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Where in Kansas was this damage? We've been lucky here so far this spring (west KC suburbs). Stuff to the north and south of us, but nothing here.

People crack me up. So, there's a Facebook group about LaTiara shells that I joined just for fun. Folks are posting pics of which Walmart has them. At our local Walmart, they've got empty shelves with a sign that says only two boxes each. Meanwhile, over at our locally-owned market, they're posting signs saying call the General Mills CEO and request they let the locals carry the shells. Yeah, that's gonna get it done.

There seems to be a trend toward not having funerals, at least among my family members and people I know. They are ridiculously expensive, as are cemetery plots. But, there is some very real value in the gathering, paying respects, reminiscing, reconnecting, etc.

BTW, Jeremy Clarkson, on the right, has a series on Netflix called Clarkson's Farm. It's kind of a Green Acres-like thing where wealthy city boy tries his hand at farming. It's pretty dang funny, but you'll have to tolerate a lot of f-bombs and other words. Since it's British, some of the curse words are funny in themselves.

Why not do a Viking funeral? Lay you out on one of your boats, set it on fire and push you out into the lake?🤪

Careful there, or your next of kin will follow your lead😀

FYI-Lotsa movies were filmed in the Sedona area. Watching Broken Arrow (1950) tonight. Here's Jimmy Stewart sending smoke signals with Cathedral Rock in the background. And he scores with young Indigenous American girl there too.

fuh-HEE-tuz and a mar-guh-REE-tuh with tuh-HEEN rim (I deserve a medal of valor for the Battle of Spell Checker!) Medium-rare marinated flank steak, grilled red peppers and red onion, green salsa and sour cream.

Do it! Stunningly beautiful scenery, cool vibe, good food. Pick your dates to avoid busy times (spring break, weekends) as crowds/traffic can be a b*tch. We had mid-40s in the morning and low-70s in the afternoons. Never broke a sweat in the dry air and 4,000 altitude. Oak Creek runs from mountains north near Flagstaff downstream to Sedona and has trout, including stream-bred browns and stocked rainbows. Caught a couple stocker rainbows. Nothing really special, but added AZ trout to the list.

Sedona, AZ Cathedral Rock Chapel of the Holy Cross Honanki cliff dwellings, Sinagua people, circa 1150 - 1350 Interesting flora everywhere Some fauna too Etc.

'Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.' - Yogi Berra

Angostura bitters.

Nice! I haven't seen those cherries. Are they good and reasonably priced? I'm too cheap to drop $20 for a jar of Luxardo cherries, so a few months back I bought some cheap maraschino cherries and replaced about half the syrup with brandy. I won't bother with that again.🤪 A friend suggested to swap out maple for simple syrup, and I like that too.

I really miss asparagus. It's the first thing in the spring and fills you with hope of things to come. My little ⅓ acre lot used to produce a lot more stuff. I had asparagus, gooseberries, strawberries, and bigger vegetable garden yields. But, the trees have grown in from all sides. Asparagus bed was taken out about five years ago, the gooseberries got crowded out by our spruce, the one we used to decorate for Christmas 25 years ago but now is taller than the house. Cool that you can forage for asparagus. I've never seen it in the wild.

Here's yer dang!

Our local grocery store has recently begun carrying some excellent Argentinian shrimp. They are pretty large, say 10-12s, with shell on but deveined. I always get them still frozen. So, last night it was shrimp and grits. I just winged it on the gravy...sautéed onion and poblano, flour, typical Cajun seasonings, tomato paste, Winchester sauce, hot sauce and shrimp stock from the shells. A drop or two of Kitchen Bouquet to make it look better. Real white grits, made with some heavy cream, and a bunch of cheddar jack. Same seasoning on the shrimps, which I cut into 2-3 pieces each. Wifey says, 'Did you write this down?' Which is her way of saying 'dang'😀

That all sounds good to me!

I don't know if there is any connection, but your symptoms sound very similar to a friend of mines. He was simply blowing leaves and twigs and dust and whatever into a pile in his back yard. No fire. He inhaled something and it really knocked him for a loop. He had a nasty, nasty cough for a couple weeks and skipped coming over for a Christmas Day visit. He sounded terrible, and I was very worried for him. He eventually went to the doctor and I think he got some steroids to knock it out. He doesn't have any existing respiratory issues that might have explained it. Just cleaning up stuff and got pretty sick.

Yes, beef is 'spensive.

Too late!😀

The last week or so I've been hardening things off. Some really dry and windy weather made it necessary to put everything under plastic. All is well, and today I transplanted the lettuce and herbs out. Tomatoes and peppers are looking good but I'm going to wait about a week to see what the weather does. Looks good now, but you know how that goes.

Not au jus, jus soup!

The beer was Belhaven Scottish Ale. I'm all over the map!

Got this idea off'n the internet. French dip with canned consommé and French onion soup as the dip part, deli beef warmed in the soup. A nice roll sliced open and very lightly toasted with provolone. We'll do this again.

I think they're used in stocks in Asian cooking.