Tag: family
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Mama Bessie’s Brunswick Stew
Click or not: Mama Bessie’s Brunswick StewHere’s the recipe for my great grandmother’s Brunswick stew. She was from Bessemer City, NC. The recipe and commentary are from my Aunt Parker, my mother’s sister and Mama Bessie’s granddaughter. Brunswick Stew: this is a combination of Mama Bessie’s and Honey’s (Mama Bessie did not add Sherry) 2 tbs of bacon grease 1 frying …
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R E D
Click or not: R E DMagic marker, cut out letters, and dots by Silas, age 1. Processed in Camera Awesome. …
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Chef Louis
Click or not: Chef LouisHarrison absolutely killed it last night playing Chef Louis in The Anthony School’s production of “The Little Mermaid.” Katherine and I were so proud. The curtain opened on Harrison sporting a white chef’s hat, apron, and fake mustache. He slammed a rubber mallet onto a table before launching into his song, delivered in a faux …
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Climbing
Click or not: Climbing“Dad, do you know that climbing song?” I am backing the minivan out of the garage at 7:40am on a Friday morning. “Sure,” I say before I start singing, climb, climb, i always climb out of bed in the morning on a mountain made of sand and i know this doesn’t rhyme but the clutter …
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Galapagos 2013
Click or not: Galapagos 2013Galapagos 2013, a set on Flickr. Updated pics from Katherine and Harrison’s amazing trip to the Galapagos. …
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Triple Fuss Gigantus
Click or not: Triple Fuss GigantusEvery summer I seem to find an unusual creature at Pawley’s Island. One year it was a giant, purple, acorn barnacle. Scientific name Megabalanus tintinnabulum. This year it was a horse conch. Scientific name Triplofusus giganteus. Or “Triple Fuss Gigantus,” as I like to call it. This Triple Fuss was on the jetty near our …
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A dog will always make you feel good when you’re sad
Click or not: A dog will always make you feel good when you’re sadPhoto Credit: Carrie Wills Title Credit: Fred Harrison …
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Thomas
Click or not: ThomasIf you knew my cousin Thomas, you knew that he loved movies and was quite an aficionado. We always thought he might become a film critic and a fine one at that, so I found it fitting to begin with a quote from the late Roger Ebert which I think applies to Thomas’ life. Ebert …
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“Sunshine” Wyrick
Click or not: “Sunshine” WyrickMaybe this explains why I let that punk kid / glovebox thief go a couple of weeks ago. It seems I have a friendly cop in my blood. …
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Recital
Click or not: RecitalRecital, a photo by Red Chuck on Flickr. Helen gave her first guitar recital on Saturday, December 15th at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. She performed two songs, “Waltz” and “Andantino.” And she killed it. I’m working on uploading a video of her performance for everyone in my family for Christmas. …
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Barred Owl, Sounds, All About Birds – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Click or not: Barred Owl, Sounds, All About Birds – Cornell Lab of OrnithologyBarred Owl, Sounds, All About Birds – Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Do Barred Owls live in Arkansas? More specifically, Little Rock, Arkansas? More specifically, Midtown, Little Rock, Arkansas? The weirdest sounding creature flew over our house last night around 9pm. I heard it down the street and thought it was maybe a puppy whining and …
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Halloween Fashion Recap
Click or not: Halloween Fashion RecapSo, the above email made the rounds in our family. Oh the shame, the shame of not designing and creating a costume by hand! Yes, some people just go all out for Halloween. And felt. Us? Not so much. Creative? I’d say yes, we are. But we ain’t in the stitch-it-by-hand mode, these days. I’d …