Thin Slices of Joy

It's Ok to laugh! He's funny! He's always been the cook. I have started 2 kitchen fires by accident. Whoops! Once he was away for 2 weeks. My younger daughter begged him to come home because I was making prison food. Since then when he's away, she makes dinner. 😎

I only like to bake, but more of that is done by the kids. I haven't figured out how to get them to feed me peeled grapes yet. 😁

Thanks, BevJen!

I love both versions.

Two weeks ago I took 2 cuttings from the aloe arborescens. One has grown a root, and there are 2 new side shoots starting. This thing grows fast.

I have this CD.

Hearing it live is always good! I wish I stuck with piano lessons when young.

I had no idea what I was getting into when I decided to learn about caring for my aloe vera plant. Depending on the source, there are over 250, 300, or 500 aloe species, and not unexpectedly, there's incorrect information on aloe vera itself. There's less information on aloe arborescens, though there's an old recipe that purportedly cures cancer. 😒 I believe that it contains more nutrients than aloe vera. In Japan, only aloe arborescens can be sold as a food where the outer leaf is edible. There are a few varieties of aloe arborescens, and one does look like an octopus. There are other tree aloes that look like they'd be seen in a Star Trek episode or a Dr. Seuss book. But don't worry. I'm Cruella d'aloe. 😎

I needed this after.

Billie is timeless.

Billie excels at that! Whenever I hear Slippery People, I see the moment I looked at the others while dancing.

I love great musicians covering great music. We have this CD. All great.

ScotBird - My husband doesn't notice things like that either. 🙈


Betrayal - I love those performances. It is weird his son looks like his clone.


I'm not a sports fan, but Prince's halftime performance in the pouring rain in heels(!) is incredible.

Oops! There's a link to view the video in YT. It's for the show itself. The video you posted is about the show with highlights. I love when Prince was told about the rain, he asked if they could make it rain harder. 😎

More Joni Mitchell

My younger daughter came out of her room, went straight to the kitchen, and started making baklava. She said she's never had it, but I told her she had. We took them to Greek festivals when they were younger. No way we would've missed having baklava. Teaching my kids to bake when young has been one of the best things I've ever done. 👍

ScotBird - I've never been to Rhodes/Crete. When I need a calming memory I think of being on a sailboat around the Bahamas. I was on one for 6 weeks. I loved to fall asleep listening to the waves that gently rocked the boat.

This picture is from that trip (20-yr-old me on the left). We're sitting in water. I don't display the picture of me washing my hair using dish detergent in a canvas bucket of salt water. That was fun! I miss all that hair though.

It's an amazing feeling when a long-endured pain goes away! I hardly notice when I get a new one. I've mentally ranked my different pains. Anything related to nerves ranks high.

I had my Sunday coffee with baklava. Winning combo!