National Poetry Month Entry #1 | Prompt: life as a metaphor Smooth, steady stride across new pavement fresh breeze rustling hair sun-warmed shoulders Measured, deliberate steps around disturbed earth dried thorns grabbing sleeves cold mud under fingernails Slow, unbalanced shuffle up the final hill wet socks rubbing blisters sweating, breathless and tired
In the five years he'd been working at the Center for Disease Control, Dr. Jackson Bowie had never had an issue like this. A week prior, on what should have been just another Tuesday at the laboratory, he instead found himself facing the biggest crisis of his career. His desk chair was missing. His utterly … Continue reading Urgent
Oh sh*t. The Battle of Winterfell. The Long Night. It happened. And boy did it deliver. The night was indeed dark and full of terrors. My watch party screamed and shouted and buried our faces into pillows, we drank beer and wine with shaking hands, and anxiously devoured an entire platter full of lemon cakes … Continue reading Week Three: Garlic Roast Chicken and Lemon Parmesan Broccoli
Remember the shriek that little Lord Umber let out last week, right after his ice-blue eyes snapped open and he reached his little wight-hands toward my beloved Tormund? You know, the shriek that made us all pee our pants? Right. That one. It's been haunting my dreams for the last few days. Honest-to-Gods, it's been … Continue reading Week Two: Chicken Pot Pie and Cream Puffs
It's Week One of my #MidWesterosCookingChallenge and I'm excited to dig right in to today's recipes. I put a poll on the Facebook page earlier this week asking for reader input on what the first round of food should be: either Sansa Stark's favorite lemon cakes or a hearty serving of soup in a bread … Continue reading Week One: Lemon Cakes and Bread Bowls
