Heart 2 Heart

Hearts! Heart-shaped prickly pear pixstrip, PSP picture tube hearts pixstrip & info, heart-shaped cookies using cake mix, NYT different look at Valentine's Day, last-minute suggestions. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2011/02/heart-2-heart.html and comment there, please.

Names on the Brain

On and off over the years, I've thought about various aspects of names. In my article, I muse about four aspects:

• Names of characters in soap operas, for which I'm citing one digest's compilation
• American gender-neutral names
• Popular names I've run across during my schooling and work career
• Hurricane names

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2011/01/names-on-brain.html and comment there, please.

Buy Buy Buy Ay Ay Ay

Only another couple of shopping days left! My blog article can serve as a mini-shopping list if you're getting really pressed for time. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/buy-buy-buy-ay-ay-ay.html and comment there, please.

A Convenient Ganachey Icing

My convenient recipe is for making a ganachey icing—-two ingredients, like a regular ganache recipe, but much easier and more flexible for flavors. I also point to a couple of recipes that emulate Hostess cupcakes and list other convenient baking recipes. (How convenient for the year-end holidays!) Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/convenient-ganachey-icing.html and comment there, please.

Post-TDay Travel--Part 3 of 3

YouTube playlists for this article (1, 2),
playlist compilation article

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

YouTube playlists for this article (1, 2),
playlist compilation article

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

YouTube playlists for this article (1, 2),
playlist compilation article

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.