Chelle's Blog

I woke up this morning with a story to tell but it escapes me now.  In my mind that means the story isn't finished and I must continue to write it.  I will go back to sleep now, but promise...

I had a dream about my dad this morning. The 26th anniversary of his death comes in ten days but it hasn’t been on my mind at all. After this many years it kind of slips past and I tend...

I will be adding more recipes to this section of "Chelle's Cookbook" but I wanted to get my Thai green curry recipe up to share.  After years of trying different ingredients, this one  is a hit with the family. Green...

I woke up this morning and decided to cook a big, fancy, breakfast for my family:  fried eggs, thick sliced bacon, grits whisked in milk, and toast with strawberry preserves. Peacefully, I began the process:I poured milk into a pot...

My passport came in today, two weeks after I renewed it.  It really is astounding how fast instant gratification travels these days.  I plan to visit England next year to research family history for a book I want to write. ...

Very quickly and done out of guilt for not posting since June, here is an entry on our revamp of the upstairs landing.  We finished that project at the end of June, but had visitors soon afterwards - and then...

It's been awhile since you've seen Celie, so I made her the cover image for this entry.  Just this week though, I enhanced her name to "Celié Pantonette", given her rich palette of Frenchy tri-colors."Let them eat treats!" she commands,...

Don't we all wanna cookie?  Well crack open a bag of Oreos because there's no cookie recipes on this page - but there are plenty for pies and cakes.  My photos here are fifteen years old and you can really...

Back in Fall of 2020, in case we needed a little extra chaos, Facebook discontinued the "notes" part of their service.  This probably went largely unnoticed; unless like me, you had been storing all your original and tested recipes there...

We are still repainting Sadie, hoping to finish the front and sides before Wintertime, while saving the back for next Spring/Summer. When I say "we", I really mean "mostly Kenny", as he is the one repairing and replacing wood and...