Monthly Archives: August 2011

Mergers and Acquisitions

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Liza Blue

Along with the crossword puzzle, the Wedding and Celebrations section justifies the hefty price of the Sunday NY Times.  Back in the 1960s, I used to peruse this section in the remote possibility of recognizing a name.  Beyond that, there was … Continue reading →

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Brain Food

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Liza Blue

Sitting in the shelves of everyone of my first cousin’s homes is a copy of the cookbook, “Have Fun with Herbs,” self-published by my grandmother in the late 1950s.  So I thought it would a fitting family unity exercise to … Continue reading →

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Law and Order

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

I think that every generation of children has a touchstone television show whose ingrained theme song immediately brings back their youth. For me, it was Leave it to Beaver, and then later with my younger brothers, most definitely The Dick … Continue reading →

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The Same Old Story

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

The basic plot lines of  forbidden love, the overwhelming desire for what you can’t have, undiluted jealousy have been the fodder for umpteen movies, cheap paperbacks, great works of fact and fiction, and certainly scads of episodes of Law and … Continue reading →

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The Fruited Plain

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

This summer marked out debut performance as gardeners.  Our new house came with a dedicated, fenced in garden and underground automatic watering system which would have been handy if we could ever figure out how to use it. We had … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buttery

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

The quick trip to the grocery store was pathetically mundane.  I was simply there to pick up the ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies, but at the egg case I found myself caught in a morass of conflicting humane, ethical, … Continue reading →

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Conversation Piece

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

I would not consider myself a good conversationalist, and you can’t convince me otherwise, because every time I take one of those personality tests, I end up with all the other socially awkward people.  But I have developed a few … Continue reading →

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Rendering Judgment

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Liza Blue

I recently heard a friend describe her declining atheletic prowess as like “a horse who should be sent to the glue factory,” which set me to pondering about the fate of loyal farm animals when they make the inevitable transition … Continue reading →

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No Place Like Home

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Liza Blue

My meeting downtown finished early, and so I arrived at O’Hare hours ahead of time for my evening flight to Atlanta.  I settled in to read, and then deep into my novel, I became irritated at the flashing lights above … Continue reading →

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