Partial Annular Solar Eclipse Oct 14 2023, Austin

Our area (Austin) was fortunate enough to behold a partial solar eclipse, clear skies and all. Texans in San Antonio, about 100 miles to the south, got a fabulous annular eclipse because of that area being in the zone of annularity. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Box Cereal Eatins--Dry 'N' Milked

Boxed cereal consumers! Do you always consume yours with milk? Do you also consume some cereals dry, like they're munchies? I've done lots of dry munching on sweetish, often chocolatey cereals. I've tapered off on the grazing for a few years, but am not totally immune to the temptations. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Frequently Used Kitchen Items--Vintage, Newer

 

I've taken a trip down memory lane for kitchen items that I blogged about in mid-2015. I still use a goodly number of them. "Ancient" ones include a Tupperware measuring pitcher, a Wearever air popcorn popper, and an Osterizer blender, Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Rebirth: Year-end 2009 Same Song Titles

This article is a tweaked version "Year-end Fun-AT-tix and More Same Song Titles" that Blogger pulled in May because of some citation links that had been ok in late 2009. ... I decided to improve the article by revising the citations, but also inserting YouTube hyperlinks to artists' videos. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Soda Pop Layer Cake Followup

 

In mid-May, I made my first-ever soda pop layer cake, which uses only cake mix and soda pop. For this followup cake, I used more efficient implements to save on time and effort. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Soda Pop Layer Cake--Low-height N Rich, Hmm

This article emphasizes post-recipe thoughts and additional soda pop cake musings. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Soda Pop Layer Cake--Low-height N Rich, Yum

A few months ago, cost of eggs had nearly doubled the cost of making cake mix cake, not counting cost of frosting. The egg costs have come down, but I haven't quite recovered from the sticker shock. Recently, I made a soda pop layer cake (eggless!). Yum! Read the entire article and comment there, please.