Spillville, IA died on Friday, March 29, 2019 at Gundersen...