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Posole (Hominy Soup) Recipe

I made one of my favorite dishes tonight, for the first time, and it turned out great! Posole (also spelled pozole) is a hominy and pork based stew from Mexico; I first tried … Read more

Green watercolor swatch

Down Memory Lane

Speaking of the passing of time, today marks the 30th anniversary of one of the happiest days of my life; on September 30th, 1975, I got out of the Army! Though I had … Read more

One Year Ago

We arrived in Lindsborg on a Monday morning, one year ago today. We had spent the night before in Dodge City, and eager to see our new home, we left bright and early … Read more

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Sheryl took a couple of great pictures of a black swallowtail butterfly that was fluttering around our back yard a few days ago. I contributed a couple of early fall flower images, and … Read more

Approaching the Pass

Running from Rita

Today there have been reports of extremely bad traffic leaving the Houston area as folks try to evacuate in advance of hurricane Rita. The visuals on TV show mile after mile of stop … Read more

Mt. Zion National Park

After we left the Bridgeport area, we drove across Nevada and into southeastern Utah. We spent the night a few miles east of Mt. Zion National Park, and had enough time for a … Read more

Monarch Butterfly Photo

I was lucky enough to get a reasonably nice picture of a Monarch Butterfly perched on one of the flowers on our back deck. At first I wasn’t sure if it was a … Read more