chicken chile gumbo

off today, cookin with chili's some gumbo original recipe, chicken jalepenos tomatoes green onions garlic spices black pepper beer - and a roux flour/crisco 1:1 cooked for 22 mins pri0r to ingredients......2 hrs. will tell how it worked

Listenin' to love songs

Listening to love songs today on the way home from work.It is Valentine's day.
As I switched the channel to our country station, KVOO; I heard the announcer say
"that song wus so purdey, it could bring tear to a glass eye"
Folks, this is one for the books, I had never heard that expression before

Onions 'n cilantro

What a great day, planted some onion sets today -red yellow and white. My cilantro is coming up in the kitchen window, the seeds from last year worked! On the lookout for pepper plants soon, gotta find some habeneros. Looking at the seed catalog, quite a variety of wild flowers. Planted two rose bushes yesterdays from mom's yard, along with some Iris she had. One rose bush is over 50 years, it was Aunt Ruby's - then mom's and now ours. Wonder who will take it when I'm gone?

old friend

Saw an old friend today, we were locker partners back in hi-school, 37 years later we still converse.

armenian hop

Folk dance last nite - the armenian hop is one that will get your heart goin.
we learned a hula dance, too-american folk dance

oatmeal or 4cheese pizza

breakfast choices today..oatmeal or pizza, hot tea or coffee
actually brunch or possibly lunch
Only 2 more cpts. to read in "SkeletonMan" ..
will Chee fall off the face of the canyon?
will Bernie have her wedding?
will the arm bone be found?
I DONT KNOW YET!

woodchuck AKA groundhog

HOw much wood could a woodchuck wood,
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Did the groundhog see her shadow today?
Did he see the shadow in 1841?
The noaa website has a history page on this subject.
No sun here today, just dreary
In Punxsutawney he saw his shadow.

Donna Norvell librarian memory

Donna was a mentor to all of us, a creative, generous lady. She was always thinking about literacy and how to use good books and fun props for summer reading, bringing her exhilarating eagerness for the upcoming summer. When we did dinosaurs for summer reading, Donna had her research cut out for herself; the summer manual was awesome! She had a dino idea for every age child, every library and every librarian. It was always great fun going to the summer reading preview with Donna, she showed us what we could do to promote literacy with a fabulous theme to connect with our kiddos. She shared her enthusiasm in a genuine way, with youth librarians all across the state of Oklahoma. She always made a point to attend our CATS meetings, and would help us with contacts for programming. Donna pulled a group of us together for the Youth Services Advisory Council back in 2001, what a project. Our team built a network of youth librarians across the state with Donna’s help. Donna’s commitment to youth services in Oklahoma is her legacy. Her memory will be our inspiration as we continue to serve the youth of Oklahoma.