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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Candied Christmas Pecans

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Silver James

Around here, we tend to give gifts of food to neighbors and friends when it comes on Christmas time. I’ve encountered Candied Pecans quite a bit in my life. I mean, I do live in the middle of pecan country. … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Silver James

I have much to be thankful for–all of you who hang around here on the blog or on my other social media (FB), those of you who read my books, those of you who don’t. I have a wonderful family. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Kitchen Witch Magic Dough

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Silver James

Happy Halloween! Today you get treats with no tricks. And no hawking of books. Our recipe is for all you kitchen witches and wizards out there. You can create some monster goodies with this bread dough. You can make buns. … Continue reading →

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Monday Monsters

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Silver James

Happy Halloween Eve! And Happy Birthday to Only! She almost waited long enough to make her entrance to be our little Halloween Witch. As she won’t be embarrassed, I’ll also say that for years, she thought Halloween was all about … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Talk to the Halloween Candy

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Silver James

Halloween is next Tuesday. Just in case you have haven’t grabbed your candy yet, here’s an “insiders” peek at what goes on after the trick-r-treating, a la Matt Mitchell of #ItsASouthernThing. Have a great weekend!

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Friday Sinema: Octoberfest

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Silver James

Why is it nothing this cool ever happens when I’m traveling? And yes, I did use Google translate to figure out what the heck was happening. Basically, a German plane with 260 passengers just boarded for a flight to Rio … Continue reading →

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Laborious Monday

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Silver James

Happy Labor Day to all who labor! Which, technically, is all of us, even thought the day was originally created to celebrate American blue-color workers. And they should be celebrated! Without the mechanics, plumbers, electricians, welders, farmhands, HVAC, painters, roughnecks … Continue reading →

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Madcap Monday

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Silver James

It’s Monday once again. Sadly, July has one more Monday on the calendar. Ya know, it’s a bad cosmic joke when there are five Mondays in a month. Not fair. If I thought it would do any good, I’d grab … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Monday

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Silver James

So, back in the day when I actually had to get up, put on real clothes, and commute to a job, I learned that, when it comes to messing up the work week, the only thing worse than a 3-day … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Monday

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Silver James

A three-day holiday weekend! Most schools are out for the year! It’s the beginning of summer! Yippee! Everyone is excited and ready to hit the lake or go camping or just BBQ in the backyard. That’s awesome. But do me … Continue reading →

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