Today is Silent Sunday. All the photos of copyrighted and taken by me. The theme is one of my choosing. I hope you enjoy these wordless posts. Thank you!
Culture
Slice of Life: Gearing up for a Wedding, a Vacation, and a Purse!
I didn’t realize how hard it might be to pack for a combined trip this fall after just moving ten short weeks ago! We went to New York to see my parents in July and didn’t have trouble packing but this is different. We are going to a wedding in Buffalo, and that means taking…
Self Care: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
I published the blog on Medium.com today. Please check it out there: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/what-i-found-out-about-lowering-ones-chances-of-having-alzheimers-72cf38de4f76 What I Found Out About Lowering One’s Chances Of Having Alzheimer’s | by Carol Labuzzetta | Sept, 2022 | Medium (opens in a new tab) Thanks!
Making Homemade Pasta For the First Time
My sister-in-law gave us a pasta-making attachment for our kitchen aide mixer for Christmas. It was a complete gift including a pasta-making cookbook, drying rack, ravioli forms, and three attachments for the mixer. Last Wednesday, we perused the cookbook and decided on an egg-based ravioli filled with a cheese and basil mixture. The basil was…
On My Nightstand: Books Books and More Books
Books have taken a large space in my life lately. Since determined we were going to sell our house this year, we had to downsize. Hundreds of books got given away. Some for little free libraries, but more to teachers I know, and the majority to the community center in the town we left. We’ve…
The News Should Report on More Positive Stories
I wrote last night about how our news focuses on the negative. Although these stories must be reported to keep us informed, the way they are reported sometimes (a lot of the time, in my opinion) serves to divide an already divided country. I wish it would stop. There are other stories that can reflect…
What’s on My Writing Desk?
Yesterday, I wrote a post about what’s on my desk. Here is the link for that post: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/is-there-anything-good-on-my-writing-desk-eb60c9dff76d The day before I wrote about the fungi I saw on a walk on the Timm’s Hill Trail that runs near our cabin. It was a 3-mile total hike. Here is the link for that: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/fungi-seen-on-wisconsin-hikes-the-common-and-the-weird-721094248295 On…
Hobbies? I Have Too Many Interests and Not Enough Time!
I am a Jill of all trades some might say. My hobbies are many and have been for a long time. Ever since I decided to be a stay-at-home mom when we moved to the midwest in 1999, leaving my advanced practice nursing career behind, I filled my spare time with hobbies. My small handmade…
Foodie Monday: Horiatiki Salata or Greek Salad
Dictionary.com defines the word Horiatiki as a traditional Greek salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese. And, so it is! I had the pleasure of eating my first Horiatiki Salad on Saturday night, not in Greece (unfortunately) but in a little Greek restaurant nestled on the Main Street of La Crosse, Wisconsin!…
A New Milestone: 1800 Posts
Earlier this week, I promised I’d write about some recent milestones. Today, I am writing my 1800th post on my WordPress blog, The Apples in My Orchard! Eighteen hundred posts! Wow! Since I’ve been writing daily since the end of February 2017, it’s been almost five and a half years of posting. It’s not quite…