Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Pony Rides 25 cents
Pony Rides 25 cents
Originally uploaded by sdpalladio.
A photo restoration from a damaged negative for my mother's birthday. She was 4 at the time of the picture.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Southern Afternoon Tea
Lemon Mint in my garden
According to a study in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, two to three tablespoons of citrus juice added to green tea stabilizes the antioxidants, allowing for up to five times the availability for digestion.
In honor of this new knowledge, and on this hot summer family-fun-filled day (or, viewing Wanted, like me...), I present our family recipe for Southern Afternoon Tea. This is served at every family reunion and at every great aunt's house when we visit. I'm sure the researchers didn't take into account 2 cups of sugar, but, you can't have unsweet tea down here, y'all.
Southern Afternoon Tea
7 regular tea bags
1 qt water
2 c sugar
2 6oz cans frozen orange juice
2 6oz cans frozen lemonade
water to make one gallon
sprigs of fresh mint
Put tea bags in quart of water, bring to a boil and then take off heat. Let steep for about 5 minutes. Take out tea bags. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Add orange juice and lemonade. Stir until mixed. Add enough water to make one gallon. Serve over ice and add mint.
Happy Independence Day!
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Realization
Ten years ago, I began my first career as a high school teacher for English, speech, and debate. Although I loved the kids and the teaching, and although my certificate is still good for another 2 years, I will probably never go back. Why? Because of the foot-high pile of papers that I lugged around with me like a body chained to my back.
They had their own cart, and no matter how many I did in front of Frasier and Friends, during the holidays, in the middle of the night, at the movies, and my peak performance, at Monday Night Football against the Dolphins, still they grew. It was all necessary, of course. The kids had to learn to write somehow. But that is a special kind of torture that few other professions, including other subjects within teaching, possess.
Flash forward to today, four steps, ten pay grades, and two field changes later, and I just realized yesterday: I still grade papers for a living.
Hold me.
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