Roving Around Halloween 2021

It's gotten to be a tradition with me to wander/rove around to find Halloween scenes. This year, I decided to video-record the sites. ... I made the rounds to the 21 sites a few days ago. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

PB & Jammin' Sandwich Mysteriously Not Findable on the Web

What's mysterious to me is that I've been unable to unearth "PB & Jammin' Sandwich" online for recipe title or for the recipe ingredients. PB & J it is, with pumpkin subbing for half the peanut butter. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

McCormicky-Libbyish Pumpkin Pie

Last month, I published "Which Pumpkin Pie?" that described ranges of ease and cost—fast and expensive, or laborious and cheap. My recipe is a hybrid between McCormick’s and Libby’s, with a slight twist. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/12/mccormicky-libbyish-pumpkin-pie.html and comment there, please.

Which Pumpkin Pie?

Decisions, decisions, decisions, varying mostly for labor intensity for getting a pumpkin pie. Least laborious is buying one. Most laborious is making one that you make the crust, process real pumpkin, and buy separate spices.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/11/which-pumpkin-pie.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.

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.]