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Arlene Wright-Correll (1935- _), popular American award winning Artist, free lance writer, & avid gardener, at the age of 68, decided to pick up her paint brushes again after 54 years and paint, in mostly gouache watercolors and pastels, the flowers, herbs

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Childhood memories: 51 of 292

My Grandmother's Button Jar Children, where I lived in Brooklyn, did not have a lot of toys to play with, especially during the 1930's. No one felt deprived even though there might have been peer pressure it rarely was from coveting other kid's toys. By the time I was 5 years old I had discovered that my maternal Grandmother...
Food & Drink > Fruit & Vegetable Recipes Recipes: Spring rolls: 1 of 5

My Favorite Spring Roll Recipe When I lived in Australia, I was able to enjoy some of the best Asian food I ever had. Matter of fact upon returning to the USA, it was a year before I could enjoy the Asian food in the Chinese American restaurants. I love spring rolls as opposed to egg rolls. They are lighter. Here is a pretty...
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) What are community food banks?: 1 of 4

We often think of the local Community Food Bank as an arm of our government's welfare system. Most state and communities have a Community Food Bank especially in large areas. Basically the Community Food Bank helps a person who is hungry and that does not mean just homeless people. Many older people and children are hungry a...
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Flower arranging tips: 2 of 6

Some Simple Advice about Flower Arranging Having a flower garden helps to keep me supplied with lots of fresh flowers. We have lots of windows and some French doors in our home and it allows us the luxury of seeing flowers of all sorts from the early spring until late fall. Yet there seems to be something special about bring...
Food & Drink > Wine Explaining the proper wine tasting technique: 1 of 3

"The Look, Smell, and Taste of Wine Tasting" I was once asked, "Is all that swirling, sniffing and spitting that goes on during wine tasting really necessary?" Yes! Do you need to serve white wine with fish? No! But it usually is a good choice. Making good choices is something you can learn. There is no snob appeal here. Win...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Disabled US veterans: 6 of 15

I Can't Believe This is True or Can I? We were sitting in McDonalds having a coffee and a "McMuffin" type of breakfast defying our doctor's advice to not do these types of things to our bodies. But, what the heck, at 74 and 76 who really cares? I was reading a book of some kind that I always drag with me so I am not staring ...
Food & Drink > Beef, Pork & Meat Recipes Cooking venison and other meats from the wild: 5 of 11

I remember my days as an avid meat eater, especially, wild game. I recall dressing out my first deer in 1967, cooking my first squirrel in 1952 and the many years in the late 50's and early 60's of cooking all sorts of wild quail, partridges, pheasants, turkeys, caribou, elk, moose and alligator. I have even eaten rack of li...
Hobbies & Games > Home Decor Crafts How to make your own liquid potpourri: 1 of 2

How to Make Your own Liquid Potpourri and other good stuff! There are often many items that you see in the stores that are expensive, but charming and a pleasant addition to ones home such as candles, fragrant potpourri, sachets, and gel fresheners. They are not hard to make. Plus they are pretty reasonable to make. I cannot...
Food & Drink > Wine Wine tasting and serving etiquette: 1 of 2

The Etiquette For a Wine Tasting The following terms may seem fanciful at first, but with practice and the right tasting techniques, you should be able to start picking them out from the taste of the wines. There is a proper etiquette to a wine tasting. 1. At a dinner party women and older guests should be served first, then...
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Bring your garden's bounty to the Fair: 1 of 2

Hi Ho Come to the Fair It's that time of year where all over America and I suppose many other parts of the world that the county and state fairs are opening up. In our little part of the planet we have the Hart County Fair in Munfordville, KY from June 28 until July 6 and in Louisville, KY we have the Kentucky State Fair fro...