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donna-metcalfe

@donna-metcalfe

** Gardening ** Herbs ** Cooking **

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donna-metcalfe
@donna-metcalfe Nov 23, 2018, 10:31 PM UTC

Bina's Yeast Rolls (with recipe)

My mother-in-law, Jakobine (Bina for short), was Norwegian and had a clear idea of what constituted a holiday feast. She was a wonderful cook who knew how to please the eye as well as our tastebuds.…

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@donna-metcalfe Nov 2, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

Leaving the Railroad - My Story

When I was young and impressionable I read Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. One of the characters, Dagny Taggart, worked as a railroad telegrapher in a small isolated station, and that life seemed very r…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 31, 2018, 6:48 AM UTC

Blue Bird of Happiness?

This morning from my kitchen window I saw a flash of blue at the birdbath! The birdbath has been there for many years but only a few birds use it. More often I see a neighborhood cat hop up to take a…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 29, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

Winning the Lottery

In the past few weeks there was a lottery fever going on across the United States. The main prize grew from several hundred million dollars to over a billion. Then it happened – the winning numbers w…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 16, 2018, 7:10 PM UTC

Tarot Tuesday - Osho Zen Tarot

https://steemitimages.com/250x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRtbUpPZo3Ai2FLRa8TuNb1wBZjtKXwkr4GJs5rELCsy8/TarotBox.jpg Nods to @kimmysomelove42 for sharing her favorite decks and inspiring me to…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 16, 2018, 5:48 PM UTC

Everyone is Someone Else's Weirdo

I forget where I heard this quote but it immediately became a favorite. What is a weirdo? It's a person who does strange things. It's someone you look at and think, “What is wrong with that person?”…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 14, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

Recruiting New People for Steemit?

I was just reading a post by @whatsup and the comments, all very interesting, and part of the conversation was about inactive accounts and why there are so many of them. And about the difficulty ther…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 12, 2018, 8:46 PM UTC

Welcome to My Garden #13 – Fruit Trees

When we first moved into our house the backyard was like thousands of other backyards, a lumpy green lawn and nothing else. The people who lived here before had three young boys and a dog, so a plain…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 9, 2018, 7:07 PM UTC

Abandoned Art Project

I don't know about you but when I get in a creative mood I do a lot of experimenting and in the process I make a lot of the things I'm working on. I make as many as I feel like while the mood is on m…

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@donna-metcalfe Oct 5, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

The Black Meal

When my husband and I were dating I was still learning to cook and he liked it when I practiced making meals for him. He would often say how much he loved to cook too, and one day he said he'd like t…

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