Add seasoned, sautéed shrimp when the okra is almost fully cooked. Do not overcook the shrimp! Add more Tabasco as desired. Have the rice ready ’cause you’re gonna want to dig in! Add the lemon juice five minutes before removing from heat. The lemon gives it that desired piquant flavor boost. And it makes the […]…

Homemade English Muffins perfect for a sweet or savory breakfast. via Sourdough English Muffins — AvoGoodMeal

Spicy crawfish tails smothered in a rich, buttery Creole sauce over white rice, Crawfish Étouffée is the matriarch of New Orleans cuisine. via Crawfish Étouffée — “be such a good soul that people crave your vibes.”

SONGS THAT CAME BLOWIN’ IN, by Rich Paschall If you visited this space last Sunday, you saw the top Summer Songs as given by the musical genius, Brian Wilson. Those may have been songs that evoked thoughts of summer for Brian, but some were a real stretch of the imagination to me. I promised you…

I was reading a comment in the Washington Post that followed my own line of thought: Yes, the politicians are to blame — but so are we. The two trends intersect.The Republican war on science succeeded by making people distrust our medical experts. Next, there are, apparently, many fewer Americans willing to endure even minimal […]…

This is a healthy and delicious caesar salad recipe that is now my new favorite side salad with dinner. It’s pretty simple and makes for an easy side, but can be built up to make it a meal. For example, you can add salmon or chicken to it along with some roasted sweet potatoes, brussel […]…

Barbecued veggie burgers, cider, ice cream, mum’s delicious potato salad… there are so many amazing foods we associate with summertime. Unfortunately these dishes come with a lot of extra calories that may not agree with the beach body you’ve been working on for the holidays! Fortunately, there are many vegan recipes to make this summer […]…

Peaches, nectarines, and plums all come together in a deliciously fruity and refreshing blend of white wine and sparkling cider that will give you that sweet and refreshing sangria taste you love without knocking you on your butt! I made this sangria at the end of a long week. I had been meaning to make… via…

via Sausage Pasta with Cajun Cream Sauce — BCNN1 WP

For when you want something clean and healthy, but still filling and nourishing. This dish is adaptable to whatever vegetables you have on hand. The vegetables are just cooked enough so they retain a bit of a bite, contrasting in texture with the soft soba noodles. Everything is tossed in a flavor bomb of a […]…

Today’s blog post is about the last two things I know how to decoupage! Reverse decoupaging glass plates first! I started out not doing too well with these. These two glass plates below were made for my daughter in law Amy. She picked out the napkins and I made two dinner size decorative glass plates […]…

Today’s Menu: Fried Chicken Tenders w/ Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans Another day of 95 degrees, mostly sunny and very humid out with a heat index around 101 degrees. Once again after Breakfast I got some yard work done before the heat and humidity kicked in. There must be a high pollen or […] via Fried…

(CNN) — The head of the union representing 43,000 Walt Disney World service workers said that Disney “has to get it right” in regard to its phased Florida reopening Saturday. Matt Hollis, who leads the Services Trades Council Union, told CNN that Disney was responding with robust measures to protect employees following worries over safety….

Wind chimes play their song Pretty ballerinas dance Stage set for summer via Dancers #midnighthaiku — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo

Good morning Year 2! We hope you are enjoying your weekly activities. Please continue to use SpellingShed, TTRockStars and NumBots to help you with your learning. And as always, make sure you keep reading every day. Remember to take photos of your work and keep posting on the blog! Here are today’s home learning activities:…

Celebrating the arrival of three orphaned Alberta grizzly cubs, the Greater Vancouver Zoo is holding a naming contest for the bears. Read More via Wildlife expert laments three orphaned Alberta grizzly cubs transferred to Vancouver zoo — Calgary Herald

Welcome to Week 232 of Three Line Tales. You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr: Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible). Link back to this post (& check the link shows up under the weekly post). Tag your post with 3LineTales…

30 June 2020 Morningside Gardens Manhattan, New York via Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens 70 — Along the Graybeard Trail

I was going to call this the Witch’s Medicine Cabinet, as at some points of my nutritional career I have been labelled as such. Once in my advisory centre when we lived in Ireland in the 90s, a male client arrived in need of a complete lifestyle makeover prior to a heart operation. I asked […]…

Sweet pink and freckled, Smiling to the passers by… Your flower next door! If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; Close up on two pinkish daylilies. via After Eight Moments… — Cyranny’s Cove

Today I had a talk, with my other mind it asked me what . . . I was out to find. I told it I needed, to find some peace but onto me it’s fear it began to release. We started to argue, back and forth we went soon spiritually . . . it had […]…

on Jane Friedman: Imagine the first writer’s block: perhaps a caveman with a rudimentary stick staring at a large, blank rock. Today’s equivalent of the blank rock may be a computer screen, and your process may seem like the pie chart below. When you sit down to write (and there’s a problem right there; you […]…

“The Masses are Asses” is a quote attributed to Alexander Hamilton and the contempt he had for the average person, something ironic in that the average person seems to rave about the musical ‘Hamilton.’ Marxist revision of American History and ‘cancel culture’ seem to be the themes of 2020. Fallacy ridden schemes like the ‘1619 […]…

Western Civilization stands on the shoulders of giants like Douglass who awoke a country’s conscience and shaped its history, but today, some actively work to destroy this nation and her ideals. These would prefer the slavery of the mind and the tyranny of the mob to the right of free speech and the rule of…

Walt Disney World is preparing for what could be considered it’s biggest task of all time: reopening in the midst of a global health pandemic. With two parks set to reopen to the general public on July 11th (Magic Kingdom & Animal Kingdom) and the other two to reopen July 15th, Walt Disney World is […]…