Dorie’s Different Reality

Today I’m making a batch of “some sort of ” tomato sauce. I want y’all to know it’s a lot of work. Poor me. I had to go out and pick the tomatoes, wash and core them. But I’m lucky- I have a “food mill” So I spent the better part of an hour […]

You’ve probably got this one in your e-mail. By the very talented “author unknown” I thought it would be fun to vary it a bit.
First, we were born to mothers who smoked, and drank coffee and alcohol during pregnancy- the hussies!
Then we were fed formula from glass bottles. The #1 ingredient was canned cow’s milk!
If […]

Found out my favorite warrior queen, Ruslana, has a new song and video. “Moon of Dreams” from her album “Amazonka”- gee I wonder what that means? It’s pretty neat- reminds me of one of Boris Vallejo’s paintings! She also recorded this one in English with the rapper T-Pain, so I know that the chorus goes […]

Here’s the latest round of harvest from the garden!
Let’s see- I went outside to get some potatoes. I pulled up 1 1/2 plants and got about a dozen potatoes. They’re redskin variety. Four are huge and the rest are smallish and will made nice additions to salad. There’s about a dozen tomatoes- most of […]

I have issues with my name. Dora. It’s not so awful. It’s just that when I was going to school, it was unusual. The popular names were Kathy, Susan, Debbie, Linda, etc. No engraved pencil box that said “Dora”
Today I saw a Dora The Explorer Potty Seat.
oh joy

I’m known far and wide for “Chicken Licken” tendencies- if there’s DOOM to be reported, I’ll do it! So in the news today comes a warning about granite counter tops. It seems a lady was preparing to sell her house and had a home inspection, which detected abnormally high levels of radon. The source turned […]

First effort for www.ihasahotdog.com! My little picture needs some ratings….or you can make some funny dogs yourself!

One of the nice pleasures around here are some little lakes up in the mountains. True, they aren’t mountains in the Himalayan sense, but hey, Appalachians count too! A number of them have swimming beaches. We always enjoyed taking the tiny Duchess swimming. I think she’s part mermaid- that child loved the water! Anyhow, […]

Sunday is pancake day around here. All other days we have cereal or toast, but on Sunday, I like to make some sort of real breakfast. Today, Pyrate said I shouldn’t make pancakes because Vera couldn’t have any! Hello? Puppy dog- not supposed to eat pancakes anyhow! Well, as it transpired, Mike slept in. The […]

Watch for falling stockbrokers! Mr. President, Senators and other phony-baloney politicians- y’all better fix this thing soon!
Sunday, Pyrate and I went to lunch in Frederick in honor of his 58th birthday. mmm- meat loaf! Then we took a turn around the mall to walk off the calories. There were people there, but I think a […]