How to make the best chicken tenders – gluten-free option, too!

November 17, 2025
chicken-tenders
Looking for something easy but tasty before the big holiday cooking spree? I've got ya! I got addicted to these a few months ago and I do enjoy them with a sweet and hot spicy sriracha sauce. And now, my husband's into them, too! They really are the best chicken tenders....so here are a few...
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Pondering the tender beauty of loss and discovery

January 19, 2022
discovery
Age brings with it the gift of history, the ability to look back over decades and see how the chapters of our life unveiled and, if we're lucky, to see the meaning of...
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Go to sleep. Ok, go the f*** to sleep!

January 18, 2022
go-to-sleep
Commenters on a Washington Post story  about insomnia had some good suggestions to help us go to sleep. Some were actually new to me--and I thought I'd heard every...
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Drove my Chevy to the levee

January 16, 2022
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry. ~American Pie The other day I had a long update message from someone I knew 50 years ago. Half a century! A deep...
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How to make lemon ice cream from fresh lemons

January 15, 2022
lemon-ice-cream
Lemon Ice Cream Two Ways (One with an ice cream maker and one without!) My wonderful bestie used lemons from our trees to make a yummy, creamy lemon ice cream. Since...
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How badly do you want the cheese?

January 14, 2022
risk
One thing I've learned from life is that it all boils down to risk: the amount we're willing to tolerate and also the type. How badly do you want the cheese? It's...
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When misery loves company

January 12, 2022
misery-loves
The other day I realized that I knew people who only showed up when I had something challenging going on in my life.  Even the appearance of something challenging...
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How I rid myself of social media anxiety

January 11, 2022
social-media-anxiety
"...we still need to discuss this. We live in this world together.... ...so what is this conversation really about?" ~Wagechi Mutu in an interview. This one is...
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Find a song and sing out!

January 6, 2022
sing
Those who wish to sing can always find a song. We've had a rough go of it, the past two years, and it's no wonder that our spirits have been sapped. Sometimes I see...
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If cosmetic surgery helps you feel better about yourself

January 4, 2022
cosmetic-surgery
...then you might want to take another look at your values. I know: that's BLASPHEMY. It's the defense of cosmetic surgery I hear most: "There's nothing wrong...
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And just like that, we’re old

December 30, 2021
and-just-like-that
**. SPOILER WARNING. ** You know how we always suspected gyms secretly counted on on us buying  memberships we never used? I'd forgotten that I had Disney+. So...
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