“Gorak!” Barked Team Leader soundlessly. “If you don't comply, you'll be sent back and someone else will finish this Observation!” “Yes, Your Most Excellent Expediency,” Gorak stammered in response. “I … Continue reading Operation: Investigation – Exo-three by Duane L. Herrmann
Wild Ideas | Online Event, Presented by ACW + Adirondack Explorer
Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 7:00pm ETFree! Just make sure to register in advance Hear about the wild ideas that became “A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the … Continue reading Wild Ideas | Online Event, Presented by ACW + Adirondack Explorer
The Kiss of the Meatball by Lorraine Caramanna
Tuesday was Grandma Day - every Tuesday - No Exceptions - unless Grandma had something better to do - which was at least twice a month. I never had anything … Continue reading The Kiss of the Meatball by Lorraine Caramanna
Baking a Shoo Fly Pie in Grandma’s 50s Kitchen by Diane Kendall Stevens
Assemble ingredients: South-Central PA Grandma in flowered apron, a farmer’s kitchen with red linoleum and knotty pine cabinets, a radio broadcasting farm market reports in the next room, Pyrex dishes, … Continue reading Baking a Shoo Fly Pie in Grandma’s 50s Kitchen by Diane Kendall Stevens
A Sundae by Edward Pontacoloni
Putting whipped cream on top hides the nuts beneath.That is as it should be, keeping the nuts hidden.However the nuts, be they walnuts or pecans,Should be above the sauce. And … Continue reading A Sundae by Edward Pontacoloni
Recipe for Disastrous Family Life by Duane L. Herrmann
Take one traumatized toddler.Let her grow physically but not emotionally.Take one farm boy who expects to marry a wife as competent as his mother who fed and clothed her family … Continue reading Recipe for Disastrous Family Life by Duane L. Herrmann
Rice pudding taught me how to cook and how to live by Kathy Barlow
I turned my stubbornness trait around and called it tenacity. I turned my inability to ask questions around and called it curiosity. And, I learned to cook, because I am … Continue reading Rice pudding taught me how to cook and how to live by Kathy Barlow
Untitled by Judith L. Parsley
And one by one they found themselves at the end of the laden tablewhere there was breadmade with a hint of cardamomand a trace of sugar.Just enough to bring them … Continue reading Untitled by Judith L. Parsley
Scalloped Potatoes by MaryKate Owens
She was a good cook. She cooked with what she had on hand, quickly and easily, turning out a meal for 9, often with some help from one or another … Continue reading Scalloped Potatoes by MaryKate Owens