OT New Poll - other things we do?

I've loved his books and scratched my head over his books. I'll have to nab that one at the library next time I'm in the mood for it.

Cheryl

I'm pregnant. I have a bun in the oven.

Okay. I give up. What's "baking a baby?"

Dianne

Cheryl, I forget, where do you live? At the price of gas now, it may not be feasible to make the trip from Indiana :-P Barbara

Good Evening

i have read none of the Harry potter books. As to the "Island of the day before" i must admit that of all other Umberto Eco`s books i found this the hardest and less interesting book. >

mirjam

Thank you , being a vegetarian i would not cook it, but thanks for the explanation mirjam

yup, that'll do it.

heh.. well, glad i'm good for sumthin'

I'll give her some credit for doing something I couldn't bear to do. I dunno, hubby is an engineer and I think his job requires a huge amount of creativity, if not artistry. so I think you can find it anywhere. Though analysis is definitely of a different sort even than engineering.

I can relate to that. In fact, it's that feeling that has me pretty much paralyzed right now when it comes to writing. I have a piece on my desk that is ready to go and just no guts to actually send it.

i tried - and while it was easy in the respect that it flowed from me at

i hear ya. but you are probably significantly younger than I and therefore have much more time (in terms of age, not responsibilities) to really pursue that growth such that you can perhaps reach that level of writing maturity. I fear I will never get there and I'm already 41. basically i think it's "too late" though I know that many writers don't publish before 40. Many more do.

ahh...enjoy. We've been trying to get a building permit for several months (long story, political football, etc.) and all the dreams hubby and I have about adding built-ins and landscaping and... all on hold because of a conflict between county and developer. grr...

thanks for the recipe resources. don't like gumbo! sigh.. poor sweet, lost soul. :)

that's okay, as a bona fide suthunuh, i can't stand grits. :)

best, kcat

I saw her point when SHE said it, but darned if I can repeat it so it makes sense.

You know, if you get into a critiquing group, and you get to see what other people are writing and what technical obstacles they face that you don't, "valiant effort" becomes a lot more than "it sucks but at least you tried."

I wrote a short story once and sent it to Esquire. Rusty Hill wrote back on one of his little official memo pads (you know, with the Esquire logo and his name), "Thanks anyway--RH." It was SOOOOOO insulting I could only laugh. I kept it and put it up on my bulletin board where it is to this day (10 years later).

Well, you're going to have to define significant because I'm 37. ;) AND STILL BREEDING.

Late bloomerness sucks.

Eeeeewwwwww... my empathies!

Can't stand okra, frankly, and rice just tears my innards apart so I don't eat that either.

sigh.. poor sweet, lost soul. :)

I do, in general, enjoy sewing. I just haven't actually made any

Thanks, I'll keep that hint in mind!

Well, I guess that's *some* reassurance! :) Trish has privately emailed me with some other hints, too. All are greatly appreciated! DD & I are going to look at fabric today.....will keep you posted!

Joan

Do you get Zatarain's products in your grocery store? Their rice and beans, Cajun rice, Dirty Rice, etc. products are really good. You could easily make a gumbo with Cajun rice and just add cooked chicken, ham, and shrimp (or whatever else you want) for your own gumbo.

Sue

Darn! I suppose that leaves out ND, too?

Joan, whose DH would *love* it if I were "organized"!!!!

Hi Sue...

yeah, we have it around here. I just haven't tried it. I'll look into it though. shrimp, fish, crab. All requirements in my gumbo dreams. Would croaker or whiting make good fish for gumbo? or are these too light and crumbly?

My latest 'mania' is early 19th Century Staffordshire pottery. I had the good fortune to find and purchase some very early Mason's Patent Ironstone online...DH was ready to toss me out of the house until I had them appraised for something like $300 a piece. In researching them, I fell in love with the genre, the history, the sociology (the whole Industrial Revolution thing) and the locale. Indeed, somebody really should do a Masterpiece Theatre series about The Potteries, say, circa

I read that all the good pieces were snapped up years ago by the British, and that the rest of us are just chasing after the leftovers but I'm having a great time hunting and identifying the early ironstone makers. Less success in finding collections to see (and touch). Anybody else share this interest?

Lynda

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." ..................Paul Rodriguez..................................... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You could ask for expenses! LOL

Cheryl

That's funny, that's exactly what we had for dinner tonight, and have shared it with the cable repair guy as well .

Zatarains gumbo with rice, and we added sausage and Tabasco sauce -- YUMMY.

-- Jere

"Joan E." had some very interesting things to say about Re: OT New Poll - other things we do?:

I know she won't be able to make it to California. (sigh)

Nonsense. No one in their right mind drives to California. We're sending her a plane ticket.

We really like the "dirty rice" too... just brown a pound of ground beef and cook together. Much tastier than any "Hamburger Helper" and easy for a quick meal.

Sue

Well, if you're that eager, I'll start checking out expedia! As for ND, maybe my husband has to take another trip out there to collect insects for his research. I'll keep you posted!

:-) Barbara