After we return from the Christmas Eve candlelight service, my family has always loved a bowl of hearty soup, charcuterie, and Christmas cookies.
4 large onions, thinly sliced
4 T butter
4-10 oz cans condensed beef broth ( or a box and a half)
½ cup sherry or white wine
2 t. Worchester sauce
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1. The Bible (a chapter a day) 2. Rebecca 3. The Diary of Ann Frank 4. To Kill a Mockingbird 5. Behind Closed Doors 6. The Hiding Place 7. The Goldfinch
8. Grateful American 9. Were the Crawdads Sing 10. The Seven Sisters
Frances Matt
hew Hall is obedient to family tradition: all firstborn sons will serve as a priest. Now Matt officiates at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas. But when on Easter Sunday, he notices a beautiful young woman who takes his breath awa…
Many of us have issues, quirks, and problems that had their inception at childhood.
As I finish book 12, it occurs to me that all my lead characters have issues from their past that hamper their present.
Any friends out there who deal with things from their childhood? I'm no shrink, bu…
For me, the view of the sled is a statement on the deceit of the pursuit of happiness.
As we waited to be evacuated, disaster films came to mind for discussion. Which one tops your list?
The first movie that comes to mind is Back Street which is about a man, played by John Gavin, who is tricked into marrying a drunk, when he really is in love with Susan Hayward's character. I was twelve or thirteen when I saw it for the first time, and I found myself wanting John to stand up to his …
My favorite moments are
Yes, I'm very old. My favorite was Love Story. But, tell me, what exactly does "Love means never having to say you're sorry," mean? The way I see it, love means saying you're sorry. What do you think?
I have no trouble thinking of examples of books that are better than their movie counterparts, but it's hard to find movies that are better than the book. How can a two-hour movie effectively outshine the original? Psycho comes to mind. It's not my favorite movie, but it's better than the book, than…
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Twelve Angry Men was my first introduction to the jury system, and ever since watching that movie, I've longed to sit at the long table and argue the facts. I've never made it past the waiting room. I don't care if a haze of smoke hangs over the room as it did in the movie. I don't care if personali…
I have seen this wonderful parody innumerable times, but it never gets old. What's not to love? Giants, priests with lisps, Miracle Max, Pirates named Robert. What makes it so fun is the irony of it all. It's ironic that the hero and heroine are named Buttercup and Westley rather than, say, Aurora …
When I think of Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara comes to mind because it's her story. From the opening scene where she's surrounded by admiring suitors to her on-again-off-again relationship with Rhett Butler to her dogged determination to keep Tara by any means, we see her morph from a self-abs…
The Wonder of Forrest Gump
July 7, 2017
Have you ever had that sensation where you hear some new word or name or anything, and then it pops up several times within a day or so? When that happens you wonder if that new thing was always there but you hadn't paid attention to it?
That sens…
It amazes me that I enjoy writing—me—the girl who spent more time counting the words on a page in school than writing them. So, imagine my surprise now more than a few decades later that I look forward to writing every day. It boggles my mind.
It all started when we lost everything, or so it …
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