Reflecting Upon the Hodgepodge and Pumpkin Cheesecake

Reflections

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1. On Thursday we pause to remember a dark day in history-9/11. Will you mark it in some special way?

I think I'll be praying that God will move the Administration to secure our border and to be honest about their dealings in the Middle East, to make a phone call to the Mexican government to get our Marine back rather than ignoring him, and that Christians in this land would be faithful. Also, that Americans would get their heads out of the sand and realize how quickly liberty can be taken away.

2. Do you ever/still...listen to an actual radio? Watch a videotape (VCR)? Look up a number in a phonebook? Refer to a paper map while traveling? Set an alarm on an alarm clock as opposed to your phone?

I almost never look up a phone number in a phone book. Who can find the phone book??  So much easier on the computer. I never set an alarm clock because if I did have to get up for anything, my body clock/cat/dog usually awakens me. And, I always use a paper map when traveling. My smartphone is way too small and aggravating to use it for a map except when I don't have a paper map available. When I'm home, however, then I go to Google Maps or Mapquest or Google Earth.

 As you can see, I like to mark up my map.

Can't really do that on the phone.

I have the radio on in the background much of the day: Bill Bennett, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin occasionally, and Wisconsin Public Radio: Talk of the Nation, On Point, As It Happens, etc.  I like to get both sides. And I'll listen to podcasts (Rick Steves, BBC History Magazine) while I'm making dinner in the evening or riding my recumbent exercise bike to get the kinks worked out of this hip.

I have a few VHS tapes that I keep: The Chronicles of Narnia by the BBC; Shadowlands (a favorite movie!) with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger; The Blue Yonder, great a kids' video about a time machine.

I love this movie!

3.  Is it ever a good idea to discuss religion or politics with people you don't know?

Interesting question. It depends. I don't think you shove it down people's throats, but if the subject comes up, definitely. I remember once attending a women's meeting where they had a rule that you couldn't discuss religion or politics. Really? Really?? What else is there?? Both real faith and politics affect one's life so profoundly. But then, there is another important topic also:  children. And that's fine. But I don't like to hear about potty training unless its my own grandchildren. And I definitely hate to hear women complain about their husbands. I also don't like opinionated women. ;-) lol

4. What's a dish you haven't eaten all summer, but come September find yourself craving? Have you made it yet this month?

Pumpkin Cheesecake. And no, I've not yet made it this year. See #8 RANDOM, below.

 Hey, what are these fence photos doing here??!

Well, I'm not going to have time to write a blog post for tomorrow's Good Fences, so I'm inserting them in here.

5. What's something you know nothing about?

Are you kidding? I do not have enough room here to list all the things I know nothing about. But I do have Google, so there's no excuse to say, 'I wish I knew about...'

6. September is Classical Music Month. Do you like classical music? If so, what's your favorite piece?


I do love classical music, and there are too many pieces I like to choose just one. I love Bach, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Handel, and Mozart's Requiem among others. I also love good choral music like John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers. I don't like mediocre choral music, of which there seems to be an abundance.

7. What's the oldest thing you own?

Mr. Cranberry

Bottom right

With brothers and cousins
They must have had a flood in Vernon County that year.

I was going to say 'my husband,' but actually my great grandmother's platter would be even older. ;-) I think it's called Flow Blue. Right?

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Now that I'm thinking pumpkin cheesecake, I'm also thinking caramel apple cheesecake. A couple years ago I posted recipes for both. I think I'll do that again - and maybe even make the pumpkin one. They were delicious! But then, I love cheesecake - except for the time I had it in a restaurant and the server heated it up in the microwave! No kidding. It was horrid and I have no idea why she would do that.

Caramel Apple Cheesecake

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

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