Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Summertime Pasta. Chicken, penne, capers, onions and a very light sauce that was chicken broth based with lemon zest and some other seasons that I just don't remember! But, it was indeed a very light summery flovred pasta which I paired with some peas and carrots. I got 6 servings of this one so I'll... Continue Reading →
No matter how you lean politically, we have all heard about smear campaigns. They date back before many of us were born and probably really rose to prominance with the Red Scare of the 50s and McCarthy and Blacklisting and all of those lovely things. Since then, each generation tops the other in the depth... Continue Reading →
Big Week! Hillary and Barack come together in Unity, New Hampshire! Oh, how quaint. Even more interesting is that Unity split it's primary votes exactly 50/50. Unity. Love it. With Obama rolling the dice and rejecting public financing, he really needs the Hillraisers and, of course, Hillary needs Obama's help to retire her primary debt.... Continue Reading →
A rather active week with topics that kept the pundits hoppin' and buzzin' and spinnin', but which were not necessarily things that would change voters minds, or were really of any interest to the average voter. Public financing! Off shore drilling! FISA negotiations! You really gotta love watching the game unfold to have been into... Continue Reading →
Ah, the first official week of the general election is over. However, I am still a little hungover from the primaries so I am going to focus on the silly. First, this fabulous video from Keith Olbermann hitting all the high (or, low) points of the primaries for both sides. Personally, it is his comment... Continue Reading →
Just at the moment that we needed to leave the house for night #2 of the play, MSNBC put up this graphic: I stopped just long enough to let that soak in. Then I flew out the door for yet another Tuesday night missing the political dramatics and speeches, but knowing I could always find... Continue Reading →
Under the heading of "more than you ever wanted to know about the Democratic primary process" - the Rules and Bylaws committee of the Democratic party finally had their say in what to do about Michigan and Florida and their delegates. The net result? Clinton gains a bit on Obama, but still is going to... Continue Reading →
Wouldn't you know that after I wrote yesterday's post, THE big political flub of the season came down. Of course, you could say that my one sentence on Hillary addressed that 🙂 However, yesterday was more than just making a fool of herself. Now, there has been plenty written and said about it already. And... Continue Reading →
We are kind of at the 1/2 way point in 2008 for the election season and I am....bored. Tired. Burnt out. Nothing new *really* happened this week other than more and more people now rather openly recognizing who the final two are (no, I do not mean David vs David!!) Obama and McCain have been... Continue Reading →
Check out this article on the analysis of the above signatures. The very last tidbit is the one that I thought was pretty fascinating: But, interestingly enough, Obama and McCain are lefties -- just like four out of five US presidents immediately before them: Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr and Bill Clinton. Lefties... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 