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"In My Life" (Memories)

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 One of my "go to" recipes when I have some black bananas is my mom's Banana Bread recipe. In My Life, this has always been my favorite. The recipe was shared in the Provoncha Newsletter which is still the one I use. My dad started the Newsletter back in the 1980s as a way to share family information and news. He did the whole multi-page issue on his typewriter. I would help out by copying the number of issues he would send out. Of course, I did this at work, don't tell anyone. After Dad passed away in 1991, I asked mom if she wanted to continue the Newsletter. She did. She would gather up all the information she wanted to include and I would assemble it together using Microsoft Works on my PC at home. By the 1990s, I had a color printer so I did the whole production at home. Sounds like I need to start sharing some of that data. Well, I made a loaf of the bread and shared the fact on Facebook including this picture. I jokingly mentioned the one banana that was left,...
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"Sexy Sadie" (Books 16-20)

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 My reading has continued but I am one book behind my goal for 40 books in 2025. Well Sexy Sadie, I need to find some shorter novels...Here are the latest five books I have read. C is for Corpse (#16) Written by Sue Grafton; published in 1986; 243 pages; BJ Score 2.0 (Good) This is the third book in Grafton's Alphabet Mystery series. She wrote through the letter Y before she passed away. My book list had the whole series as an entry, so each time I read another "letter", I just update the same entry. I got this from the library which contained the first three novels, so I read all three. It was good story about PI Kinsey Millhone. Persuasion (#17) Written by Jane Austen; published in 1817; 250 pages; BJ Score 3.0 (Great) This became book #78 on my bucket list and it was #35 on the original 100 Books to read. This book was enjoyable and gives a great overview of life in England in the early 1800s. I am glad I did not live in that era, where you knew your station in life a...
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"Hello, Goodbye" (Digital Hoarding XV)

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 This is my Digital Hoarding BLOG Post XV. For me, it is kind of a Hello, Goodbye process...if I open an old photo and say Hello , great to see you again, I save it off. If I open it and say Goodbye , it is moved to the trash and not shared here. Here are the latest saves.. I should mention that some of these are years old and I have to remind myself why I kept the file... I found this old photograph of Downtown Melbourne, taken sometime in the 1950s. On the front right is the Melbourne Causeway, two lanes heading toward Indialantic. The harbor, middle left, is the Melbourne harbor where Ichabod's Dockside is located.  That is Crane Creek with a two lane US1 bridge and a one lane railroad bridge. This was a current shot of the construction at Ilsley Library in Middlebury Vermont. I always steal from Caleb Kenna, looking down Main Street in Middlebury Vermont. This was a weird plant I bought in Vero Beach. The lady placed an air plant in an urchin shell. It is now dead... The s...
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"Nowhere Man"

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 Someone asked me the other day where in the area is a good place to eat. My answer was " Nowhere Man. " Of course, I was kidding. My bucket list for eating is to eat at 12 New places (spots I have never been) and eat at 52 Different places within the year . In June, I just ate at two New spots #6 and #7, putting me ahead of schedule, and here is my thoughts on these two places. #6 - Taco Dive - BJ's score 3.5 (Great to Excellent) Interesting name for a restaurant. The Taco Dive is located in Downtown Melbourne in the same site that use to be Cryderman's BBQ. It was on my dining list but not real high. My cousin Jon Carey recommended after we had played gold at Crane Creek, once known as the Melbourne Municipal course. Things change but kind of stay the same. That is my cousin sticking out his tongue as I captured the sign for the Dive . Scott Ingram, married to Jon's twin sister Joan, also joined us after golfing. Unsurprisingly, the menu had a lot of Tacos on it...
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