My Journal
Stovetop-Safe Corningware Is Back!
Corningware Stovetop Cookware in Pyroceram is Back! Were you even aware that stove-top-safe Corningware had gone off the market for a few years? For the past dozen years or so, any home cook wanting to purchase Corningware cookware - that could be used on the stove...
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon – Review
Our book club loved Outlander by Diana Gabaldon... and then read the rest in the series, like I did (for the second time) I re-read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander for our book club... and got so caught up in the story again, that I devoured the entire series - for the...
“Simple Suppers” Cookbook Review
New vegetarian in search of a cookbook As a fairly new vegetarian, I'm always on the lookout for cookbooks that don't make me feel like a culinary idiot, but that also reflect my cooking style and talents: simple and basic. My favorite cookbook so far is Moosewood...
Pure Vermont Maple Sugar Candy
A Bonanza of Maple Leaves I hadn't intended to buy candy online at all, but... in early October of 2013, my friend, Patricia, mailed me some red maple leaves. Pat lived in Florida until the previous February, when she moved back to her home state of Pennsylvania - and...
A Discovery of Witches Book Review
"A Discovery of Witches" - Book 1 of the All Souls Trilogy In A Discovery of Witches, author Deborah Harkness presents a plausible story of the relationships between the three (sub)species of witch, vampire and daemon... including their battles and their loves. I'm...
Keyboard Symbols for Writers
Here is a downloadable, printable PDF list of 21 frequently-requested keyboard symbols with codes for Alt Key, HTML and Unicode. This list is especially handy for writers - print or online. For the full keyboard symbols tutorial please visit this page.
Make Music Notes with Text Fonts
Musical notes and characters you can make with common text fonts: Courier, Arial, Times New Roman. Here are the keyboard symbols for Alt Key, Unicode and HTML formats. If you're using the Alt Key symbols, you'll need to use your numerical keypad with Numlock...
Make Dingbats and Arrows with Text Fonts
It's easy to make dingbats and arrows with text fonts. Easily create fun graphics, including hearts and smiley faces... with Arial and Times New Roman. If you need some cool bullets, arrows and other Dingbat style graphics, but you don't have the Wingding or Zapf...
Make French, German and Spanish Accents
List and Instructions for Making French, German and Spanish Accented Letters on Your Computer Keyboard Hold down the Alt key, then type in 0 (zero), followed by the last three numbers - using the numeric keypad on the right of your keyboard. Then you can let up the...