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Have you ever been to a storytelling festival? I’ve attended our local festival the last two years and they are really VERY fun! Good stuff…Quite entertaining!!! Last night we enjoyed listening to:
Bil Lepp, Josh Goforth, Liz Weir, Andy Offutt Irwin, Carmen Deedy, Barbara McBride Smith, Syd Lieberman, and Ed Stivender
They were ALL excellent! HERE is a website that lists storytelling festivals. See if there’s one close to you! Listen to a NEW story TODAY!!!
I recently got this REALLY YUMMY recipe for Peanut Butter bars from a co-worker….and I’m not even that big of a fan of PB! But, the recipe is quick, easy and delicious. My kind of recipe! The first time I made these, I was PLAIN-JANE and simply cut them in to squares; but this time, I used an old kitchen tool that rarely gets used and made them crinkle-cutted-ed-ed 🙂 I wanted to fancy them up a bit to take to a neighbor. Whatdoyathink??? I know they’ll disappear soon! They taste just like Reeses Peanut Butter cups. If you like PB…try these! (or something else NEW)!
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I might have used this photo with a favorite quote before, but I thought it went rather well with this quote. This quote is from the {fabulous} book, The Rent Collector, which I recently rated. Have a great Thursday everyone! Do or Learn something NEW!
OK…so I hit publish by accident, and I know it’s only Wednesday….but instead of deleting and scheduling this post for tomorrow, just PRETEND that it’s Thursday! 🙂
Oh my goodness! When I have a book to read…NOTHING else gets done around here! 🙂 I think my family must cringe when they see me walking in from a trip to the library….thinking, “Great!….Now how am I supposed to get Mom’s attention if I need her!?!” HaHa! Here are my latest reads. I’m giving them both 4 out of 5 stars. (Just so you know, I RARELY give out 5’s).
The Rent Collector is fiction based on real people. I was hesitant to read it, thinking I wasn’t interested in a depressing story about extreme poverty, but that was not the focus at all. It focused on learning and how the mother became literate even though she lived in a municipal city dump. Very good book! I recommend it!
The Island at the Center of the World is a longer read, but very interesting. It’s a history book about the Island of Manhattan in the early 1600’s. I don’t know about your history teachers, but mine didn’t even mention the Dutch colony….all I was taught was the English colonies….the pilgrims, the puritans etc. I might be a bit more interested in this book than the average reader because I’ve been doing a fair amount of New York family history. But if you like history books, this one is very good!
Again, I give them 4 out of 5 stars. Learn or DO something NEW today!
We recently went to the zoo…here are a few of my pics:
Wow! I really have no idea where the last few weeks have gone. I have no excuses for not posting on my little blog here…I haven’t been out of town, I haven’t been overly busy on some huge project…..just normal life. BUT, today I HAD to share this very yummy ham recipe. My friend and I had our monthly F&F TIME yesterday and instead of putting this dish in the freezer, we had it for dinner last night. YUM!!! I even had some for breakfast this morning, it was THAT good (the pineapple was especially yummy cold from being refrigerated all night). Here’s the recipe:
TRY IT…or learn or DO something NEW today!
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