Tag Archives: US Army

Eat Your Veggies

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Silver in the Barn

My mother is a very good cook. Now. But when I was growing up, mealtime was a source of immense stress. Mom had to squeeze every penny out of an Army sergeant’s monthly pay to feed five hungry kids, and she accomplished … Continue reading →

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Six Degrees of Dorothy

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Silver in the Barn

Some of you know I have a fondness for Dorothys (is it Dorothies?) having yet to meet one I didn’t like. It’s just one of those names that seems to attach itself to good people. Here’s the story of my very first Dorothy … Continue reading →

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A Proustian Pretzel

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Silver in the Barn

I’m not alone in having food trigger an involuntary memory, although it wasn’t Proust’s madeleine that did the trick for me.  My time-travel experience happened when I read a post detailing a blogging friend’s experiments making pretzel rolls. Boom, I was back in Germany … Continue reading →

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