Thanks Chef Ramsey….

Intense, assertive and talented, Chef Gordon Ramsey is one of the world's most famous chefs. As a devoted fan, I have watched every episode of Kitchen Nightmare's (both U.S. and UK versions), the F-Word and Master Chef as soon as they are available on-line.  He has inspired millions of people to go back into the …

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No Poetry Today

No poetry today No lyrical musings on life's quandaries No alliteration or clever meter No inspiration demanding to be heard Begging, Pleading for release Just a blank page disappearing With a click and a clack A snap and a tap

Back to the Grind

Today, probably by the time you read this, I will have already walked back into the cafeteria for the first assembly of the year. Some might imagine that I have spent the summer break with my feet up relaxing at the beach, sleeping in and spending whole days in my pj's.  The reality is that …

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Cheeseburger Cart

Once upon a time, I joked about getting a food cart and taking it downtown to feed skinny chicks.  Girls who clearly needed to eat, who were an unhealthly kind of skinny.  It wasn't a very good joke.  It implied that I have a problem with slender women.  I don't. There isn't a rivalry between skinny and …

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One Name: Two Fates

Review of The Other West Moore By Wes Moore Available through Amazon Since the day that NPR aired a story on this book it has been on my reading list.  It was one of the first books that I added to my current reading list on Goodreads. Then I purchased my kindle and material reading …

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A Favorite Childhood Poem

When I was a wee rosebud a teacher introduced me to Shel Silverstein and his marvelously lyrical and whimsical poems.  The poem Where the Sidewalks Ends has always captivated me.  The first community that I remember living in was Burke Centre, outside Washington, D.C., an ambiguous region known as NOVA.  The sidewalks went on for miles and …

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Luke the Puppy Dog

My Happy Puppy Tail Ending

This post was going to wait a month so that I could be sure that Luke was going to be staying with me.  A week into our relationship I can't imagine life without him.  He is my puppy-dog  and I am his person. How Luke Came To Live in My Little Yellow House The day …

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Wool Over Our Eyes!!

The United States of America  is in a crisis, not the financial one facing the economy; it is a crisis of conscious.   A crisis that I believe has been created by the media and the politicians to distract us from their lack of leadership. I also believe that it occurs on both sides of the …

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