PEACE VIGIL
SALEM, OH
Friday, June 15, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Giant Eagle & Salem Plazas
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, June 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Giant Eagle & Salem Plazas, Salem, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
This afternoon, my old sewing machine came home from the Little Sewing Machine Hospital, but I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet after its latest round of TLC. But later this evening, stand back! I’m gonna sew up a storm again! (I really missed you, baby!)
On the other hand, now that we’re finally into the best season of the year, my brain’s functioning so well that I’m taking care of several tasks on my long-ignored to-do list. So my own writing has been sparse lately. But once I knock a few more of those tasks off my agenda, I’m looking forward to concentrating on some serious commentary, and maybe more fun stuff too. Stay tuned!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich in the Universe
If you're like me, you really love comfort food, those ooey-gooey victuals that are not so much bad for you as that they're packing more fat and calories than nutrition. Still, once in a while you've got to indulge, because these foods are so great for the psyche!
When I was a kid, a grilled cheese sandwich and a chocolate malt did the trick for me. Two pieces of toasty white bread with tons of melty processed cheese oozing out, and a tall, frosty glass of thick, chocolatey whipped ice cream. Every time we ate at one of those ubiquitous diners that dotted the Texas landscape in the fifties, my folks knew I was going to order a grilled cheese sandwich and a chocolate malt.
Still, no short-order cook in the Lone Star State ever knew, then or now, how to make those dishes as well as the man who ran a tiny little eatery in a classic stainless-steel diner on the outskirts of San Angelo called Burley's.
I will never know how Mr. Burley produced the creamiest, most perfect malts I have ever tasted, but he was a master of the art. Even better, the secret to his best-in-the-universe grilled cheese sandwiches was obvious, so when the "slings and arrow" of life get to be too much for me, I can duplicate his feat.
To begin with, Mr. Burley would assemble the sandwich ingredients the same way everybody else did, slathering butter on two slices of white bread with the dry sides flanking a slice of American cheese, but instead of tossing this concoction on the griddle, buttered sides out, he--and here's the secret!--grilled the sandwich in a waffle iron.
Now that I'm well into my second half-century of life, I have to watch my cholesterol, so I don't do this kind of thing very often. Still, the recipe can be tweaked in different ways to satisfy anybody's diet requirements or restrictions. For one thing, there's no meat involved in the basic recipe, but you could fancy it up by throwing in a bit of ham or bologna, if you like, and call the sandwich grilled ham or bologna and cheese, instead of just grilled cheese.
Vegetarians who eat dairy, like me and my husband, can stick to the basic recipe, but we can lower the cholesterol damage by using a low-fat substitute for the processed cheese slices and brushing the bread with a little olive oil instead of butter or margarine, and wheat bread works instead of white. Besides the olive oil, vegetarians who don't eat dairy can use a cheese substitute made from tofu, such as Galaxy brand veggie slices, available in several delicious flavors in the produce section of most grocery stores.
According to my internet research, there's no more Burley's Diner in San Angelo, nor does anyone named Burley live in that West Texas city. But even though he might no longer be there to whip up the best malts and grilled cheese sandwiches in the universe, Mr. Burley's legacy will live on in our kitchen and, after this article appears in print, maybe even a few others who read this article.
Until you've enjoyed one of Mr. Burley's heavenly concoctions, you cannot know how good crisp waffled toast and gooey melted cheese can taste. Why, even the crust is delicious. What a master he was!
When I was a kid, a grilled cheese sandwich and a chocolate malt did the trick for me. Two pieces of toasty white bread with tons of melty processed cheese oozing out, and a tall, frosty glass of thick, chocolatey whipped ice cream. Every time we ate at one of those ubiquitous diners that dotted the Texas landscape in the fifties, my folks knew I was going to order a grilled cheese sandwich and a chocolate malt.
Still, no short-order cook in the Lone Star State ever knew, then or now, how to make those dishes as well as the man who ran a tiny little eatery in a classic stainless-steel diner on the outskirts of San Angelo called Burley's.
I will never know how Mr. Burley produced the creamiest, most perfect malts I have ever tasted, but he was a master of the art. Even better, the secret to his best-in-the-universe grilled cheese sandwiches was obvious, so when the "slings and arrow" of life get to be too much for me, I can duplicate his feat.
To begin with, Mr. Burley would assemble the sandwich ingredients the same way everybody else did, slathering butter on two slices of white bread with the dry sides flanking a slice of American cheese, but instead of tossing this concoction on the griddle, buttered sides out, he--and here's the secret!--grilled the sandwich in a waffle iron.
Now that I'm well into my second half-century of life, I have to watch my cholesterol, so I don't do this kind of thing very often. Still, the recipe can be tweaked in different ways to satisfy anybody's diet requirements or restrictions. For one thing, there's no meat involved in the basic recipe, but you could fancy it up by throwing in a bit of ham or bologna, if you like, and call the sandwich grilled ham or bologna and cheese, instead of just grilled cheese.
Vegetarians who eat dairy, like me and my husband, can stick to the basic recipe, but we can lower the cholesterol damage by using a low-fat substitute for the processed cheese slices and brushing the bread with a little olive oil instead of butter or margarine, and wheat bread works instead of white. Besides the olive oil, vegetarians who don't eat dairy can use a cheese substitute made from tofu, such as Galaxy brand veggie slices, available in several delicious flavors in the produce section of most grocery stores.
According to my internet research, there's no more Burley's Diner in San Angelo, nor does anyone named Burley live in that West Texas city. But even though he might no longer be there to whip up the best malts and grilled cheese sandwiches in the universe, Mr. Burley's legacy will live on in our kitchen and, after this article appears in print, maybe even a few others who read this article.
Until you've enjoyed one of Mr. Burley's heavenly concoctions, you cannot know how good crisp waffled toast and gooey melted cheese can taste. Why, even the crust is delicious. What a master he was!
Friday Peace Vigil, Youngstown, OH, and surrounding area:
PEACE VIGIL
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, June 8, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Elm St. & Madison Ave.
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, June 8, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Elm St. & Madison Ave., Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
My old (1963) Singer sewing machine is in the Little Sewing Machine Hospital right now, and I miss her a lot! I’d been on a pretty hot stitching roll for almost a month, and now I’m ‘dead in the water’ on that front. So, after I say a little healing prayer, I’ll occupy myself with other things on my agenda for a couple of days, and maybe by early next week I’ll have my trusty old machine back and running full-speed again. Great thoughts in that regard!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, June 8, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Elm St. & Madison Ave.
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, June 8, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Elm St. & Madison Ave., Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
My old (1963) Singer sewing machine is in the Little Sewing Machine Hospital right now, and I miss her a lot! I’d been on a pretty hot stitching roll for almost a month, and now I’m ‘dead in the water’ on that front. So, after I say a little healing prayer, I’ll occupy myself with other things on my agenda for a couple of days, and maybe by early next week I’ll have my trusty old machine back and running full-speed again. Great thoughts in that regard!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Friday Peace Vigil, Youngstown, OH, and surrounding area:
PEACE VIGIL
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, June 1, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave)
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, June 1, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave) Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
Well, I finally got the first bit of my own writing done and posted the article here this morning in which I sort of spoof the birther issue. Besides that, I’ve been doing some serious sewing that I just hadn’t been able to get to for several weeks, at least. It all feels good. And now that we’re easing into that legendary Arizona summer heat, my brain should be able to focus enough for me to keep up this level of productivity for much of the next few months. I know, it’s the other way around for most people. But give me that desert summer warmth and I’m just as happy as if I had good sense--as my late mother-in-law was wont to say. So, I’ll keep on posting these notices through the season, as long as I know what’s going on up there in Youngstown with Tony Fasline and his peace friends. And I hope to alternate with articles and reports of my other accomplishments. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, one finger at a time on the keyboard, and miracles will happen!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, June 1, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave)
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, June 1, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave) Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
Well, I finally got the first bit of my own writing done and posted the article here this morning in which I sort of spoof the birther issue. Besides that, I’ve been doing some serious sewing that I just hadn’t been able to get to for several weeks, at least. It all feels good. And now that we’re easing into that legendary Arizona summer heat, my brain should be able to focus enough for me to keep up this level of productivity for much of the next few months. I know, it’s the other way around for most people. But give me that desert summer warmth and I’m just as happy as if I had good sense--as my late mother-in-law was wont to say. So, I’ll keep on posting these notices through the season, as long as I know what’s going on up there in Youngstown with Tony Fasline and his peace friends. And I hope to alternate with articles and reports of my other accomplishments. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, one finger at a time on the keyboard, and miracles will happen!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
Birthers: Looking under all the wrong rocks
Okay, let’s just imagine, for the few fantastical seconds it takes an intelligent person who can actually read properly spelled English words to digest this message, that the so-called ‘birthers’ are actually correct. Just suppose the person that most of the world’s population consider the duly-elected President of the United States was really born in Kenya and is, therefore, ineligible to hold the highest office in his ‘adopted’ country.
If that were actually the case, then the conspiracy theorists are looking in the wrong place for proof of their suspicions. Instead of harassing Hawaiian officials in an effort to prove that original and certified state documents, along with historical newspaper notices, are all phony, they should be heading to the Dark Continent. If they're right, then that’s the only place where they have any chance of digging up any record of the birth of an offspring of the senior Barack Hussein Obama. A smart researcher would concentrate on births in Kenya between, say, January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1962.
In addition, a true detective would also be looking for the record of Stanley Ann Dunham’s overseas travels during that period of time so that her foreign-conceived child would have been born in her husband’s country of origin. Just saying.
Obviously, the fact that none of the birthers are taking any of these logical steps is proof that their mutant brain cells prevent them from any level of reason beyond the utter hatred that leads them to wage unholy war against the first African-American President of the United States.
It is something to think about.
If that were actually the case, then the conspiracy theorists are looking in the wrong place for proof of their suspicions. Instead of harassing Hawaiian officials in an effort to prove that original and certified state documents, along with historical newspaper notices, are all phony, they should be heading to the Dark Continent. If they're right, then that’s the only place where they have any chance of digging up any record of the birth of an offspring of the senior Barack Hussein Obama. A smart researcher would concentrate on births in Kenya between, say, January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1962.
In addition, a true detective would also be looking for the record of Stanley Ann Dunham’s overseas travels during that period of time so that her foreign-conceived child would have been born in her husband’s country of origin. Just saying.
Obviously, the fact that none of the birthers are taking any of these logical steps is proof that their mutant brain cells prevent them from any level of reason beyond the utter hatred that leads them to wage unholy war against the first African-American President of the United States.
It is something to think about.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Friday Peace Vigil, Youngstown, OH, and surrounding area:
PEACE VIGIL
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, May 25, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Midlothian Blvd. & Southern Blvd.
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, May 25, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Midlothian Blvd. & Southern Blvd. Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
Another week, a few more steps forward. We’ve just signed tenants for the manufactured home I’ve mentioned on this blog before. Since they’re moving to the bigger home from one of our duplex units, we’ll be looking for a tenant for that place next month. Still, we’re very happy about this development. Otherwise, I’m taking care of little administrative things. I hope to clear this list in the next couple of weeks or so, and then get back to some of my work, sharing my thoughts on this blog. Stay tuned!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, May 25, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Midlothian Blvd. & Southern Blvd.
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, May 25, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Midlothian Blvd. & Southern Blvd. Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
Another week, a few more steps forward. We’ve just signed tenants for the manufactured home I’ve mentioned on this blog before. Since they’re moving to the bigger home from one of our duplex units, we’ll be looking for a tenant for that place next month. Still, we’re very happy about this development. Otherwise, I’m taking care of little administrative things. I hope to clear this list in the next couple of weeks or so, and then get back to some of my work, sharing my thoughts on this blog. Stay tuned!
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Friday Peace Vigil, Youngstown, OH, and surrounding area:
PEACE VIGIL
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, May 18, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave.)
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, May 18, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave.), Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
Weather in southern Arizona is sliding steadily from spring into full summer, my best time of year. Since this is the first hot season when I’ve had Jim to help with household projects, we’re plowing through that great mound of things that grew to immense proportions through the long years we’ve been together. Everything’s going into one of three piles: donate, recycle, or discard.
We’re doing everything possible to make sure the first pile is largest and the last one the smallest. Fortunately, our house backs up to an old-fashioned alley. If we can’t find anything else to do with a particular item that still seems to have some purpose to it, Jim will just set it out beside the community trash barrel, and in no time at all, it disappears into some other household.
There it will no doubt haunt another hapless family until they grow as old as we are now and realize they have too much stuff chaining them to this unreal plane. We wish them the best, and hope they get at least as much good out of these items as we did--or at least, dreamed of doing once upon a time when we first brought it into our world.
If all goes well, when it’s time for either of us to go, we hope to travel light. We won’t need all that baggage in the next plane, and we don’t want anything to hold us back when we hear the inevitable call. But never fear. Neither of us is in a hurry to go. We’ve still got plenty of things besides possessions to keep us busy here. On the other hand, the less stuff we’re saddled with, the easier our work will be, anywhere we are.
So, bye-bye, all you pesky little material possessions. We’ll probably miss you for a minute or two. Then we’ll get on with the rest of this existence and enjoy doing whatever is left for a couple of broken-down old geezers like us to do.
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Friday, May 18, 2012
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave.)
Ray Nakley (330-506-1999) and Ron Dull (330-518-9881) will hold their weekly Peace Vigil this Friday, May 18, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the corner of Downtown on the Square (Federal Plaza E. & Wick Ave.), Youngstown, OH. They invite anyone who is interested in showing their support for ending conflict in the world to join them. Hold out positive thoughts for that!
This week:
Weather in southern Arizona is sliding steadily from spring into full summer, my best time of year. Since this is the first hot season when I’ve had Jim to help with household projects, we’re plowing through that great mound of things that grew to immense proportions through the long years we’ve been together. Everything’s going into one of three piles: donate, recycle, or discard.
We’re doing everything possible to make sure the first pile is largest and the last one the smallest. Fortunately, our house backs up to an old-fashioned alley. If we can’t find anything else to do with a particular item that still seems to have some purpose to it, Jim will just set it out beside the community trash barrel, and in no time at all, it disappears into some other household.
There it will no doubt haunt another hapless family until they grow as old as we are now and realize they have too much stuff chaining them to this unreal plane. We wish them the best, and hope they get at least as much good out of these items as we did--or at least, dreamed of doing once upon a time when we first brought it into our world.
If all goes well, when it’s time for either of us to go, we hope to travel light. We won’t need all that baggage in the next plane, and we don’t want anything to hold us back when we hear the inevitable call. But never fear. Neither of us is in a hurry to go. We’ve still got plenty of things besides possessions to keep us busy here. On the other hand, the less stuff we’re saddled with, the easier our work will be, anywhere we are.
So, bye-bye, all you pesky little material possessions. We’ll probably miss you for a minute or two. Then we’ll get on with the rest of this existence and enjoy doing whatever is left for a couple of broken-down old geezers like us to do.
Positive thoughts and, for those who are believers, prayers for all the suffering souls all around the world!
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