• Turkey Chili

    I’m thinking one post on Saturday afternoon is enough, and I’ll take tomorrow off.  🙂  I posted every day in November, and I’m ready for a break.  So, here we go…a recipe.  Do you like Chili?  I do, with lots of beans, and some cornbread on the side, which I then crumble into the chili.  Mmmm.  This recipe is for Turkey Chili, but we made it this week with Smart Ground, which is some kind of soy substance, and it was good.  So either way is good.  By the way, this is a pretty quick recipe, too.  Maybe 45 minutes from start to finish. Turkey Chili 2 cloves garlic, minced…

  • What’s in a name?

    When Ted and I got married, lo those many many years ago (13 1/2), I had the decision to make…to change my name, and take his last name?  Or to keep my maiden name?  If I kept my maiden name, then what last name would our child have? Hyphen? My name? His name?  I wasn’t sure.  What I was sure about was that I knew that changing your name doesn’t change who you are, it doesn’t change your identity.  At least, that’s true for me.  When I was 10 years old, my mother decided to leave her married name behind, and go back to her maiden name.  She had been…