from the Blonde Cookbook…
It’s fun to cook for Tom. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.
Tom wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress. What a surprise when Tom brought a [...]
Chimayo
A distinguished young woman on a flight from Switzerland asked the Priest beside her, “Father, may I ask a favor?”
“Of course. What may I do for you?”
“Well, I bought an expensive woman’s electronic hair dryer for my mother’s birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits. I’m afraid they’ll confiscate it. Is there [...]
The directions are clear!
Mujer,
I heard you
crying
in the shower
while I was talking
with my sister
on the phone
last night—
not a little cry,
not a I stubbed my toe
on the shower’s edge
cry,
not a I lost my favorite
gecko earring
cry,
not a moan—
deeper,
a harmonic,
with roots
in Mexico,
with roots
in Spain & France,
with roots
in woman,
crying for lost
sons.
& I
was afraid,
as the sound
resonated
through the glass shower,
& through the floor,
into my feet,
wrapping [...]
Alice and Frank are Bungee-jumping one day. Alice says to Frank, “You know, we could make a lot of money running our own Bungee-jumping business in Mexico.”
Frank thinks this is a great idea, so they pool their money and buy everything they need: a tower, an elastic cord, insurance, etc.
They travel to Mexico and begin [...]
A good husband always does right by his wife…
A woman was in a coma. She had been in it for months and months. One day one of the nurses was in her room giving her a sponge bath. When she was washing her private area the nurse noticed that there was a slight response on the [...]
