Mamacita says: Autumn is almost here – not quite, but almost – and it’s time to make persimmon pudding. Most of you don’t live where there are persimmons, and I’m betting that many of you don’t even know what a persimmon … Continue reading
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Mamacita says: After a full day of dire blizzard predictions, friends all over Facebook have been posting pictures of cars and doghouses and shrubberies buried in snow. What have I been doing? Looking out of my kitchen window and seeing … Continue reading
Mamacita says: The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful winter day, but the forecast is for heavy snowfall, starting in a few hours. This is Southern Indiana, where the weather changes on a dime; plus, it just FEELS like … Continue reading
Mamacita says: 1. If you bring a lot of little children to a restaurant, and all of them are behaving beautifully except for one, and that one is in a frenzy of determination to rattle the boat and keeps pinching … Continue reading
Mamacita says: As I sit at the dining room table with my new laptop Hal and look across the living room and out the big window there, I can see our huge shagbark hickory tree. Today, of course, it’s covered … Continue reading
There are no stars to be seen, and the air has that ‘snow’ feeling. You know, that feeling in the air that fills your lungs with COLD when you breathe? Aussie Mama’s comment that being snowed in might be romantic, … Continue reading