Hodgepodge and Good Fences

Canal, Canterbury, England

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1. Besides left over Easter goodies, what's something currently kept in a basket at your house?


Essential oils in one, maps in one, yarn in one, hats and gloves in one, more baskets in one. Yeah, I have a lot of baskets.

The empty one.

Wishing I had chickens so it could feel useful.

2. 'The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.' ~Michelangelo Buonarroti 

So which one are you...the one who aims too high, or the one who aims too low? Have you ever seen The Sistine Chapel? Did you know Michelangelo's surname prior to answering this question?

I've pondered this and don't really know. I do know that I've known way too many people who set such high expectations that they're chronically disappointed - disappointed in themselves and everyone and everything around them.  I definitely have never wanted to go down that road. Then, of course, there are others who have no goals, no imagination, no ambition, and are no fun. I hope that's not me. I have friends who think I'm an overachiever, but what do they know. I've never seen The Sistine Chapel, and I probably have heard Michaelangelo's full name before when watching a documentary, one of my favorite things.

Sign in a cafe in York, England
You can see that I liked it well enough to take a photo of it!

 :-)

3. April 7th is National Beer Day. Hmmm...wonder how that's celebrated? Do you like beer? Have a favorite? If you're not a beer drinker do you have any recipes you enjoy cooking that call for beer?

SIL with beer sampler from Das Bierhaus, Menomonie

Nope, not a beer drinker. I do like the taste of a dark ale unless it's trending toward molasses. Eric makes a great recipe using beer with a pork roast.in the CrockPot or electric skillet.  After the cooking is done, flat noodles are cooked in the beery broth, a can of some poisonous minestrone soup is stirred in, it's reduced, and the roast is served on a platter with the beer noodles as a side dish. It's delicious, but I haven't eaten it for years, due to the Campbell's soup list of ingredients (and the fact that Eric doesn't seem to be doing much cooking these days.)

So the answer is, I actually like the label better than the contents.

4. When did you last travel somewhere new? Tell us where? How'd it go?



Ha! Somewhere new! Several new places in mid-to-late March, all in England. One was Canterbury. Here are a few, just a few, photos from the Cathedral. More coming later.

 Quire

  William Courtenay, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the 14th century.

 'and his little dog, too.' 

Wouldn't a German Shepherd have been a better choice!

5. The value of __________the dollar_______________is greatly overrated.

6. What's a pet peeve of yours when it comes to restaurant dining?  Over-breaded, sauced, poisoned food; Loud children or adults.

7. It's Poetry Month...share a favorite poem, either the title, a few lines you find meaningful, or the whole kit and caboodle.

The Cremation of Sam McGee

by Robert W. Service

There are strange things done in the midnight sun

      By the men who moil for gold;

The Arctic trails have their secret tales

      That would make your blood run cold;

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,

      But the queerest they ever did see

Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

      I cremated Sam McGee.

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Wait! There's more!

The rest of this charming poem can be found HERE. 

I have it in a nice little hardcover entitled, 'Great Story Poems.'

8. Insert your own random thought here. I wish we had public footpaths here, like they do in England. I know we have ATV trails, but I think you put your life at risk if you try to go for a walk on one of them. In fact, it might be illegal. Okay, that's all. Not much floating through my mind tonight, except for the impending doom that comes with knowing there's a stomach virus in the house. To say that Mr. C. has been 'under the weather' is certainly an understatement. :-(

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