Life – Allyn Gibson

Found in My Cupboard

I’m sure this fine. I only bought it in, oh, 2016, at Big Lots. I’m sure it’s fine.

There are times, on my morning drive to Diamond‘s offices in Hunt Valley, that I reach the Shawan Road exit on I-83 and, for a brief moment, I feel like I should just keep going. I’ve no idea where I go or what I’d do when I get there — wherever there is — butContinue reading “That Road Tripping Wanderlust”

Christmas Is a Time for Cats

My friends’ cat Albert. In spite of the name, Albert is not a boy. Welcome to 2022 everyone. May it be a better year than the last two.

An Unexpected Snow

I don’t believe this was in the forecast for today… First snow of the season! It turned to slush by afternoon, and it will be in the fifties by mid-week. Still, the snow made feel a little less weird about ordering Norah Jones’ Christmas album yesterday, which I hadn’t even known about until Christmas weekend…

Experimenting with the Rubik’s Cube

When I was a kid, I could not solve a Rubik’s Cube. I could solve one side, but where to go from there? Solving an adjacent side seemed like the right approach. It is, in fact, the wrong approach. One method is to solve it by layers, which I learned to do a few yearsContinue reading “Experimenting with the Rubik’s Cube”

A Jell-O Salad with a Horseradish Kick

Because I am not a recipe blogger, I am giving you the recipe first, and after we will discuss. Cranberry-Horseradish JELL-O Salad 2 boxes of Raspberry sugar-free Jell-O 1 can Ocean Spray Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce 1 bag frozen onions (thawed and drained) 1 cup sour cream 3 tablespoons horseradish sauce Boil two cups ofContinue reading “A Jell-O Salad with a Horseradish Kick”

An Ode to Aunt Sarah’s

A few weeks ago I learned that Aunt Sarah’s Pancake House in Richmond has closed. They didn’t survive the pandemic. I’m not surprised, though I’m sad. For a time, it was a small chain in Virginia, with locations from Richmond to Lynchburg. In Lynchburg, they were in the old Howard Johnson’s in the mid-90s. MyContinue reading “An Ode to Aunt Sarah’s”

The Two Cell Towers in My Back Yard

The week of Labor Day, there was an industrial ruckus in my neighborhood. It was loud in my “office,” it was even louder outside. I had no idea what they were doing, but it sounded something like a hole was being drilled to the center of the Earth. It wasn’t until I came home fromContinue reading “The Two Cell Towers in My Back Yard”

A Cemetery in the Mountains

Last weekend I visited my parents in Lynchburg, Virginia, and this was only the second time I’d been there since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Having nowhere I needed to be in no specific hurry, on Friday I took a scenic route down through the Shenandoah Valley to Natural Bridge, then across Virginia Route 130 backContinue reading “A Cemetery in the Mountains”

The Daily Cloud: September 3

When COVID shut down the world eighteen months ago, I began a little project. “Began” makes it sound like it was planned, but it was really just something I stumbled into. I took pictures of clouds. It wasn’t a daily thing, but it was certainly a semi-regular thing. A couple of times a week. ThenContinue reading “The Daily Cloud: September 3”