








It was cold outside and a little snowy. Birds really gather round on these days to eat and I took a boatload of photographs. Thought I would share some here. I loved the sliding female cardinal on the birdfeeder. :)
May 08, 2006
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

Lagniappe's John Mooter in photo, courtesy of yours truly.
| CHOCOLATE ECLAIR CAKE | |
FILLING: 2 pkgs. French vanilla (instant) pudding, smaller size 3 1/2 c. cold milk 1 (8 oz.) Cool Whip 1 box graham crackers (don't crush) TOPPING: 2 tbsp. soft butter 2 sqs. unsweetened chocolate 3 tbsp. milk 2 tbsp. Karo light corn syrup 1 1/2 c. confectioners' sugar Grease 9 x 13 inch (I use a smaller 8x11 inch glass pan as it makes the layers thicker and looks prettier ) pan with butter (I also do not grease the pan, not necessary!) Line with graham crackers. Mix pudding and milk for 3 minutes. Add Cool Whip. Fold in. Pour 1/2 of the mixture over crackers. Add another layer of crackers. Add remaining filling. Add another layer of crackers. Mix butter and melted chocolate together. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well and frost. Refrigerate several hours. My ex-Mother-in-Law gave this to me. I detest instant pudding but this is good for a cool summer dessert. Make sure to make it night before so the graham crackers soften. Or at least 8 hours in advance. Use 2% milk or richer. 1% or skim is not as good. Also do NOT substitute vanilla instant pudding for FRENCH Vanilla. I usually hate French vanilla but it gives the oomph in this one. Granted, I never make a dessert with pre-made stuff but this is an exception to me. Yes you can taste chemicals in it but it's a great dessert for summer. Just KEEP COLD. Do not put on outside table in heat! I also make my own semi-sweet icing with Hershey's cocoa, not a fan of chocolate squares but this is the original deal she gave me. The recipe is in my head but not on paper. If you don't want to make frosting, you can use canned DARK Chocolate Frosting but to me, it's too sweet. Making a semi -sweet, almost bitter sweet frosting is an excellent compliment to the sweet filling. | |
Sophia's Place
Date / Time: 7/7/2009 1:00 PMCategory: EntertainmentCall-in Number: (347) 843-476
Date / Time: 3/23/2009 10:00 PM
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Remember when talk radio was just about normal folks having conversation? About big things, and little things? Before political talk took over the airwaves? That's what we are trying to bring back. Might have odd news or dumb criminal story to open up the show. Hopefully my sidekick, Lavinia can join me and if you'd like to call us, just let us know in the chat room FIRST, so that I look at the switchboard for your area code. We tend to get side tracked easily but we'd love to hear from you. Oh, and if I take calls it will be one at a time...like land talk radio does. This tends to keep the sound better, too.
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Sometimes it's an all music show, sometimes it's talk. Lately with Lavinia, it's been talk. :)
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3/30/2009 10:00 PM - Monday night Squawktalk
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Date / Time: 3/16/2009 10:00 PM
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Date / Time: 3/9/2009 10:30 PM
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**For some reason, I could NOT BOOK this show at TEN PM so it's half past the hour. 10:30pm EST!!!!DST bug, I dunno. Weird. :-) Topic to be announced.
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3/16/2009 10:00 PM - Squawktalk Take Two Topic TBA
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Date / Time: 2/2/2009 10:00 PM
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Time to play some more of George's great stuff. Featuring most of his songs this Monday night. Will play a great New Orleans version of "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"...they start off slow and kick it up towards the end....Will close the show with this classic NOLA tune. From his 1953 CD George Lewis and his Ragtime Band - Hot Creole Jazz
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Date / Time: 1/26/2009 10:00 PM
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Please stop by for the fastest 30 minutes in radio. Will not take calls (sorry to my buddy last week!) as I am trying not to talk myself except to tell song titles. I will organize some music and mix it up with some Creole Music of George Lewis--will open with his "When the Saints", some brass bands, and well, a gumbo of bands.
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2/16/2009 10:00 PM - Sophia's Place


Some uptempo dance tunes based on swing and old jazz songs. Will have a couple of songs by Glenn Miller to kick off the show. So many messages on the energetic Mardi Gras show from last Saturday, will probably feature a few of those songs again. :-) And some different ones. More songs, less talk. That sounds like an old FM station's promo years ago. I can promise you no commercial breaks, or traffic and weather reports, during my show, lol. How's that?
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1/26/2009 10:00 PM - Sophia's Place
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Date / Time: 1/12/2009 10:00 PM
Category: Music
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