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Modern Retro Woman has a new look! And, you will be able to subscribe to conversations via email so you know what you fellow retro-fans are saying. I may still have to do some futzing here and there, but the “bones” of the blog are up and running. I also want to say a HUGE thank you . . . → Read More: A New Look “You are not the only person with good ideas. If you wish to be heard, listen. Always seek to find the best way rather than insisting on your own way.” John Wooden on Cooperation Sometimes I feel like the Internet has failed in its great promise to create a global community. Sure, it enables us to find . . . → Read More: Not Either-Or…But With-And About two months ago, my bread maker died. I’m not surprised. The poor motor couldn’t handle the heavy duty bread dough I was asking it to knead for me (notice I wasn’t going to knead it!). Since then, we’ve been making do with store-bought bread but it just isn’t the same. I know Wonder Bread was . . . → Read More: Look What I Found: Hand Crank Breadmaster Henry Lee Royer, 1913-2010 My maternal grandfather died a couple of hours ago. He was 96 years old and had escaped from death’s door many, many times (including the time he and a cobra stared each other down when he was in India during WWII). He lived a full life and literally danced like no one . . . → Read More: When Someone You Love Dies I tried to put up a festive background but it screwed up the navigation of the site. So, if you were one of those who received an error message, I apologize. Thanks to WordPress’ automated messages to me, I was able to find out right away that people were having trouble and resolve it by going . . . → Read More: Quick Administrative Note Are you tired of turkey, yet? I bought a pasta salad at the school cafeteria, yesterday, and discovered that the meat on the top of it was turkey and not chicken like usual. It made me wonder how old it was! I decided that I would share a pork chop recipe with you today instead of . . . → Read More: Tuesday Tasting: Pork Chop Escallop I started reading Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them by Samuel Smilies and Charles A. Gaskell. This is the book that Kathy thought was her grandmother’s housekeeping manual but it has turned out to be so much more than that! It really is a whole-life guide. During lunch today, My Honey mentioned that he had . . . → Read More: I’m Still Going to be Nice I am in the process of moving my blogs to their own domain names and WordPress (which is why I’m late…well, that, and prepping for a workshop that I gave yesterday…). Within the next week, be on the lookout for the new URL and RSS feed information. We went to my brother’s house for Thanksgiving a . . . → Read More: Monday Menu (Two Days Late): Pies and (leftover) Turkey Way back in August, I mentioned a styrofoam meat tray wall hanging of a peacock that hung in our living room until my youngest sister destroyed it. Well, our friend Holly at Sweetheartville sent me an email almost two months ago telling me that she thought she had found directions on how to make the . . . → Read More: Friday Finds: Egg Carton Peacock Until my grandmother became ill with pancreatic cancer, Sundays meant Sunday School and church in the morning, dinner at my grandparents, and then youth group in the evening. I loved my grandmother’s cooking and feel that she is my true cooking inspiration. As far as I know, she only owned two cookbooks. One . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Grandma’s Chicken on Sunday |
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