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---<--{© Marsha (Chantaclair
Rose) Steed '02
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"I've learned that sometimes
when you let go, your connection grows tighter. ." ---<--{© M Steed
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Chantaclair's
Musings
September
I've mentioned before how much I love the
Fall. It may bear mentioning every year, for as the seasons
change, so does my life. This is a new issue, after two years
of inactivity of "Chantaclair's Parlor". In that time, my
life has changed considerably. My husband of 22 year decided
he 'had to move on'. While this may be a much more common
occurrence in our time, than it was in our parent's time,
it is no less devastating and no less a life-change that has
taken me and my family awhile to adjust to.
September marks a time for me that eases me
into my new life as a 'single mother'. There have been adjustments,
joys, sorrows, many many tears, . . . but also a new freedom,
a new focus and a new welcoming of whatever life has to offer.
Change is never easy. It comes in with the force of Isobel
and turns everything upside-down, inside out and backwards.
For me, it was not a choice if I could change
or not, only the realization that I could go WITH the change,
and rediscover my center or kick and scream and still have
to face the changes. Luckily for me, I learned quickly that
I am much better realizing that summer always turns to fall,
that winter is just around the corner . . . but ultimately
spring will indeed come again as well.
Welcome to the season of Change.
--<--{© 2003 Marsha Steed (Chantaclair
Rose)
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Traditions:
I have a tradition that is my own personal reaffirming. I
change my table decorations by the season. It carries me through
my year with a marker for the seasons and holidays, and it
allows me to use both my creativity and my feminine need to
nest.
Next month, : Halloween Traditions.
I'd love to have you send in Here
something that you or your family does revel in the
witchy holiday of fun and change and community sharing.
Thanks! Looking forward to hearing from you. ---<-{@ M
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Tip
for the Month
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Use a meat baster to "squeeze"
your pancake batter onto the hot griddle.
Perfect shaped pancakes every
time.
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Your Money
Nike is the winner for the month on the stock market
- up 7%
and still moving. Bought a pair of tennie's lately?
| NKE
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61.27 |
4.02 (7.02%)
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190.6 |
Here Today
http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/full.jsp?
symbol_search_text=NKE
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Humor
~
Interesting, must be the new English ~
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't
mttaer in waht
oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng
is taht the frist
and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total
mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn
mnid deos not
raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Frenakieg
amzanig huh?
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Quick
and Easy
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Chicken and Dumplings
Cook Chicken breasts in about 6 cups of water till tender.
add salt/ garlic - 1/2 t each
Add parsley 1 T
Add onion salt =- 1t
Add seasoning salt - 1 t
Add carrots (2 sliced)
Add corn (as desired. abt 1/2 c)
Add potatoes (1 lg - cubed)
Add peas (as desired. abt 1/2 c)
Add celery. (1 stalk - slivered)
Make dumplings according to the bisket recipe on the Bisquick
mix box -
Water / mix.
Drop by spoonfuls into boiling soup. Approx 8 - 10 dumplings.
Enough to cover the top of broth)
COVER
Let cook about 5 - 8 minutes
Turn over and cook for another 5.
Sprinkle fresh ground pepper before serving
and fresh parsley
sprigs.
Serve piping hot.
Marsha Steed
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Quote
for the Month ~
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to
it, and if I were a
bird I would fly about the earth seeking the
successive autumns.
—George Eliot
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FYI
Word Origins - Trivia Time.
Did you know. . .
Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like
Sue-ice.
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Victorian
Conundrum
~
"The conundrum is one
of the most favored forms of amusement for the social circle;
the answer to this style of riddle generally contains a pun,
and the merriment occasioned can be better imagined than described.
" ~ Conundrums, Riddles, Puzzles and Games by Sarah J Cutter
cira . 1896
Click
HERE
for answers.
Victorian AnaGrams
(or mixed up words that translate into another familiar name
or phrase IE:
A INCHES MITT IT - = A STITCH IN TIME
I CRY THAT I SIN -- One Word
STOP AN INGRESS - Two words: 2,11
BOLD HEARTS FOUGHT IN KENT - Five words: 7,2,3,5,5
FLIT ON CHEERING ANGEL - tWO WORDS: 8,11
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Book
Review
What I've been reading lately, well, rather,
ONE of the things I've been reading lately, has been the
'Dear America' series. It is a series of historical fiction,
written for probably 8 - 14 year olds. I love the sweetness
of the 'dear diary' format, and the rich details of life
ranging from colonial New England, Migratory Irish Immigrants,
Newly freed slaves and beyond. They are a quick read,
and a delicious tidbits of history to file away for youth
or as I said, I'm enjoying them. I would recommend 'half.com'
to pick up a few at a fantastic price.
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Readers
Comments
Dear Marsha
"When are you going to start up the Parlor again? I miss
it!" ~ DL
"I used to look so forward to getting your Ezine
in my mail." ~ CD
"Does it take too much time to find all of those
tidbits? I can help. . . "
"ABOUT BLOODY TIME!" ~CMD
Ok, so here it is, back again! Enjoy and send in
YOUR comments
Here.
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Sponsor
I've chosen sponsor's that I trust and have used.
Feel confidant in patronizing them ~ Thank You.
I would LOVE to have YOUR company or page here. If you'd
like to advertise at Chantaclair's, Contact me!
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Photography
I've traveled a bit in the last couple of years and seen
some amazing things. I'll be sharing them with you bit by
bit, or you can go and peruse at
Chantaclair.com/Travel.htm
Click Photo for a larger view
Martinique - Caribbean Islands 1999
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HTML
Tutor
This element is what the hyperlinked structure
of the World Wide Web is based on. It is used in two ways:
1. Create a hyperlink to another anchor
2. Create an anchor in a document
<< a href="mailto:Yourname@yourisp.here" >mailto:Yourname@yourisp.here>
Mail Me Here
< img
src="Yourimageurl.jpg" >
< mail to:YOURADDRESS@YOURISP.HERE > This tag
needs no closing tag, but it does have several options that
I've found helpful. You can add border sizes - Border="3"
- or specify width and height in pixels - width="500" Height="500"
- You can also link your pictures as I have above to a larger
one.
That is all for now. . . more next month.
how to draw TABLES.
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Writer's
Block
Rachel,
A child of the dawn
The hollyhocks grew tall and straight this time
of year. Auntie Flora bent over the slip of a girl with a
patience rarely seen. “If I poke the toothpick through the
stem like this, it looks like arms!” Rachel Tobin smiled up
with the innocent grin of a seventh grader. Buds of womanhood
blossomed under her shirt as tentatively as her personality
snuck out from behind her wall of shyness. Chestnut sheets
of bone-straight hair were kept captive beneath a wide white
headband, Alice in Wonderland
style, and liquid green eyes studied the procedure.
“Jonathon Michaels used
to capture a bee inside of the blossom, yank it off and toss
it at Kimie and me. It was a miracle we never got stung!"”
Rachel's eyes flashed at the unpleasant memory.
“Jonathon Michaels is
a bully in these parts, and his teasing knows few boundaries.
He’ll tease until the girls cry or the boys’ll run. He’s three
times bigger than any of yous, and half as smart, but brawn
ain’t the master of this playground. Jist remember that Missy.”
Rachel nodded seriously
as she put a daisy on the top of the flower for a cap. Now
her hollyhock doll was complete, and she held it up for inspection.
“Gown of mauve, cap of white
fairy dancers sweet delight.
Garden pretty, first toy store
Spring’s gift to rich and poor”
“Well there girlie,
that is a right nice dolly, kinda looks like you too,
don’t you think?”
“Auntie, I have brown hair, not golden. There is nothing all that
exciting about me!” Rachel laughed, but she was touched
by the comparison, her aunt could tell by the light
flush of her high cheekbones. This girl would be the
looker, she would.
A baby gold finch
fluttered out from nowhere, its tiny wings flapping
anxiously. “Look” She whispered and pointed as the tiny
creature tentatively cocked its head while perched on
the whitewashed railing.
“Why its momma must be near. Think it fell from the rafters?”
They both looked up and sure enough, a squawking parent
was warning them with high-pitched instruction.
( TO be continued )
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