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An O.Henry Celebration: Stories and Songs
For over 30 years, Greensboro, NC, has celebrated native son William Sydney Porter — aka short-story author O.Henry — with Five by O.Henry, an annual, but ever-changing revue of some of his works. My dear friend Heather, also an executive assistant, occasionally mentioned that when she moved to L.A., she would give her boss my résumé. […]
MoreThick Thighs Save Lives
Over the winter, Hampton and I have discovered an appreciation for the humble bone in/skin on chicken thigh. Usually we sear and then braise with some sort of wine or cider and whatever veg we have around, but this weekend, as we wanted to use our new grill for the first time and we were […]
MoreSnow Days are for Comfort Food. And also all the days leading up to and after them.
It was predicted that our area of central NC was going to get hit with a whopper of a storm. And for once, “they” were right. Sunday, we got approximately 14.5″. We usually average less than half of that in an entire year. My choir gig’s Christmas cantata was canceled (and our second show at […]
MoreNormal, Not Boring
I haven’t meant to go radio silent. #flat493 is gearing up for an unexpected life change — not a baby — so I will admit I have been a smidge preoccupied. The last few weeks have had lots of cooking and trying to keep up with all our stories on the teevee while snuggling the […]
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