I was with Dave’s family at a small, downhill ski facility.
As I approached the rope tow, I saw people sprawled in a line up the hill.
Later I learned what happed when Carl said, ”I learned something today.
If you fall, don’t twang the rope.
What rope do you need to carefully let go of?
TTYL,
Linda
I don’t know where I read it or who said it but it went something like this:
Viewer: How do you decide what to do with such a huge block of marble?
Sculptor: I look at it until I see what it wants to be then I remove everything that’s not that.
That’s what minimalists do.
We look at what our life wants to be then we remove everything that isn’t that.
TTYL,
Linda
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Many years ago, when it became clear our daughter was going to grow way too tall to ever wear my wedding gown, I donated it to a church run second-hand store.
The store manager thought it was way too good to simply add it to inventory.
So she took a photo of it and posted it on the store’s bulletin board.
A young woman admired the photo. The store manager offered to take her home to try it on.
It fit perfectly and it was the right season for it. (Long skirt, long sleeve, white velvet material.)
Everyone went home happy.
Wasn’t that much better than leaving it in a box in storage until it turned yellow?
TTYL,
Linda
No, I am not eating only meat. But, I know people who are. It sounded too restrictive to me since you only eat animal products such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy.
But then I started thinking more about it.
Meat: beef, pork, lamb, rabbit, venison, bison
Fish: fresh water fish, salt water fish, shell fish
Poultry: chicken, turkey, Cornish hen, pigeon
Eggs: baked, boiled, fried
Dairy: hard and soft cheese, cream cheese, yogurt, sour cream, milk, cream
Fats: lard, tallow, butter, ghee
How many ways do you think you could find to mix and match those?
Mozzarella cheese stuffed meatballs?
Fish filet fried in seasoned butter?
Hamburger patty with bacon and an egg on top?
Turduken?
Lamb chop topped with cream cheese?
Fried ham and eggs?
Beef stroganoff?
Crustless shrimp quiche?
Swedish meatballs?
Steak topped with herb butter?
Salmon cake?
Burger patty with cheddar cheese?
Scotch eggs?
Maybe it wouldn’t be so boring after all.
TTYL,
Linda
McDonald’s was the first. How did they do it? They made all the burgers the same–with ketchup, mustard, pickles, and onions. So they could make them quickly. And they didn’t offer anything else. Thus fast food. Your food was almost ready by the time you finished ordering it.
Then along came Burger King. They thought their claim to fame would be their flame broiled burgers. They built an open grid, metal conveyer belt that passed over an open flame. When you ordered, they placed your burger patty on that conveyer belt and it came off the other end perfectly cooked.
But, what actually made them competitive with McDonald’s was their new slogan. Many of you may remember the song, “Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us…” Being able to “Have it your way” brought in all those people who didn’t want ketchup, mustard, pickles, and onions on every burger.
Like me and Dave.
Now when we get food from McDonald’s we get chicken nuggets.
We still don’t like their “standardized” burgers.
TTYL,
Linda
