From husband Bill, August 27, 2026, home
I am a big fan of Jesse Lee Peterson, a black American conservative talk show host, political commentator, and Christian minister who started White History Month (July) and Men's History Month (August), both in 2018. Here, he speaks of patriotism.
https://youtube.com/shorts/6YFxiBfXd4Y?is=Eyg474MstfK7UirN
From husband Bill, August 27, 2026, home
My paternal grandmother used to make peach pie when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. She never used a top crust. She would boil the peach pits in water, remove the pits, and then add unflavored powdered gelatin and a few drops of red food coloring to the water. She would pour the hot liquid over the freshly sliced peaches in the pie shell before baking. The pie would have this, well, pinkish-white, gelatinous substance on top. I liked it.
These days, we know that peach pits, as well as the pits of cherries and plums, contain small amounts of amygdalin, a chemical that can break down into the poisonous chemical cyanide when digested, so do NOT include these boiled pits in your recipes.
From husband Bill, August 27, 2026, home
I don't think that I have ever eaten this.
From husband Bill, August 27, 2026, home
National Just Because Day is an opportunity to do stuff ... just because.
August 27, 2026, home
From husband Bill, August 26, 2026, home
Cherry Popsicles are OK. I prefer the Fudgsicle (chocolate). The "S" is silent, so it is pronounced "fuj-ih-kell." I also like Creamsicles (orange cream).
August 26, 2026, home
From husband Bill, August 25, 2026, home
I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel another food-review video. (length: 4 minutes, 43 seconds)
Food Review: Nutella Peanut (August 25, 2026)
From husband Bill, August 25, 2026, home
I am not all that fond of banana splits.
From husband Bill, August 25, 2026, home
Whiskey Sours are OK.
August 25, 2026, home
From husband Bill, August 24, 2026, home
My paternal grandmother used to make peach pie when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. She never used a top crust. She would boil the peach pits in water, remove the pits, and then add unflavored powdered gelatin and a few drops of red food coloring to the water. She would pour the hot liquid over the freshly sliced peaches in the pie shell before baking. The pie would have this, well, pinkish-white, gelatinous substance on top. I liked it.
These days, we know that peach pits, as well as the pits of cherries and plums, contain small amounts of amygdalin, a chemical that can break down into the poisonous chemical cyanide when digested, so do NOT include these boiled pits in your recipes.
From husband Bill, August 24, 2026, home
I occasionally like waffles, but I prefer pancakes.
From husband Bill, August 24, 2026, home
When my dad (R.I.P: 1934-1997) retired in the mid-1990s, he moved to Maryland, near Baltimore, from Long Island, New York. I visited him there a couple of times.
August 24, 2026, home
Yearbook photos: 1979
From husband Bill, August 23, 2026, home
I created and uploaded a short video onto my YouTube channel of photos of myself from the 1979 yearbook of my high school in West Islip, Long Island, New York. (length: 1 minute, 36 seconds)
Photos of Myself in the "FORE 'N AFT 1979," Yearbook of West Islip High School (August 23, 2026)
From husband Bill, August 23, 2026, home
I found my inner nerd (and outer nerd) as a preteen in the 1960s, playing with my chemistry set. Hey, my favorite job (1992 to 1996) was reporting, writing, editing, and researching for an international weekly magazine on the financial and technical aspects of the chemical industry based in New York City (Manhattan). I was also a member of the CB Radio Club in high school in the later 1970s. Also, I have two high school diplomas and two university degrees.
I am still in the preliminary stages of self-publishing a book of my poems. I am still writing an autobiographical novel.
My Uncle Phil has called me a nerd, and my cousin John has called me a dork. Both were quite perceptive.
From husband Bill, August 23, 2026, home
My dear cousin Scott introduced me to the Cuban sandwich, as well as Cuban coffee (Café con Leche), when I visited him and his brother Burt while on spring break in Miami in February 1982. They were attending the University of Miami. I was attending Villanova University near Philadelphia.
Two friends from 'Nova and I drove my car (two-seater Ford EXP, four-speed) 24 straight hours to spend a week in Florida. It was a hatchback, so we alternated who slept in the "trunk." I dropped them off in Fort Lauderdale, and then I continued south onto Miami.
(Although I am not Hispanic, I do like Cuban food.)
From husband Bill, August 23, 2026, home
I absolutely dislike sponge cake and pound cake, well, all cake unless there is more frosting than cake. I absolutely dislike Strawberry Shortcake. I dislike sponge cake. I dislike strawberries. I dislike whipped cream.
August 23, 2026, home
From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home
I created and uploaded a very short video onto my YouTube channel of random quotations by Lord Krishna. (length: 1 minute, 18 seconds)
Quotations By Lord Krishna (August 22, 2026)
From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home
I have eaten dim sum, but never bao.
From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home
It looks somewhat good, although it's a bit plain for my taste. I really don't like cake all that much. (I have never eaten this.)
From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home
I tend toward almond milk. I switched from soy milk, mainly because of the high levels of estrogen in soybeans. I have tried hemp milk; it was OK.
From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home
When I was a kid in the 1960s, still with many of my baby teeth in my head, I stopped putting them under my pillow for the Tooth Fairy to leave me money. I kept my subsequent baby teeth in a small, plastic tooth that formerly contained chewing gum. I put a little cotton in the tooth container. I no longer have that container, but I have wondered, if I did, if I could get my mother to give me 25 cents a tooth.
From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home
This is a day to enjoy the unconditional love of your canine companion.
August 22, 2026, home
From husband Bill, August 21, 2026, home
I do love spumoni, because it tastes good and (probably) because of my Italian upbringing. Spumoni is ice cream typically with fruits and nuts. It usually has flavors of ice cream to match the Italian flag in colors: pistachio (green), vanilla (white), and strawberry (red). I prefer the chocolate version (which typically replaces vanilla with chocolate). I don't like strawberry anything, but I can tolerate it if it's mixed with something else.
From husband Bill, August 21, 2026, home
I am one of these.
From husband Bill, August 21, 2026, home
I never heard of it, but it sounds interesting.
August 21, 2026, home
From husband Bill, August 27, 2026, home I am a big fan of Jesse Lee Peterson, a black American conservative talk show host, political comme...
