LA, The Grove–oh, and the Penn State sex scandal

11.23.2011

Here is a photo of host Mario Lopez yesterday during the show. I can’t be more specific than that…

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Jane’s World Famous Pecan Pie made small

11.21.2011

Yes, I have applied the miniaturization of the desserts technique (soon to be trademarked) to my beloved pecan pie recipe.  I tried it two different ways: Way 1:  At William-Sonoma a couple of weeks ago, I bought a cunning little gizmo–a cookie cutter of sorts for making homemade Pop-Tarts.  I don’t believe I’ve ever eaten [...]

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Apparently, I’m a Grinder . . .

11.18.2011

What stress? Oh, you mean the surprise-divorce, single-mother-works-with-people-who-steal stress followed by remarriage-to-blended-family thing?

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Portrait of A Citizen

11.17.2011

If she changed out of her T-shirt, ball cap and fanny pack and put on the garments of an 18th century goodwife hawking fish at a fayre, that would work too.

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Wordless Wednesday Writers Workshop

11.16.2011

I’ll post my response tomorrow; send me yours at jane(at)midlifebloggers(dot)com  

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Spiced Apple Bread Truffles

11.14.2011

Portion control, I believe it’s called. So now through Christmas I’ll be making and baking–and posting, for good or ill, the results.

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Fashion After Fifty

11.12.2011

I still get all the fashion magazines but to what end, I asked myself. I can’t wear half the stuff they’re showing; I’m too old.

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Talking about race and American politics…

11.11.2011

It raises all those scary questions about race and politics and Obama and whites and the media…

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When Home is Not Really Home

11.10.2011

Sadness, that I’ve lived in a place for six years that still feels alien to me. No, I still feel alien to it.

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Wordless Wednesday Meets & Marries Writers Workshop

11.09.2011

Content is king. I’ve heard that consistently since I first started blogging, but damn–it’s sometimes hard to make content the king of your blog, especially when your life starts to get pushy and take over.

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