Wednesday Hodge Podge

               Hosted by Joyce!

1. Just your weekly mid-week reminder that it's fall y'all and it's my favorite. I love nearly all the flavors of fall but let's weigh in with an either or today...pumpkin or cranberry? hot apple cider or pumpkin spice latte? cinnamon or maple? apple or pear? ginger or sage? carrot or butternut squash? Yes you have to choose. What's a favorite dish made with one of the flavors listed here? 

Pumpkin of cranberry?   Definitely cranberry. I use them so much in savory and sweet!

Hot apple cider or pumpkin spice latte?  I love hot apple cider  and apple spice tea...  funny to say as ,much as I love coffee, Ive never really gotten to much into  designer coffees. I do not want to spend the money!

Cinnamon or maple?   Cinnamon most of the time but ,  I love maple nut chews..apple or pear?   ginger or sage?  carrot or butternut squash?  These are all  toss up! They each  share an important role in  fall cooking!!

                                                           My favorite fall candy!

2. Do you miss traveling? In this season of almost no travel do you think you've grown anxious or fearful about traveling again? Or has all this staying home not going anywhere made you restless to get out and see the world? What book have you read or what movie have you watched that has inspired you to travel? 

I didnt get  to go see our girls this year, and probably will not see them on the holidays...  which  bums me as we are getting older and we have only usually seen them a couple of times a year!  But when I found out our two best coupole friends  were  vacationing together at a   quiet SC beach,  we  chimed in on it and are actullay getting to go  very soon!    I need this trip very badly!!

3. A time you felt like you were 'flying by the seat of your pants'? Explain. 

A group of friends  had set up in advance for a gal who sang old standard s and who played her own guitar  to come and  perform for the folks at my mother's nursing home for a Valentine party.  We gals  got the  food together  and   everything was set,  until   a worker came to tell us the  entertainer couldnt come.  The   patients were  coming in  to the    dining hall now  for the party  and  I was flummoxed about what to do.. I felt so responsible,  that I rounded up a solitary hymnal  and  sang hymns  by my self  for an hour.  Thankfully, the  Spirit   came upon me   and  helped give me strength and breath, as I walked among the tables  hugging  and  addressing each  one  with love and   kindness My friends attended to their dining needs,  while this traveling troubadour  shared the love of God among the people. I was exhausted when it was over,  but I was  at the same time elevated in Spirit as I  felt that  in  that  relatively simple act, I was doing God's business and He supplied the need!

4. Do you struggle with road rage or are you more of a 'Sunday driver'? Do you like to be 'in the driver's seat (literally and/or figuratively speaking) ?

No I don't struggle with road rage.I  do not like drivers who  poke along in the passisng lane of the Interstate  creating more of a hazard  than anything.   We both, try to find   our place  in oour  travel lane and let the faster cars go on by.  We    hardly ever get into  a gaggle of cars that way! I used to commute  30 miles to work so driving was my forte,  but I've been retired now for  several years, and I'd just as soon  ride along!

5. Something you've recently 'put the brakes on'? I can not stand all the  angst regarding  politics.  I avoid  social media  post or news report  .. anything...  too much deception and inequity!

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I cannot wait to  get settled in our vacation condo and  get my water color paints out and  get started.  I am hoping for some wonderful  seascapes!