Thursday, March 28, 2024

Beach Days and S’mores Snack Mix | TheFarmChicken

I think I can officially say I have spring fever. I really wasn’t there but the weather has been quite nice this year and this week I am feeling ready for warmer temperatures and the things that come with it. Gardening, crops growing and night walks and crop checks.

The Blonde on the Prairie: Do you need a hug or a Bandaid?

Besides writing newspaper columns - I spend most of my days hanging out in the preschool where I’m hired.

Opinion: Nice things

I often listen to the Thom Hartmann radio program, and he has occasionally asked rhetorically why we can’t have nice things in America. His contention is that being the richest nation on the planet, a good number of other countries have many better things than we do in the U.S. This situation reflects choices made primarily by our political system after decades of less than stellar national governance that is not reflective of the needs and wishes of most American citizens. For some time, those we elect have brazenly ignored the wishes and needs of most of their constituents and succumb to appeasing their campaign donors at the expense of working to provide for the general welfare of the people.

The Blonde on the Prairie is Stunned by the “Wow”ness of a Chance Encounter

There are situations in life where something so huge happens and then we’re left with wondering, “what does it all mean?” I’m about to share with you my wonder based on a spontaneous drive to Grand Forks, ND. It’s rare me and that husband of mine ever go to Grand Forks.

Cornbread Muffins | TheFarmChicken

This recipe goes back to my 18th birthday. We were having chili and cornbread and I wanted something different than the recipe on the cornbread can. Turns out baking the honey and butter into the muffin doesn’t affect them in a negative way…go figure. Ha! They were so good and now they are my go-to cornbread muffin. Do you like cornbread with butter and honey? Here’s the recipe:

The Blonde on the Prairie gives advice on ‘Love, oh Love!’

As I type this, it’s the day before Valentines day.

Opinion: Campaign Season

In the next several months, we will be bombarded with political advertising and depending on the state, the annoyance level could be only marginal or could be endlessly horrific. Very little that we will be exposed to will be of an informative nature relating to how candidates will specifically improve the lives of most of their potential voters. Most of the current campaign strategies involve character assassination of the opponent and lying because accountability is no longer part of the political process. Political strategists know that you simply must repeat something several times, even if what you are repeating is demonstrably false, and people will begin to believe the lies and false statements even when they may intellectually know better.

Korean Beef Bowl and Muddy Farm Fresh Eggs | TheFarmChicken

This week on TheFarmChicken I posted a sourdough discard recipe for Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies. I think I have made this recipe around 6 times now over the past few weeks! I was going for a certain texture of cookie, and it took some trial and error, but I finally got it after almost settling. Who knew adding sourdough discard to a cookie could create such a challenge. It’s a good thing the test batches were still good and now we have a lovely cookie freezer stash.

The Blonde on the Prairie says, “Serve to be truly happy”

This day as I type, I recognize that I have a bunch of things floating in my head. What a timely word “floating” is considering the weather news all around the nation. There are two types of people in this world according to me. The kind who serve and the kind who think they deserve. The two kinds are despised by each other and yet it takes one to fulfill the needs of the other. Our own North Dakota floods have been a challenge for all of us. If it wasn’t a challenge for you then you either had a medical excuse or you thought you deserved not to help those attempting to save their properties and lively hoods.

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