I’ve only had one haircut since the pandemic began, and that was when my late husband and I cut one another’s hair. So my hair is looking as sad as I am. I’m reminded of Mammy Yokum from the Li’l Abner comic strip, which was…

It began thus: I had a couple of leeks, some green onions, and a serrano pepper that were about to go to Jesus, plus a leftover baked potato and some leftover fried mushrooms. So I made leek and white bean soup. What you do is,…

Today is my WordPress Blogiversary! I’ve been blogging here since 2008, between here and my old WEBLAHG, which is still up as a repository of old posts and my fanfiction. Before that, I had other blogs, but they are all defunct, including the one I…