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Palms, Pirates and A Little Pearl
Key West is more than a destination. Being there, is entering an altered consciousness with a soundtrack by Jimmy Buffett, water so...
By Susan Welsh
Apr 12, 20182 min read
How do you like your eggs?
Nothing says Easter like the egg. The humble ovoid packs 6 grams of protein, contains 9 essential amino acids, is naturally gluten-free...
By Susan Welsh
Mar 29, 20182 min read
SNOW WHITE AND THE SIX-TOED CATS OF KEY WEST
SNOW WHITE The snow is substantial and serene, best appreciated in the comfort of heat and lights. Barring any loss of power, I’m...
Susan Welsh
Mar 8, 20183 min read
Cru Cut
Close to 4,000 miles separate the small town where we're tasting wine from the origins of the liquid gold poured into the glasses before...
Susan Welsh
Mar 5, 20183 min read
Country drives in Country Squires
Back in the 70's when my late brothers Matthew and David resided in Pleasant Manor we would take long country drives on Sundays along...
Susan Welsh
Feb 22, 20182 min read
Happy Aloha Friday
The gray sky and falling temperatures seem to affirm the cold and snowy forecast the meteorologists have predicted for us in the next 24...
By Susan Welsh
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Let me call you Sweetheart #LOVE
The origin of Valentine's Day sounds more like the synopsis of an award-winning HBO series for mature audiences than the romantic and...
By Susan Welsh
Feb 14, 20181 min read
The Eagles Have Landed!
The convocation (yes, that's what a group of eagles are called) will take to the field this Sunday in the city of Minneapolis, home of...
By Susan Welsh
Feb 2, 20182 min read
Gold nibs and French Silk Pies
I hold writer's instruments and talismans in high regard and I'm sentimental for the old-fashioned tools of the trade--typewriters...
Susan Welsh
Jan 22, 20182 min read
These are a few of my favorite things. . .
I collect snowglobes and paper weights-- microcosms of magical worlds where glitter and lights and bubbles create dreamscapes,...
Susan Welsh
Jan 5, 20185 min read
Christmas and Cholesterol
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE My last few doctor's appointments are beginning to remind me a hell of a lot of those years at the Audi dealership...
By Susan Welsh
Dec 19, 20172 min read
General Hospital, my friends from Port Charles, and it's 3 o'clock somewhere. . .
It’s 3:00 and I’m brewing coffee for my afternoon get-together with friends from my favorite soap opera. The theme song from General...
By Susan Welsh
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Dashing Through the Snow in a '69 Chevrolet
“Jingle Bells” that holiday classic we’ve all been singing since we were kids is actually a song about racing in the streets. This...
Susan Welsh
Dec 11, 20172 min read
The 2017 Thank You Card
The "Thank You" stationery we ordered has arrived and it's time to express thanks to our family and friends for the toaster and the cash...
Susan Welsh
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Last Christmas in memory of George Michael
Last Christmas, shortly after dinner, my Millennial brothers were staring at their phones when the news broke that another iconic 80's...
Susan Welsh
Nov 27, 20172 min read
Yesterday's New Hope
After all these decades, Patchouli still lingers in the air, a perfumed reminder of New Hope’s younger, hippier, artsier days. Some of...
Susan Welsh
Nov 14, 20172 min read
Peppermint Patty, Marcie, and Jodie: the feminist role models of my youth
Okay, maybe I don't run 5 miles a day (I walk 3) and maybe I don't do 100 push-ups daily--though the year I turned 50 did vow to do 50...
By Susan Welsh
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Rites of Springsteen
I have to be one of the few diehard Springsteen fans that had, until this past Wednesday, never seen him live or on stage. I hung back...
Susan Welsh
Nov 4, 20172 min read
That's the night that the lights went out on Broadway. . .
In America we have a long tradition of honoring our political past. Carved countenances of past presidents are memorialized in mountains...
Susan Welsh
Oct 28, 20172 min read
Chocolate Bars and Champagne Truffles
In 2010 Stephanie took a business trip to Basel and brought back a box of Sprüngli Champagne truffles for me. You could say she had me at...
Susan Welsh
Oct 24, 20173 min read
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