2024 Halloween Imaging in November

Halloween this year was on a Thursday. I incorrectly guessed that people would keep their Halloween decorations into the weekend. Besides a few people having already started taking in items, a few balloons were deflated. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Sliced-Veggie Lentil Soup

Make an easy, robust soup that contains four veggies (1/2 pound each of carrots, celery, zucchini, and yellow squash), a 1-pound bag of lentils, and ~8 cups of water and seasonings (or broth). Read the entire article and comment there, please.

New Year Ham Day

Another post-holiday meal—this time, a ham dressed with pineapple slices and cherries. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-year-ham-day.html and comment there, please.

New Year Turkey Day

Turkey Day came almost two months after Thanksgiving. The meal was tasty, the timing was just about right, with the only menu item requiring reheating being the oven-roasted veggies. And the dinner guest brought in flowers in a vase and meal accompaniments—oranges, cranberry sauce, and Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-year-turkey-day.html and comment there, please.

MnM--Munch n Music

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If you like munchin n music, this article is for you, with lots of youtube links to whet your appetite. Read the article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2011/05/mnm-munch-n-music.html and comment there, please.

Post-TDay Travel--Part 3 of 3

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This article is the third of three parts of the Thanksgiving week travel theme. In the first article, I wrote about songs about planes, trains, and cars, based on the movie title Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. Part 2 is about water travel songs—boats, surfboards, submarines, ….

This article covers the rest of the travel modes I can think of. I've listed songs, artists, lyrics sites, and video sites (if possible). Take another trip down memory lane with the third batch of songs I’ve compiled. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/post-tday-travel-part-3-of-3.html and comment there, please.

Post-TDay Travel--Water Water Everywhere

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This article is the second of three parts about songs and travel, originally based on the movie title Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Take a trip down memory lane with songs I’ve compiled that feature travel and water, one major travel method not in the movie title. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/post-tday-travel-water-water-everywhere.html and comment there, please.

Turkey Week Travel--Planes, Trains N Cars

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Planes, Trains & Automobiles, which came out in 1987, stars Steve Martin and John Candy. Take a trip down memory lane with songs I’ve compiled that feature the movie's travel means. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/turkey-week-travel-planestrains-n-cars.html and comment there, please.

Q4 Lights N Decor, Halloween Sights N More

More and more, appearances by outdoor lights and decorations have been creeping backward and forward in the calendar in the 4th quarter. In my full article (among related holiday thoughts), I muse about the following:

• 4th quarter outdoor lights and decorations


• a lights gadget that could be programmable for single- or combination-color and motion


• inflatable lawn decorations that could wear swappable holiday-themed velcro-fastener outfits

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/q4-lights-n-decor-halloween-sights-n.html and comment there, please.

Holiday Gadgets to Inspire or Not

Over the years during the holiday season, I have smiled bemusedly at gadgets hawked on TV as prospective gifts. Questions that pop up in my mind are usually "Really? A saucepan would work, and most people already have one", "Gee, another appliance to take up shelf, cupboard, or drawer space", "Does that gadget really work?", "[price, usually ending in .99] sure seems like a lot for what that thing is supposed to do".

Gadgets in the past that trigger one or more of my above thoughts include …
[Read entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-gadgets-to-inspire-or-not.html.]

Thanksgiving Day Menu, From a Language Perspective

Being someone who thinks about the English language a lot, I often think of associative terminology. In my topic about Thanksgiving Day food, I'm putting a twist on it and injecting some flavor into the discussion, language-wise. Turkey is at the top of the food list. For vegetarians and vegans, skip reading "turkey", or discontinue reading this article. Other items are (from the top of my head) potatoes, sweet potatoes (sometimes interchangeably called yams), cranberry sauce, dressing (aka stuffing), gravy, and pumpkin pie. What about veggies? They'll roll onto the scene. I'll bypass food discussion pertaining to all-day football, as that could be an entire subject by itself.

Turkey: Legend has it that …

[Read entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-day-menu-from-language.html.]