Tomorrow is my Great Aunt Flo’s 98th birthday, and we are going to gather to celebrate with her. It will be picnic type potluck outside at her retirement home, and the menu is mostly take out, KFC, Strawberry pie, that kind of thing. I decided to make a black bean and corn salad that I adore. I first got the recipe from my blog friend Jess Riley in 2007, and while I have it printed out, I had a horrible thought…what if she were to shutter her blog, and I lose my printed copy, and the recipe is gone forever???? I can’t bear the idea. So, I’m going to copy…

My darling friend Marilee, who lives in Upstate New York, near Niagara Falls, sent me a link to a Literature Clock. When you go to that website, a quote from literature will appear that corresponds (sometimes exactly, sometimes loosely) to the current time. I forget about it for days or weeks at a time, then I see it in my Safari tab, and I check it out. I like it, it’s a small pleasure. As you can see by my last 2 posts, Maya and Mulder both had birthdays recently. For Maya’s birthday, we had a party on Saturday, and the menu was appetizers…we have varied dietary restrictions around here,…

My BFF Rosemary sent me this picture a few weeks ago. Rosemary, her brother David, David’s girlfriend Stephani, and my brother Richard, we were all good friends. I am at David and Stephani’s wedding reception. I’m a bridesmaid, and that suntan tells you everything you need to know about why I go see a dermatologist every year now. My mom is smiling next to me, wearing purple, and Richard is a groomsman, and you can see him over my shoulder at the far right of the photo, with the beard. Richard was also very good friends with David and Stephani. David was the best man at Richard and Kathy’s wedding.…