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"Plum bolster" or ...

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A stodgy boiled cylinder featuring currants and dough rolled into a cylinder in a cloth and boiled. The boiled pudding concept is also intriguing. How did that come about? Fascinating evolution of pronunciation What is Spotted Dick? 5:12 hours of sleep. A good amount of walking but also bus connections lined up elegantly so I did not have to wait long at transfer points. Clear and GORGEOUS but fog morning and evening. Visiting Mom has so many ups and downs...

Breakfast NOODLES???

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The fun of this video is the story. The spices sound intriguing Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 6: Breakfast Noodles 4:54 hours of sleep.     

60 Minutes segment on a family of 7 kids who all have musical careers

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This is kind of standard gee-whiz human interest reporting, but it's just lovely to hear the family together. How the 7 Kanneh-Mason siblings became classical music sensations 4:54 hours of sleep. There was a communications muddle about whether there was to be a family conference about Mom. Apparently that happens only once. Anyway, I got the news enroute and decided to stop at an adorable Greenwood taqueria, the kind where a roll of paper towels is the napkin supply. Go to the register to order. Then walk back past the merchandise to the dining tables. A GREAT blessing. The other REALLY good news: today when my sister and nephew visited, Mom was sitting up in a wheelchair. She had eaten a lot of lunch! The fact that she had enough endurance to sit in a chair and to talk ALMOST normally is a HUGE step. One is not sure how to untangle management of certain clinical things. Charitably, buying time for medical measures to take hold so different kinds of OT and PT will have time to bea...

Never enough Christmas carols

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          Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol (Video)           Amazingly, 6:16 hours of sleep. Clearly I needed it, and my  trick about putting the slippery blanket between two cotton things seems to have helped a little.

IInteresting suggestion for leftover holiday ham.

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Interesting concept. I would definitely muck around withthe flavor palette Monte Cristo Casserole 5:54 hours of blessed sleep with no obligation to be anywhere at any time. COLD so I had to get up and find the fuzzy slippers that don't fit right for walking around but were just GREAT in bed. Also rearranged the blankets this morning so the fuzzy one is between two cotton items not sliding around against the fleece bedspread. Welcome to sleep hygiene. Tonight it is cold and nothing is falling out of the sky so exercise, moving large muscles felt VERY good. Still trying to figure out my right leg.

Why make pie out of perfectly good yans?

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The BEST Sweet Potato Pie Recipe 4:54 hours of sleep Binge YouTube to duck a must do list.  Calmer today. a little.

Wartime British desserts to wonder about while eating chocolate and an almond cookie.

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Christmas is plentiful with challenging notes but watch this video and roll with all of today's dramas The British Christmas Desserts No One Makes Anymore (And Why That’s Sad) 8:52 hours of sleep. Badly needed. WONDERFUL just right Thai food and chocolate feast with friends. I know why I would rather take light rail home from Lynnwood than ride in a car: HEADLIGHTS.