Countdown To Spring Time     - preparing to spring forward -      !!! JUST A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL SPRING TIME !!!  !!! SPRING FORWARD TIME THAT IS !!!   !DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTS ON MARCH 14TH THIS YEAR! Yes! For all you chilled, frozen and frigid, sunlight deprived (depraved too) poor souls of RedGage – Spring Time time is here!!! … and just another week ‘til the Vernal Equinox, followed quickly by the Vernal Moon, and then Easter! So start looking for your bonnets, get your

My Basic Hummus Dip + Extra Tasty Variations “Hummus bi Tahini” or generally known as just “hummus” is a dish that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean, possibly in Egypt or with the Phonecians in the Levante, about 9000 years ago. Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpeas, which are one of the oldest cultivated and prepared foods.  References to hummus date back to ancient Egypt around 7000 B.C. Hummus spread throughout the cuisines of Arabia, North Africa, Turkey, and into Eastern Gr

My Own Hundred Acre Woods I grew up in the woods, about a mile and a half out of town. Valverdant. German for green valley. Our actual yard was the two and half acre woods. Set on a hillside in a dense grove of quaking aspen and thickets of choke cherry and service berry bushes, it was its own little forest. Beyond the willows that lined the little creek was Hoefer’s timothy meadow ... home to herds of deer and elk ... on the other side of the back fence was my real Hundred Acre Woods, even if

Are You Prepared For A Disaster? The motto of the Boy Scouts is Be Prepared . Someone once asked Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, "Be prepared for what?" Baden-Powell replied, "Why, for any old thing!" When questioned about disaster preparedness, poll results are not surprising - 70% of respondents typically are not prepared if their area was hit with a natural disaster. Many claim that their area does not get natural disasters because they don‘t have earthquakes

        I am just wanting to share a  little bit of VD with you …             after all ... VD Is FUN For Everyone!           Make sure you  share the joy of       VD with someone you love today! !!! Happy Valentine’s Day RedGage !!! Oh ... did you think  VD stood for something else … (-; http://talkingacrossthefence.blogspot.com

~* Inside Out In Love *~   Inside Outside Upside down   On the beach In the meadow Out on the town   The country The carpet On marble tile   Be it Greek Maybe Roman Even doggy-style   The backseat of the car Your legs flailing the air Bent over the Lazy-Boy easy chair   The usual place An odd place Bare skin by the fireplace   Flushed cheeks Furrowed brow Moist quivering lips   But more than any space It is at the zenith darling I wish to see your comely face!   —   Your Loving Valen

Celebrating Your BD at the DMV I spent yesterday afternoon at everyone’s favourite public service office … the DMV - Department of Mental Vexation.  My birthday is this week and that auspicious anniversary is crowned this year by my driver’s license needing to be renewed. Oh, joy!!! Actually it was purely by chance that I even discovered my license was about to expire. I am used to driver’s licenses lasting five years; oh but not here in my new state of residence…you only get four! I

Almost Like Stock Show Weather... [ Republished from my blog Talking Across The Fence ] Tonight is our first sub-zero night this winter here in Tahoe. It is 4 below outside and 60 inside. I have opted for a heavy sweater tonight instead of cranking up the fire. This will be my fifth Tahoe winter, and I have been enjoying them for the most part ... well, except for shoveling the Sierra Cement (as the heavy wet snow in Tahoe is known). Tahoe winters are ... well ... almost balmy and tropical! Comi