Name Days For Saturday July 31, 2021:
Svea January 2 (Sweden)
Svjetlana October 3 (Croatia)
Svens June 11 (Latvia) July 11 (Latvia)
Svetlana September 28 (Latvia)
Sybille October 3 (France)
Symeon January 5 (Poland) October 8 (Poland)
Szymon January 5 (Poland)
COLESLAW WITH RED APPLES FROM 1991 LATVIAN COOKING BOOK
4 cups finely shredded cabbage
2 red apples-unpeeled and diced
1 large carrot, grated
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
juice of 1 lemom
2 Tbsps. mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
2 Tbsps. chopped parsley
Place cabbage in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and pour on rapidly boiling water to cover – let stand 15 minutes.
Drain and dry.
Pour lemon juice over apples and blend with cabbage, carrot and parsley.
Mix sour cream, mayonnaise and sugar – pour over cabbage mixture.
Toss and chill for 2 hours before serving.
Tuesday October 9, 1990
I didn’t get the main part. I did get a part. I can’t wait. I will give this diary to my children someday but to my oldest child.
Monday June 8, 2020
Yarra-banker
PRONUNCIATION: (YAHR-uh-bangk-uhr)
MEANING: noun: 1. A vagrant or a loafer. 2. A soapbox orator or agitator.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Yarra river in Victoria, Australia. Its bank was once a popular hangout for vagrants, soapbox orators, and the like. Earliest documented use: late 19th century.
USAGE: “There were many jokes about the draftsman [and poet Bernard O’Dowd] who was so pedantic about the right place for a comma and yet could write exuberantly about the Yarra-banker in the May Day procession keeping step with Christ.” Victor Kennedy and Nettie Palmer; Bernard O’Dowd; Melbourne University Press; 1954.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools. -Marguerite Yourcenar, novelist (8 Jun 1903-1987)
Tuesday April 7, 2020
Dear Papa,
In the last month COVID 19 blew up all over the world, ripping my personal universe apart. Mass has been canceled until further notice. It’s all being streamed online. I can only go to confession.
There are no more group things of the Embroidery Guild, Dress For Success, Grind Writers. Nearly all but the most of essential stores/shops have been closed.
Social distancing has become the new norm. I no longer work because my job has been deemed non essential. But I am still getting my salary paid.
Doctors are only seeing patients via video calling unless urgent.
The world has become a major ghost town. Only those with essential errands can go out for air & exercise. Buses are virtually empty with seats blocked off for social distancing.
I’m having such a hard time right now with being at home so much, Papa. I keep busy. I’ve done so much skyping with people to lift my mood up. I’ve watched a ton of COVID 19 videos. But I still despair. I feel hopeless. I feel so isolated & alone.
I don’t know what to do. I wish you were here with me to cheer me up. To pray the rosary with. But you were never ever there for me. Because you left when I was 3 years old. And it’s all my fault. Just like all of my health issues are all self-inflicted. Because I caused my lymphedema, my DISH, my endometriosis, my Asperger Syndrome, my gall bladder issues (before it was taken out). IT IS ALL MY FAULT. I AM ALL TO BLAME. I CAUSED IT ALL. I AM A VERY HORRIBLE PERSON.
You are the last ghost I can’t kill.
Love,
Tara Kimberley Torme
Wednesday July 21, 2021
Dear God,
I really, really, really need new bras. I will be going bra shopping on Friday July 23, 2021. Will you please, please, please help me to find some new bras that are super awesome, super comfortable, budget friendly? I would be so grateful for that. I need to refresh my wardrobe on that front. I need lots of help in looking smart & sharp so people will notice me for all the good reasons. I want to be taken seriously. Please help me with this God. I give this all to you. I can’t do it on my own. It’s in your hands now. Please listen to my prayer.
Wednesday July 21, 2021
Dear God,
Why was the bra invented? What is the purpose of wearing a bra? How long has the bra been around? What is the purpose of the bra? Have women always worn bras? What did women wear/do before the bra was invented? Why don’t men wear bras? Why can they go around bare chested when women need to cover up? Is it necessary to wear a bra, God?
Thursday August 18, 2016
Bromance
By: Tara Kimberley Torme
6 ‘’ 5
Golden shoes
He’s introduced
The crowd roars
Makes a cross sign
With his hands
Gun sounds
Of goes Bolt
He smiles
At De Grasse
Playful smile
Between the two
De Grasse and Bolt
Win the heat
Bromance blooms
Between the two
As they hold hands
At the finish line
World’s fastest man
And De Grasse
Watch out world:
Gold medal for Bolt
De Grasse and Bolt laugh
As they exit the stadium
SILENT MEOW AUTOBIOGRAPHY POEM
I, on the other hand – was not like she
My list of items were highly unique to me
The entire conversation I had with Santa was a hoot
In the background of the tape – you could hear laughing to boot
I asked for a violin and lessons and
An eye for my Leo, a Steiff teddy and music stand
My conversation – I can really remember clearly
Talking about my wanting to be a vet – I think of it yearly
I also remember singing to Santa too,
Singing “We Wish A Merry Christmas To You.”
*Before I hung up I asked Santa
I still have that tape amongst my things. I
Would love to put it on YouTube – from a time gone by
It would really be a hit, you see
The Christmas tape of Vanessa and me
But, alas, a large problem arises for me
I have no way of transcribing it onto CD
And then the technology to put on YouTube you se
How to do this successfully – it baffles me
That same Christmas Nanci took me you se
To the Bay to get my ears pierced – her gift to me
Couplet Poem
By: Tara Kimberley Torme
This honey
Tastes funny
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