Katyn directed by Andrzej Wajda
Does a lie becomes the truth if told often enough?by Carmen Ferreiro In the spring of 1940, 20,000 people, 12,000 of them Polish officers, were executed under direct orders from Stalin and buried in common graves in the Katyn forest. The Germans found the graves in 1943, as they advanced into Russia. They exhumed and identified the bodies, and released the names of the dead to the Polish population attributing the massacre to [...]
Kitchen Counseling
by Chrysa Smithhttp://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/67/25-things-chefs-never-tell-you.html This link will take you to a Yahoo news story about chefs. What they like; what they don't. What they will and won't pay for in a restaurant themselves. It caught my eye mainly because I've interviewed a handful or more of celebrity chefs over the years. And my read on them is that despite some of the intimidation factor that they can raise with 'gourmet' food, fancy French names, [...]
A Rose by Any Other Name—
by Chrysa Smith---is part of about a hundred shrubs or vines within the Rosaceae classification. That's pretty botanically savvy, huh? Well, thank Wilkepedia for that one. Of course, one needn't know any of that to select a great stem, appreciate the delicate scent or admire them from afar. But if you want some of the best around, whether it be Roses, Asiatic Lilies, Hydrangea, Tulips, Delphinium, Gerbera and varieties you've likely never seen [...]
Fashion Forward or Caveman Chic?
A Middle Aged Woman Laughs (and Grimaces!) at Fall FashionsBy: Mary Fran BontempoI drove to the mall with my friend, Chris, last week in search of some cute fall clothes, armed only with my purse and debit card. Silly me. I should have brought my spear and hunting gear.In department after department, we saw what looked like the remnants of wooly mammoths and mountain goats draping mannequins throughout the store. Vests, sweaters and [...]
Laughing @ Middle Age, a Cartoon by Pat Achilles
Send this chuckle to a friend to cheer up an autumn morning! Email them the link: notreadyforgrannypanties.com.
A Video for You–That’s One Cool Cat!
Sure, I'm a Phillies Phan, but this video is a hoot--And that's one accommodating cat! Enjoy! (PETA members, no cats were harmed in the making of this video!)--Mary Fran