Choose Life
February 3, 2010
There is something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while but wasn’t ready to blog about until I read, on The New York Times online, about the guy who murdered an abortion doctor and claimed in his defense that he was justified because he opposed abortion.
Over the years I’ve mostly stayed out of the pro-life/pro-choice hysteria and debates. I know from personal experience just how complicated and personal the whole thing is, because 27 years ago I chose life.
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Comments (24)How to Make Amazing Gravy from Scratch
November 25, 2009
Gravy, real gravy, has to be one of the best foods on earth. It makes everything taste better (rice and gravy, potatoes and gravy, stuffing and gravy, bread and gravy, gravy and gravy…yum!). Gourmet machinations just mess it up. It’s got to be simple, pure, heavenly gravy. I know some people make it in a saucepan with broth and giblets. I’ve never quite understood the appeal of that. Adding any sort of alcohol ruins it completely. I’ve only made gravy one way, and it’s the way my mother made… more
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A Halloween Story: The Adventures of Pumpkin the Cat
October 28, 2009
In part 1, Pumkin came into our lives, only to vanish shortly before Halloween.
Part 2:
We searched all over for Pumkin. We drove around the mountain. We asked the neighbors if she’d been spotted. We went to the local animal shelter and looked for her. She had one of those ID chips implanted in her, but what we found at the animal… more
Comments (9)Halloween Story: The Adventures of Pumkin the Cat
October 26, 2009
When I was a little girl and sick in bed, I vividly remember my fuzzy gold blanket draped around my little legs. It transported me to the dunes of the Sahara. I would dream of adventures riding a camel across the desert. The sun coming in my window would make the dust sparkle like daytime stars swirling in the sky. When you’re sick, there is nothing like a good adventure story to take your mind off things. After all, we all long for adventure. Even cats! But this is no made up story…. more
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