Snow

Cold glow

Windy blows

Fire warms

Ice forms

Storm

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Puzzle This – Saturday Mix, 13 January 2024

Most of us are staying close to home this morning and probably close to each other in this weather: feels like -32F? It’s cuddle, cocoa, or coffee time. Basketball games canceled because busses will not start😵‍💫

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2024 Daily Prompt – Jan. 13th

Your three words this week are:
CAN CANDOUR CANDY

Well let me just say right from the start

Candy was very close to my heart

Not as much now as it used to be

When my mom cooked the confectionery

She made lots of desserts and treats

I can remember them, delicious to eat

But with all candor I now see

Sugar doesn’t benefit me.

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Three Things Challenge #M571

Courting Disaster

1-12-20 by rugby843

I looked it up, texted, and finally courted, so it is my fault. I refuse to accept I cannot do certain things anymore, partly because of my health, part my age and part where I live.

Still reading? Gold stars all around!⭐️

I was craving chocolate. Old women like me who live alone crave a lot of things I won’t go into here–and I heard that big sigh of relief.🙄

I always have more skim milk than I need, because I hate milk and can’t buy only a quart. So I thought, hey! (That was my first mistake). I could make chocolate pudding! I had a little baking cocoa from last year’s cake I made for my daughters birthday, and the rest of the ingredients most of us have in case we ever want to bake anything. I googled a recipe for using cocoa instead of using my regular cookbook which called for squares of chocolate.

Second mistake, texting. . .the potential recipe to myself. I read the ingredients , plopped them all in the pan and then had to bring to a boil, slowly. Being the impatient person I am, while I did the constant stirring, I thought I’d check the recipe once again.

I should have texted instead of full on courting, but I’ve been cooking for over fifty years, so thought. . .well it doesn’t matter what I thought, I lost it. The recipe. There are hundreds of google recipes for easy chocolate pudding, but not so easy to access a certain one with my only free hand. I saw a similar one but the milk was half the amount. Also, annoying ads and signups kept covering the recipes. I kept trying and finally it was time to add the vanilla. I did, removed from the heat and hoped it would turn out okay.

Of course if you’re still reading, you’re probably wondering about the disaster part. I had two bowls sitting on the counter to receive my beautifully crafted pudding. Unfortunately my now free left hand, not so reliable, slipped with the whisk and it fell. Luckily it fell into the scooter basket, but sprayed the cupboards, dishwasher and me on the short one foot trip. Did you know whisks can bounce? Of course–when they land on the whisky wire end.

All is cleaned up now, two bowls of pudding cooling in the fridge, but I think it will be a while before I try this again. I always think I CAN and of course I want and need to believe it. Next time I want a chocolate fix, I’ll buy some Hershey pudding cups.

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Toast, a guilty pleasure

Always welcome as a treasure

Loved late at night or early morn

A pick me up if you’re forlorn

Stomachs everywhere world wide

Crispy toast most can abide.

Ok, quitting before it gets really bad😂

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Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 12th, 2024

I always liked that ad…I received my grocery order and they substituted a huge package of fresh cut pineapple for the watermelon I ordered. Okay, I have some chicken, rice, carrots and onion and can make a recipe with that BUT what to do with the rest? My stomach can only take so much pineapple 😳

So here I am cooking:

Just kidding, it only feels like that whenever I’m trying to cook!😂 Have a good weekend!

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She saw a natural arch over the entrance to an enchanted area. Her personal wishes lie within. It only takes a bit of imagination, faith and hope for it all to be realized. Often only seen in books or paintings, such an ethereal space is only a dream away. She sank into the soft bedcovers and closed her eyes.

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https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/114132004/posts/5070962792

Poem Rules:
• your 11 lines can be written in any date order
• you must keep the original word order
• you may only change the tense or personal pronouns
• you may add a conjunction or a preposition for continuity
• minor erasure at start or end of the original line is allowed
• enjambment can be helpful

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After a sleepless night this won’t be “tight”

First it was awkward and brief

Just one more my dear, please

Slightly slumped, casual presence

I may need a supplement of the calming kind

Time travel to the past or a future that may not last

Some changes you have no choice

Think fortunate thoughts

Peaceful beasts

It’s in my nature

Hard as stone, never relenting.

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MTB: Last Year’s First Eleven

Your Prompt – New Beginnings. Let the prompt word and/or image inspire you!

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Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – New Beginnings