Is French Toast Really French? According to legend, it was created by a man named Joseph French. But it is known by a variety of names including German toast, eggy bread, French-fried bread, gypsy toast, Poor Knights of Windsor, Spanish toast, nun’s toast, and pain perdu which means “lost bread” in French. So it seemsContinue reading “Things I Don’t Understand, Part Three”
Category Archives: This and That
In Praise of the Puff
I’ve been crocheting for what seems like most of my life. That sort of sounds like I mean non-stop crocheting. I don’t. There have been a myriad of distinct projects with time in between where I don’t crochet at all. Really. Crochet is not my life. Really. I taught myself to crochet when I wasContinue reading “In Praise of the Puff”
Painting Cabinets
The house I grew up in was probably more on the functional end of the spectrum rather than the aesthetic. When my mom decided to paint the kitchen cabinets she’d let Dad know. Mom couldn’t be too choosy about the color. Dad would go buy the cheapest paint he could find which was usually aContinue reading “Painting Cabinets”
To Get Vaccinated or not to Get Vaccinated
Both my husband and I struggled with that question for a while. I think we were pretty sure that he should get vaccinated. The real question was should I? In the past, I’ve had some nasty reactions to vaccinations. I would have to say that it was the delivery suspension solutions that caused the problems.Continue reading “To Get Vaccinated or not to Get Vaccinated”
Life in a Small Town
We haven’t really lived here in Riverton, Wyoming long enough to talk about life in a small town. Not really. But there are a few things I have learned. And not just here and now. When we first moved to the Prescott area of Arizona in 1993, compared to where we had previously lived (Walnut/DiamondContinue reading “Life in a Small Town”
The Thing about Moving
The thing about moving is that it’s hard. It’s physically hard. It’s emotionally hard. It’s just hard. You put all this effort into it. You find a house to buy. You make an offer. The offer is accepted. And that was all hard enough. But then you discover the hard parts have only just begun.Continue reading “The Thing about Moving”
Why Wyoming?
Late at night when I should be sleeping but instead I am obsessing about all the things there are yet to do, I sometimes suffer a fit of uncertainty and I ask myself “Why Wyoming?” Because, in the dead of the night, I can’t seem to answer that question with any kind of logic orContinue reading “Why Wyoming?”
Inspirationless
I am too tired these days to find inspiration. I worry that I have lost it permanently. But then I will be sitting and typing an email to our escrow officer for the sale of our home and I will realize that I’m just tired. The words are all still in there. Otherwise, why didContinue reading “Inspirationless”
Moving
Moving a household … especially one that has taken 27 years to establish and entrench so very completely in the place where it is … is no easy feat. I hate moving. Pure and simple. It’s why we haven’t done it much. Bernd hates moving too. The house we have lived in all these yearsContinue reading “Moving”
Buying a House
We are twenty-seven years older now than when we last looked for and bought a house. In some ways, we are older and wiser. In other ways we are simply older and tired-er. Several things came together all at once to make buying a new house and moving right now more appealing. Not that movingContinue reading “Buying a House”
