Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
Cecilia was in Birmingham this week helping her mom recover from surgery. Good news for her mom (plenty of help). Bad news for you folks, because she left me the keys to the Blogger account. In honor of baseball season starting, just think of me as that lightly-used right-hander in the bullpen. This past JavaMonkey …
Almost there! I think this one is going to be 12 parts, at the most. For more flash fiction, most of it self-contained, search the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter. Always a Bridesmaid, Part 9: Collision Course The bruises from the demon’s death-grip had faded by Monday morning, but Tiffany still felt them every time she …
Note: I had hoped that Hubby would write this one, and that was the original plan, but he’s swamped with work right now. He’ll be covering the next one for me because I’m out of town this week. I’m spending the week in Birmingham to help Mom out after yesterday’s surgery. Hubby and I were …
Still exhausted, but here’s the next installment of my Friday Flash serial Always a Bridesmaid. To read the story to this point, check out the More Fiction page on my website. For some great flash fiction, search the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter. I’ve already read a few, and you won’t be disappointed. Always a Bridesmaid, …
Dear readers, I went to Chicago last weekend to teach part of a review course for the professional certification I have. Well, it was sort of Chicago. Oak Brook, to be exact, which is about an hour west of Chicago. Alas, I was without a car, and my colleagues weren’t adventurous enough to split a …
The writing community on Twitter is incredibly supportive and fun. On Fridays, a group of them posts “flash fiction,” stories of 1000 words or less, for critique and commentary. This is part seven of my serial flash Always a Bridesmaid, also featured at The Penny Dreadful, a website for flash fiction. For the first parts, …
I’m married to a younger man, if you count him being born 13 days after I was as “younger.” My birthday was at the end of February, and since it’s Lent, I can’t eat meat on Fridays. However, according to Catholic rules, which, as we know, may or may not make logical sense, we can …
Sometimes trying a new restaurant can be like going on a first date. I hadn’t thought about this before, particularly since I haven’t been on a first date in 14+ years. Yes, Hubby has been putting up with me for that long even though we’ve only been married for a little over five. But we …
I’ve written about blind tastings and how they make me nervous before. It’s not that I don’t like them, it’s just that I like to be right, and to be honest, my blind tasting track record isn’t that good. Here’s one way to think about it: remember those vocabulary tests from grade school? For the …
Once again, the deadline monster has been stalking me. The darn thing’s getting sneaky! Hence the delay in posting this week’s installment of “Always a Bridesmaid.” For parts one through five, check out the More Fiction section of my web site. VI. To Sleep… Tiffany shuffled the deck of cards, their edges soft and worn …