Barbara Thompson

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

There is a sign on the corner leaving our neighborhood that says HOUSE WASHING with a phone number. I think that means that someone has a job using a power sprayer. I hope they love their job. I love power washer-ing. Spraying off the peeling paint on the deck isn’t as fun as writing in

We started the day off with a walk. We have been trying to do that. Down the hill and around the corner was a garage sale. We saw a mirror that Alexander might want – texted him – yes, he wanted it. We walked around our regular route, went home to get all the cash

The big band Keith plays in played in Veteran’s park in River Falls tonight. We were lucky to have several friends join us – which means the world to both of us. One of the things that has come up quite a few times since we went to Wales is the fact that the brass