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Leftover Turkey and Wild Rice Soup

Makes 6-8 servings. 4 tablespoons butter or olive oil2 carrots, chopped1 large onion, chopped 2 celery stalks, sliced 8 ounces sliced mushrooms, chopped 2 cups spinach, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced ¼ cup flour or 2 tablespoons cornstarch for gluten-free 4–6 cups turkey or chicken stock (so much better with turkey stock made fresh from Keep Reading

Why not now?

Bucket Lists…do you have one? I think everyone has some sort of vague idea of things they’d like to do before ‘kicking the bucket.”  I did one of my things last week. I dyed my hair pink. I know that’s a tame one for a bucket list but I have wanted to do this since Keep Reading

48 not 38

Indian Shores Coffee, Indian Shores, Florida This is my first venture out to a coffee shop since the pandemic shut so much down this year. I have to admit I haven’t been as motivated to head out for coffee since I moved. My back porch is very inviting and my favorite coffee hangout these days. Keep Reading

Update During the Shutdown

Front Porch, Largo, FL When I wrote my first  Coffee House Conversation almost 2 months ago, I envisioned visiting a new or favorite coffee shop every week. And then the world stopped.  In all fairness, I was missing the weekly deadline all on my own. I did visit one other place before the Covid-19 lockdown, Keep Reading

I’m a Writer

Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Co., Winter Park, FL This was always the image I had in my head when I became a ‘writer.’ I’m sitting outside a nice coffee house. When I became a ‘writer,’ I would sit in casual coffee cafes and tea houses, smartly writing away. My fingers would be flying over the Keep Reading

Tampa Riverwalk

Warm sun on my face, gentle breeze, sunlight shimmering on the water…this was my birthday ‘outing’ this year. I had seen the Tampa Riverwalk mentioned briefly in the tourists’ guides but didn’t read much about it before we set off. Being a long-time resident of Texas, I had visions of the San Antonio Riverwalk in Keep Reading