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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.
Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.
What I’m Reading Saying It Well
Justice
Forever
The Sense of an Ending
Wish You Were Here
A Moveable Feast
Clarissa
The Odyssey
My Book Rating System A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it
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This is a very old dish that’s been updated very little over the years. I’m not sure where it came from. This is just something our mothers put together. It seems to be a dish a farm wife might have put together for the men helping at haying time. It’s not something that’s been written [...]
My goal in this blog is to share recipes that have become memorable for one reason or another. I especially like the old recipes from my childhood and early married life. The best ones have lasted all these years. This one is the first meal I made for my husband. There’s nothing new or unusual [...]
I love soup. It’s one of my favorite comfort foods. In addition, it’s a great comfortable food. Have you notice that people always seem relaxed and at ease with a soup? Well, maybe not the hoity-doity types, but, you know, normal people. Maybe it’s the casualness of the one bowl and one utensil. I think [...]
My family and I are big garlic fans. Except for desserts, we use it in almost everything. We like it chopped up fresh, minced in everything from meats to veggies. It’s also easy and fun to grow – especially the big elephant garlic. But we also love it roasted and I discovered an easy way [...]
Got any turkey leftover? Turkey Tetrazinni is a dish we like almost as much as the big bird just out of the oven on Thanksgiving Day. Leftover turkey is great on nice crunchy rolls with all the other goodies. But my husband usually requests this dish if I have at least two cups of leftover turkey. [...]
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What You’ll Find On My Blog: *Book Reviews Click the button to go to my 2012 Book List
2012 CHALLENGES:
- Library books: 3/30
- Agatha Christie: 29/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 1/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 0/6
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 6
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