MissMeliss | January 6, 2009
A 2008 Best of Holidailies Selection. Thanks, Holidailies Reviewers!
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My mother posted earlier today about the tradition of drinking hot chocolate on the 12th Day of Christmas (aka Three Kings Day / Epiphany), which she has adopted since retiring to Mexico several years ago. I still live here, but I’m all about [...]
MissMeliss | January 4, 2009
In January it’s so nice
While slipping on the sliding ice
To sip hot chicken soup with rice
Sipping once, sipping twice
Sipping chicken soup with rice
~ Maurice Sendak/Carole King,
“Chicken Soup with Rice”
Really Rosie
I was seven years old when I was first introduced to the Carole King/Maurice Sendak musical Really Rosie, not by [...]
MissMeliss | December 29, 2008
I had an entire post written, then scrapped it because it was disgustingly whiny, and there’s enough whining on the web without me adding to it.
I was supposed to have a Day of Writeyness, but instead I had a Day of Sleepy Grouchiness. I feel like I can’t connect to any of the projects [...]
MissMeliss | December 13, 2008
In the novel Little Men, one of Louisa May Alcott’s sequels to Little Women there is a scene where Jo takes her niece Daisy into a special “toy” kitchen, albeit with a real working stove, so that she can “make messes” and learn to cook. I always wanted to be Jo, never Daisy, but I always wanted that kitchen.
MissMeliss | December 2, 2008
Because I’m part of the Positivity Experiment this week, I refrained from my usual scathing-but-affectionate remarks about the level of sophistication his palate may or may not have, and said, pushing a smile into my voice, “I know this, but we need something heartier to go with soup, so go to the bakery in the front of the store, where the wood-fired ovens are, and pick something that looks interesting.”
MissMeliss | November 26, 2008
I originally posted this on 22 November 2006, but when I went looking for my hard copy last night, could NOT find it. Thank goodness for saved archives and cached pages. I present this again, in case anyone needs it, and because I need to save it again anyway.
Turkey Stuffing and Gravy Recipe,by Edward F. [...]