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Cottage at Glass BeachA couple of weeks ago a friend took several vacation days from work so she and her daughter (along with nieces and cousins) could spend days making ravioli – hundreds of them. It’s a tradition they’ve done every year a few weeks before Easter. A friend of my mom’s used to do the same with [...]
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Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while.
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Chili Nation caught my eye as I was perusing the food-book shelves at my local library. Chili is one of my husband’s favorite dishes and I’m always open to trying a new chili recipe. (Not that he is open to eating new recipes but, more about that later.) I took the book home, sure that [...] Last week I finished reading Heather Lende’s If You Lived Here I’d Know Your Name. I so thoroughly enjoyed the book and spending time in Heather’s world in small-town Alaska. I felt in sync with this woman in many of her beliefs and habits. For one, she and I are in complete agreement in our [...] My two granddaughters live over 600 miles away. I miss them a lot but I try to make the best of the times when we are together. I especially like the times when I can have one-on-ones with each one of the girls. Recently we were all together in Portland over the holidays. A good [...] I don’t know about your crowd, but the party food around here has changed in the last few years. Three organizations I belong to have asked each member to bring an appetizer. I’m okay with that. I think it makes for a fun party – everyone walks around taking just a bite of this and [...] At the risk of what you might think about the health of my food choices, I haven’t told you that, while traveling on the road, I like to stop at McDonald’s for breakfast. To be specific, I stop for their Egg McMuffin. I really like those little sandwiches. [To be fair, I should say that [...] Most regular readers of this blog know I absolutely love Mexican food. A friend has been bragging about this restaurant in her hometown of Fresno. So, when we were there recently for a family wedding, we had to try out Toledo’s Restaurant. (On the corner of Shaw and Fresno Avenue in case you live there.) [...] I read My Antonia by Willa Cateher as a member of one of my book clubs. You can see my book review yesterday here. Our custom is that the monthly leader brings a treat that somehow matches the story. Our leader this month is a Nebraska native and she outdid herself on this one. She [...] I’ve done very little cooking the past month as I recuperated from my surgery. We’ve been visiting some of our favorite professional eateries. In the process, we discovered a new-to-us restaurant I want to tell you about. In the small town north of us, Healdsburg, there is a little, privately owned restaurant called The Wurst. [...] I read Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls with my book club last month. We all loved the main character, Lily. I believe she was beloved by her family because they carried the stories of her life down through the generations. Her granddaughter, the author, fictionalized Lily’s life in this book. Lily and her husband managed [...] |
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What's In a Name?6 Goal: 1/6
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