Name Days For Monday August 30, 2021:
Vilija June 15 (Latvia)
Vilja January 27 (Estonia)
Vilje January 27 (Estonia)
Viljo January 27 (Finland)
Villija May 28 (Latvia)
Vilma January 7 (Czech Republic) August 31 (Latvia)
Viltautas January 3 (Lithuania)
Viltenis January 25 (Lithuania)
Vince January 22 (Hungary)
Vincent January 21 (Slovakia) January 22 (France, Sweden)
Cyndi’s Apple Fall Harvest Bread
YOU WILL NEED
1 CUP LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
2 LARGE EGGS
1 CUP SOUR CREAM
1 1/2 CUPS PEELED DICED APPLES
2 TSP BAKING POWDER
1/2 TSP BAKING SODA
1/4 TSP SALT
3 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
2 TSP CINNAMON
1 TSP NUTMEG
1/2 CUP WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR
1 1/2 CUPS WHITE FLOUR
1 CUP WALNUT PIECES
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350
MIX SUGAR, EGGS, SOUR CREAM, AND VANILA TOGETHER WELL.
ADD REMAINING INGREDIENTS EXCEPT FOR APPLES AND WALNUTS, AND MIX WELL.
ADD APPLES AND WALNUTS, STIR THROUGHOUT MIX.
SPRAY 1 LARGE BREADPAN, OR 2 MEDIUM BREADPANS WITH NON-STICK SPRAY, AND ADD DOUGH.
BAKE 1 HOUR, OR UNTIL TOOTHPICK INSERTED IN CENTER COMES OUT CLEAN.
LET COOL ON WIRE RACK, (FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN FORCE YOURSELF), AND ENJOY!
GREAT FOR MAKING IN THE FALL, WHEN APPLES ARE AVAILABLE APLENTY!
BLONDEMOMLADY@aol.com
Monday July 20, 2020
Goldilocks
PRONUNCIATION: (GOL-dee-lahks)
MEANING: adjective: Just right; a happy medium; optimal; not at either extreme.
ETYMOLOGY: After Goldilocks, a golden-haired girl in the fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. In the story, she visits a bear house and chooses Baby Bear’s chair, bed, and porridge because they are just right. Papa Bear’s porridge is too hot, Mama Bear’s too cold, for example. Earliest documented use: 1949. The story was first published in 1837. The earliest documented use in the literal sense of the word is from 400 years earlier.
USAGE: NOTES: Trespass much? What would have happened if, instead of Goldilocks, the protagonist was a boy named Dreadlocks? Share on our website or email us at words@wordsmith.org. The word is often seen in astronomy, as the Goldilocks zone, meaning an area that’s at just the right distance from a star for a planet there to support life.
USAGE: “‘That’s our Goldilocks locomotive,’ Executive Director Mark Bassett says. ‘No. 93 is too big for what we do, and it’s a gas guzzler. No. 40 is too small for what we do. No. 81 is in the middle. It should be just right.’” Jim Wrinn; Five Ways Nevada Northern Highballs History; Trains (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Jul 2020.
“Swirling around a red-dwarf star about 110 light-years away from Earth the distant world sits in a so-called Goldilocks zone — not close enough to its host star to be too hot and not far enough away to be too cold — that could allow liquid water to flow across its surface.” Blue World; The Economist (London, UK); Sep 14, 2019.
See more usage examples of Goldilocks in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. -Carlos Santana, musician (b. 20 Jul 1947)
Monday December 3, 1990
Violin lessons begin the fifth a 6:00. I had a bunny in my advent today. Report cards this Friday. Sveiks!
Thursday August 19, 2021
Dear God,
I want friends. I want my own social circle of friends to hang out with. I want friends who will include me in their things they do. I want friends that you can really talk to about things that are deep, but also just chill out & relax. I want friends that are genuine, real, honest, not fake & will always be there for me in times of crisi7. Would you please, please, please help me with this? I would be so super grateful for that. I give it all to you to all with. It’s in your hands. Please listen to my prayer.
Thursday August 19, 2021
Dear God,
If we’re supposed to reduce all the plastic in the world, then why is there still so much of it? Why do we have so much plastic being dumped in the oceans, deserts, landfills? Why is plastic being used on things that don’t need plastic? How can we really get rid of plastic when it’s being used to make everything? How can we get rid of the toxicity of plastic that’s killing plants, animals, oceans & people? How did we get to such a sad state? Why can’t we care more about the environment, God? Why? Why? Why?
Monday June 19, 1995
Cousin Erika
By: Tara Kimberley Torme
In all the years I have known you
I don’t know you too well
Of the things together we do
It’s not talking on Canada Bell.
We were apart for many a year
In which we grow and change.
Today I feel that seeing you is all so very queer
My life since then is so very deranged
I am so glad to see you again
After all of this time
Through hurly burly lightning and rain
For us-there will be no more mime
So let us keep in touch from now on
And on and on and on
I hope to see you very soon
And let us be like leprechauns.
SILENT MEOW AUTOBIOGRAPHY POEM
My mother and I stayed. The
House was really nice and warm. We
Did take a lot of walks upon the beach.
We saw the St. Laurence river. Each
Walk we took was always filled with scenery.
Boats would always be floating by. We
Walked amongst the rocks and sand.
The meals there were quite divine. And
Then it was time to leave for Sept-Iles. We
Took a ferry (I think) or drove down. My mother and me
Made the long drive there. I do remember
The surrounding areas of trees filled with iron where
Only fire could burn them all down.
Chainsaws broke. Fire to burn them to the ground
Was the only solution. Finally my mother and I
Arrived in Sept-Iles. I remember this well. Why,
Even to this day I remember how all the streets
Were all in alphabetical order. It was neat
How the city was organized. And also how
All the seagulls and sands were pink. Now,
I thought it was awesome – seagulls and
Sand in my favorite color of pink. How grand
Couplet Poem
By: Tara Kimberley Torme
Do not stare
At the air
Haiku Poem
By: Tara Kimberley Torme
I’m in a good mood
‘cause I got a text from you
To meet on Wednesday
tktorme 