Barbara Thompson

We were heading home today, but not before we stopped over to John’s for lunch. My brother and sister ordered wimpy little medium sized root beers. Keith and I ordered large mugs. The very friendly worker told us that they didn’t have large mugs (I was thinking…but I always have a giant mug) because the […]

About a week ago, I randomly thought, “I wonder if Josh Groban is touring this year.” I looked it up and it said he was in Milwaukee June 21 and tickets were $30. What? We investigated. He was performing at the amphitheater at the Summerfest grounds, and there were indeed tickets as cheap as $30.

Milwaukee is the frozen custard capital of the world. Frozen custard is made like ice cream, but everything I have read says frozen custard includes eggs yolks whereas ice cream doesn’t. I have a hard time believing a couple egg yolks makes all the difference. Frozen custard is soooo much better than ice cream. I

The day started at a screech. I woke up with a Charley horse in the top of my foot. And a Charley horse in the side of my foot. And a Charley horse in the back of calf. It hurt so much. If it stretched one way, it was excruciating in another direction. I thrashed

I made a family reunion. It was today. I got to meet this delightful young man. I would say more, but I am sunburned and tired, so, good night.

We were on our way to Madison and decided to stop at our favorite fast food place, Taco John’s. ( McDonald’s might be my favorite restaurant, so I am not sure how that works.) I have eaten at Taco John’s a LOT of times, (starting in 9th grade when I was in the musical Guys

I made these praline pecan bars. They smell sooooo good. They are soooooo hard. Too hard for old teeth, for sure. We couldn’t get them out of the pan until my sister recommended throwing them on the floor. I figured the counter was harder than the floor, so I banged the pan really hard, and

Last summer, we went to an outdoor concert in Stillwater. As we waited for the show to start, I was watching people coming in. Our friends were playing and I always hope and hope and hope for a big audience turn-out. I saw a man I instantly recognized even though it has been a few

HA! It’s a punctuation joke. Sort of. This fluffy blackberry-y dessert is called fool. So, I could have said Want some, fool? lots of times today. I didn’t. But I could have. Since we have lots of blackberries, we made blackberry fool. It is basically whipped cream with blackberry juice folded into it. It doesn’t

This is Chicken Street Corn Skillet, a recipe I got via a friend from Pioneer Woman. I don’t know who Pioneer Woman is, but I have heard the name, or term, or whatever is appropriate here, before and now I know she has a fine recipe for chicken street corn. I have seen pictures of