Thanksgiving: Part the Second

Mamacita says:  Cultivate an attitude of gratitude on Thanksgiving, and use it all the days of your life. Thanksgiving isn’t really just one day, you know. It’s just the one day wherein we are all reminded that EVERY day is … Continue reading

Thanksgiving, Part the First

Mamacita says: Sexist though it may sound, it usually takes a woman to fully comprehend what goes on in the kitchen before all that wonderful food appears on the table. I have several male friends who know, too. Painter Doris … Continue reading

Ten Things I STILL Haven’t Done Yet. . . .

Mamacita says: You’d think I didn’t get out much. . . . 1. I have still never used an ATM machine. I think this knowledge would only have negative consequences for me. 2.  I haven’t been addicted to a television … Continue reading

The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

Mamacita says: This day used to be known as Armistice Day, in honor of the armistice that was signed on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”. This year, 2012, marks the 95rd anniversary of Armistice … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday: More Thises and Thats (No apostrophes!)

Mamacita says: I ramble. Let’s get right to it this time. 1. Circumstances never made the man do right who didn’t do right in spite of them. — Coulson Kernahan 2. You cannot make a crab walk straight. — Aristophanes … Continue reading

Homemade Pizza, Anyone?

Mamacita says: Pizza was originally a quick and easy dinner for a busy Neopolitan housewife on baking day. She saved out some dough from her family’s weekly bread and made a quick, nutritious dinner for her family by adding sauces, … Continue reading