What Really Matters

This has been a week, amidst bad news and tragedy, to reflect on what really matters. It's also time to ask "What am I contributing to the world?" My answer? Dang good coconut macaroons! Here's the recipe, stolen from a magazine.

1/3 cup flour
2 and a half cups coconut
1/8 tsp. salt
Mix this together and then throw in:
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix everything up. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls (yes, they're big) onto greased cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes (350 degrees) or until just golden on bottom (they won't really look "done.") When cool, dip cookies in melted chocolate.
Tip: use lots of chocolate.

A.H.

LETTER TO MY CONGRESSMAN

Is your priority the common good
or do you simply want to meet
the demands or raising money
to keep a comfy seat?

Pick Me!

I feel sorry
for words
not chosen
for First String Vocabulary.

Confused is
picked immediately
while Perplexed
and Confounded
wait on the bench
with Forlorn and Dejected
because Sad gets
all the play time.

A.H.

Challenge for the week: Give second and third string words some play time. Don't fret about this, have fun!

What I Accomplished Yesterday
(From Lake Tahoe)

1) Did research for my book "Bakeries I Have Known and Loved."

2) Learned origin of word/term "moxie.

3) Had my picture taken with large pine cone on my head.

4) Pondered why there aren't any restaurants named after Donner party.

No wonder I was tired last night.

Moxie: name of longest continuously operating soft drink company. They used to advertise their invigorating elixir. You've got moxie!


A.H.

WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH?

Old folk get confused
when words are now used
in ways that must be translated.

Back in the day
what it meant to be gay
was to be highly elated.

In the past being straight
showed a strong truthful trait,
not the gender you dated.

Now being cool
means you're nobody's fool,
not that the heat has abated.

To engage in a trip
was by car, train or ship,
not hallucinogen-related.

But don't scratch your head
over words that are said,
just accept the concept created.

In honor (?) of our current weather...

White Crap

"I don't want to cheer up"
snarled at my husband
as I drive him to airport.
"You're leaving
and it's snowing."
He persists
"You'll be in Lake Tahoe soon."
"Well, I'm sure as hell
not there now!"
Know this foul mood
will eventually
break-up.

A.H.