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The bed is a bundle of paradoxes, we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret. We make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
  Ogden Nash

   
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet.

A toast to all the champagne we'll drink tonight, and all the coffee we'll drink tomorrow.

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy. (Frank Sinatra)

Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. Then, how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
-Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (1875-1965)

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New to the Game

I tried out watching football –
I was ensconsed in a chair for hours.
Even ignored dinner call,
When the team went into the showers.

Hell, I just couldn't believe my eyes –
Some gal walked right in to interview.
Well, you can just imagine my surprise –
Didn't seem to daunt the TV crew.

She barged right in and shoved her mike
Into some big naked guy's face.
Poor guy stood there kind of shy-like,
Hands covering that sensitive place.

The team milled around like she wasn't there –
Now isn't that the dangedest thing?
Two dozen men standing ballicky bare,
And her wearing a wedding ring.

Soon, the old coach had had enough,
And he told the reporter to go.
The brazen woman called his bluff,
By simply telling the old coach, "No!"

Equal rights were hers she said –
She had the same privileges as men.
Well, the coach was seeing red,
Shouting, "I'm not telling you again!"

"But, coach," she pled, "can't you even see
That this attitude isn't fair?
I've earned my journalism degree.
How about if I, too, go bare?"

And, with that, she began to undress
Right there in front of the team.
How far she got I can only guess,
For then I woke from the dream.
RJM

  Happy New Year Everyone 

Good morning..

Bubble thank you for the new start of a New Year and the giggles.

Just another day for us, will play catch up on things that need to be done and things that may get done.

Lots of fireworks going off last night , thankfully they didn't seem to bother the dogs.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Loved reading the quotes Bubble. Thank you.

Last night, I watched India's newest rocket launch last night and then started watching some of the fireworks displays from around the world before deciding it was time for bed. I plan on watching reruns of some of the others I missed, including the Philly and DC displays while my slow-cooker pork roast is cooking. Believe it or not, the grocery store ran out of the potatoes I had on order, so - mashed potatoes it will be. I am also going to try cooking carrot slices in with the pork and sauerkraut since I didn't get the potatoes I wanted.

It is wet looking outside, but no snow. We were to get off and on flurries overnight, nothing that would lay. 

Thank you, Bubble, for opening a new conversation for a New Year!

My parents were "Yankees" so I didn't learn to eat Black-Eyed Peas on New Year's Day (for good luck all year) until I married a Mississippi native.  I prefer them in the rice dish "Hoppin' John" but it would be too many leftovers to make it just for me - so I'll just eat a spoonful or two heated straight out of the can.

MarsGal, I think you'll like carrots cooked in the slow cooker with the pork roast.  Whole ones will work, too.

Enjoy your day, Everyone.

P.S.  Rammel, would you tell me the Bird Watching website you mentioned a long time ago?  Son had to "scrub" the apps on my tablet and I can't remember what it was.  It had webcams from New Zealand, somewhere in Canada and several in the USA.

Quote from: CallieOK on January 01, 2024, 11:02:56 AMP.S.  Rammel, would you tell me the Bird Watching website you mentioned a long time ago?  Son had to "scrub" the apps on my tablet and I can't remember what it was.  It had webcams from New Zealand, somewhere in Canada and several in the USA.

I'll try to find it --- but --- I'm good for losing things in my computer. Give me a bit of time. I think it was at an Upstate (NY) University. It was on my Desktop but I can't find it there now. Hope it's not lost.
BTW - That pork Roast / carrots sounds delish.

Callie, Try this. Let me know if this is the right one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x10vL6_47Dw

Right now I see Woodpeckers, Cardinals, Chickadees, and a Goldfinch.

Rammel, You say you loose things on computer, I have now lost just about everything ,May have to just scrap and buy new set up as no Techs to be found around my town, Desktop messed up and have 2 Ipads that have now LOcked up and they were my main things, Will get back with apple again soon, They have been turned back to what I call, Back to factory but All my set up with Apple goes back 25 years, They need to get my old set up from Comcast but Comcast has closed down any acct, over 20 years and I can't remember any of my old passwords , Comcast is still my provider but seems only Google accts I have with them will work, One of these days all Tech will be shut down in US, Feel like already done for me,

JeanneP, - I mislead. What I was trying to say is that I save things in my computer, but then forget where I saved them - and rarely find them again. I'm trying to do better, but short on time.

Rammel, the website you mentioned was a YouTube and I would have had to subscribe.  I couldn't remember "Cornell" so Googled and found this - which what I had!    I've added it to my Home Page on the Tablet and put it in Favorites on my computer.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/ 

Scroll down a bit to find access to several sites. 

Thanks for the help!!!

Yes, the pork with sauerkraut and carrots was very good indeed. Oh, and I found that I had an unopened jar of Caraway Seeds and added some in. I used to grow caraway and used the seeds a lot back when I had Wednesdays set aside for baking day.

Callie, I've done both Hoppin' John and Black-Eyed Peas. I have to agree with you about the Hoppin' John. I also like Dirty Rice and Black Bean Soup when it comes to Southern foods. My sister used to do up a mess of Collard Greens on occasion, but I don't think she has made it since Jim died.

Both happy and sad news this past week. Erik and Barrent (I am not sure that is the correct spelling) were married in hospital shortly before Christmas so that Barrent's mom could participate. Unfortunately, while she got her wish to see them married, she only lived a few more days. She passed away on Barrent's birthday. So, from now on, Christmas will forever be a bit bitter-sweet for them.

I love that Southern terminology, MarsGal, "mess of greens". My Mom, and aunts all used that term.  "I'm cookin' up a mess o' greens, you want to make some cornbread and come over"?

I told my husband that, if he wanted a mess of greens, he could go to his mother's!

Tome,  I'll bet your relatives didn't put sugar in their cornbread, either.

That and fried okra were the two "southern" things I learned to cook and like after we were married.  Sons used to eat fried okra like popcorn!

Callie, --- On the site you gave, among other things, is the Cornell site. Click on that. When the new page opens click on it, but don't click where is says view at Youtube. --- Hope that makes sense.

Rammel, I got it by clicking on Live Cameras.That brings up the ones I kept up with before.
Nests of red tailed hawks and New Zealand albatrosses.Feeders in Panama. Canada and New York.
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GOOD MORNING EVERYFRIEND!!!  Im off to my sisters today so I can help her celebrate her 90th birthday tomorrow !!

Now, okra is something for which I never acquired a taste.

I woke up this morning to the live cast of a plane crash and fire in Japan. Amazingly, all passengers and crew of the commercial airline escaped. The Japanese Coast Guard crew weren't so lucky, one out of six escaped. The last time I checked, the other five were found but they hadn't yet reported their condition. The Coast Guard plane was getting ready to depart with supplies for victims of the earthquake when it was struck by the airliner.

Other than getting some housework done, I have nothing exciting on my agenda for the day.

Good afternoon...

This has been a busy day getting a multitude of things done...last being that lovely (NOT) job of cleaning the oven. I use pans etc under drippy pies and it doesn't get that messy but it does need cleaning.

Jane, Happy Birthday to your sister!!

MG, your day sounded as exciting as mine. Was a blessing that the Mom could see her daughter married.

Better go see what I can avoid doing

Enjoy your evening and stay safe.

Callie, I think my Mom always put a little dab of sugar in her cornbread like maybe a tablespoon.  I like it that way too.  In the matter of okra, I seem to have always liked okra, Mom basically boiled it with a lot of butter.  Texture was unpleasant at first, but grew to love it.  Also, she would make okra gumbo, which I loved at first bite, and still do.  I like it fried, but since she didnt do much frying (chicken & fish), I caught on to that version at an older age.  Hey, I love food!

I want to throw a question out here since more people read and respond to this:  Back when I was a kid, my Mom bought something called "salt rising bread".  Does anyone remember this? Ever eaten it? And did it have a special purpose?  I remember it had a different taste from other breads, and I liked it.  Let me know!

For Amy

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/photos-and-more/photos-old-and-new/msg245435/#msg245435

Tomereader, at first I thought you were asking about a kind of soda bread like the Irish Soda Bread, but it isn't at all. This forum might answer some of your questions about salt-rising bread. https://forum.breadtopia.com/t/salt-rising-bread/21943 and another article I found https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-salt-rising-bread The histories of the bread claim that the recipe originated in Appalachian Mountain area, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to find breads made in a similar fashion date back much further than that. I particularly liked reading the short history and seeing the step-by-step photos of the starter mix.

Good morning..

Temp is starting out at 26° and there is a light dusting of crunchy snow. They say we are to get light snow or rain, I'll take the snow please.

Working around home today...another put off job is getting done.

MG ,thank you for the sites.Salt rising almost sounds like sour dough bread with the stages of bread making. That is one job I need to do today but it will just be regular bread dough.

Bubble, thank you for posting the photos. Phyllis had asked if I used the red centres in the log cabins.

Best get the day started, it seems it has faster running shoes on than I do  lately.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I'm not doing well on this computer.  that bread you were asking about sounds like the recipe that has been carried down in my family from my grandfathers bakery days  unfortunately Im not the one it rested on in my generation.  but my sister abd i were just talking about it yesterday and we ate rolls for supper made over the recipe!!

There was something else I was going to comment on but I don't want to lose this so have a great day Everyfriend! Make it your own in every way!!I

Well, thanks for all that wonderful information.  HOwever I don't think I'll be making any on my own.  And I wonder, since it had such a "different" aroma, why I liked the bread (long ago). 
It's so nice to have something pop into your head, and can ask a question here in these forums, and receive answers.  I wish I could remember what I was pondering when the "salt rising bread" question lit the brain light bulb!  I could almost taste it from many, many years ago.  I do remember we toasted the bread and buttered it heavily.

Thanks MarsGal and JaneS.