Reservations for One

A journal about the Third Chapter, my life as a widow. Cooking-for-one, Entertaining, Travel, Grief, Family, Friends, Ageing, Photography, Living in San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico and Living in the time of the Coronavirus

Sunday, May 24, 2020

Testing a Concept

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Sometimes you see something that really catches your artist eye. While in Mexico City I saw some artist books made by Patricia LaGarde ,...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Creole or Cajun

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Quarantine cooking is challenging. Thank goodness I have had experience cooking in San Miguel before we had grocery stores like La Comer ...

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Saturday, May 2, 2020

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Awry

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It is the merry month of May. I had great plans for May. I had signed up for a photography tour In Oaxaca with Gary Goldberg . It...

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

A Crab Feast

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Lucky me! My son Mike, brought me a 16-ounce container of crab meat. He knows how much I love crab. I've been known to sit at the tab...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Statistics

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Yes, I know this isn't a very good iPhone shot of a television screen but it will serve as an illustration for my frustration wit...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Walking and Thinking

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About four or five mornings a week I go for a walk between 6:45 to 7:00 AM. If that seems early to you, remember this is hot, humid Hous...

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Monday, April 13, 2020

Nesting in Houston

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One morning recently on my morning walk I found this plant on the sidewalk where it had fallen from a big old oak tree. I've seen it ...

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Billie Mercer: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; A widow, after 56 years of marriage, I'm starting a new phase in my life and the old Billieblog just didn't seem to fit. I'll be writing about finding my way.

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