Mothership
- Location
- Kentucky, USA
- Birthday
- January 04
- Title
- Adaptable
- Company
- Enjoyable, I would hope...
- Bio
- A lifelong Midwestern flat-lander, just recently transplanted in Appalachia and loving it!
I am an artist and poet by nature; a health care professional by necessity.
My greatest privilege is being mother to our stellar muse, Denise Montgomery, and three equally stellar sons.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Foodie Tuesday: Chicken Kiev
February 09, 2010 09:21AM - Foodie Tuesday: "Catcher in
the Rye" Appetizers
February 01, 2010 08:16PM - Foodie Tuesday: Ellen's
Onion-Garlic CHEX Mix
January 26, 2010 10:04AM - Happy Birthday, BABY!
January 17, 2010 10:35PM - Outing Myself...
January 12, 2010 09:57PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “"Thirty years with
someone can blend you and bend
you."
Yes, and in
the…”
December 11, 2010 12:52AM - “What Cartouche said!
And, in my sixties, I'm still
learning.
Thanks for yet
anoth…”
November 20, 2010 11:59PM - “One of my favorite
childhood songs was a 78 rpm
of Phil
Harris singing the
Mount…”
August 21, 2010 11:46AM - “No longer clever?
Impossible!
-rated-”
July 25, 2010 09:14PM - “Oh...Yes....(sigh)
Revel in his royalty,
Buffy.
-rated-”
July 25, 2010 10:24AM
Mothership's Links
- YUTZ Chronicles - Comic Adventures in Small Town Living
- Picture=1000 Words?
- Small Town Living: Two Perspectives
- Original Art
- Art from Photos: Nice, France
- Art from Photos: Florence and Rome
- Art from Photos: Amalfi Coast and Pizza
- Art from Photos: Barcelona and Pompeii
- Sunday Sampling: Framed Art
- BLUE MONDAY-original art
- Sunny Sunday Shots
- Art: Pastels & Photo Iterations
- Originals to Digital Iterations
- Originals to Digital Iterations (2)
- Word Weavers (Irish heritage poem) & Art Sampling
- Foodie Tuesday Recipes
- Chicken Kiev
- Catcher in the Rye Appetizers
- Ellen's Onion-Garlic CHEX Mix
- Truffle Custards with Crab and Caviar
- Salad Nicoise
- Stuffed Delica Squash
- Pesto Manicotti
- French Onion Soup
- Pepperoni, Lentil and Pasta Soup
- Senate Bean Soup with Ham
- Crab, Bacon and Portabella Sandwiches
- Beyond Best Baked Beans
- Reuben Meatloaf
- Succulent Stroganoff
- Eggs in a Cup
- Baked Brie
- Cherry Tomato-Feta Skewers
- Chicken Breasts Supreme
- Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- Pecan, Caramel, Crescent Swirl
- Scrumptious Seafood Salad
- Homemade Pesto
- Autobio
- Happy Birthday, Baby!
- Outing Myself
- Sequel: Love in the Best of Times- Tales of Two Good Men
- Love in the Worst of Times...Love in the Best of Times
- My Firsts
- For Mom on the Second Anniversary of Her Death
- In my Daughter's Eyes
- My Sons in Whom I am Well Pleased
- Wee Irish Lass Demonstrates Gift of Gab (humor)
- One for Mom...and...One for Dad
- Lessons from Dad
- Something About Mary
- On Parenting a Parent (narrative & poem)
Foodie Tuesday: Chicken Kiev

CHICKEN KIEV
4
boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon minced fresh chives
½ teaspoon minced/… Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: "Catcher in the Rye" Appetizers

This is one SUPER Superbowl Snack!
1 pound lean ground chuck
1 pound fresh, ground pork sausage
3 tablespoons minced onion
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon dry mustard
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce/
… Read full post »Foodie Tuesday: Ellen's Onion-Garlic CHEX Mix

9cups Corn Chex®, Rice Chex® or Wheat Chex® cereal (or combination)
2cups bite-size pretzel twists
1cup garlic-flavor bite-size bagel chips or regular-size bagel chips, broken into 1-inch pieces
1 10 ounce can Planter’s Deluxe Mixed Nut… Read full post »
Happy Birthday, BABY!

VERBAL REMEDY
So many
disconnected
birthdays
lost to us
then
November 1995
unexpectedly
your
disembodied voice
evoked memories
of
that
unnatural rending
from
a
devastating … Read full post »
Outing Myself...

...or forcing myself to get out there...
"There must be some way out of here," said the
joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of/… Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: Truffle Custards with Crab and Caviar

2
eggs
1 egg
yolk
1/2 teaspoon white
truffle oil
2/3 cup heavy
cream
1/3 cup
milk
1 tablespoon soy
sauce
1/2 pound chunk
crabmeat
1 tablespoon finely
chopped chives
2 teaspoons lime
juice
Salt and coarsely ground
black pepper, to taste
1/2
ounce… Read full post »
Christmas: What the Children Teach Us...

Gabriel: age 5...Noah: age (almost) 4
Boxes are lifted from their shelves
Stashed last by Santa and his elves
To safely store our Christmas bling
For precious memories that they bring
My Grandguys' eyes… Read full post »
TATTERED CURTAINS

As Christmas approaches, nostalgia leads me back to my own earliest holidays. My childhood home ( my maternal grandparents’) was over a hundred years old even when my mother was a little girl. Weathered, with a tar-paper shingle exterior and plain, sturdy, sp… Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: Gingerbread with Warm Lemon Sauce

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup flour
1 cup dark molasses
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4… Read full post »
Open Call: Top Ten Gratitude List

1.The gift of
life
2.The gift of
motherhood
3.The gifts of
health and mobility
4.The gifts of
sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell
5.The gifts of creativity, curiosity and… Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: Salad Nicoise

1/2 head Boston-lettuce leaves,… Read full post »
Digital Art from Photos: Amalfi Coast & Pizza

WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION… yadda…yadda…yadda…
Nearly everyone has, at one time or another, been bored to near distraction by a seemingly endless stream of vacation photos, accompanied by banal narrative.
I plan to spare you more of the same,… Read full post »
Art from Photos: Barcelona & Pompeii
November 5, 2009
My sister, Gayle, and I meet our sister, Paula, brother, Dan, sister-in-law of 32 years, Terri, her uncle, Doug, and his partner of 28 years, Patrick, at O’ Hare, then depart for Madrid. We arrive in Spain and catch a SpanAir shuttle-flight to Barcelona.… Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: Pesto Manicotti

8-ounce package manicotti pasta
10-ounce bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 pound sautéed mushrooms, chopped
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
1 cup Greek-style yogurt
1
… Read full post »Foodie Tuesday: Stuffed Delica Squash

Today, I offer a perfect fall entree' of small delica squash (kabocha) parboiled, stuffed with ground pork, rice, fresh green pepper, garlic, walnuts,&nb… Read full post »
Sunday Sampling: Framed Art
Just a few framed works to share on a Sunday afternoon:

GLITZ

LACEY

EQUIS

LACE, PEARLS & ROSEBUDS

POTTED FERN

ROMA

ABIGAIL IN PINK (my niece...now age 15) Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: French Onion Soup

4 sweet onions, sliced very thin
1 red onion, sliced very thin
salt and black pepper, to taste
5 cups beef stock
2 bay leaves
1/2 pound Gruyere or other Swiss cheese, 6 slices
6 1/2 inch slices French bread, broiler toasted
Foodie Tuesday: Pepperoni, Lentil and Pasta Soup

4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large white onion, finely diced
1 14 ounce can tomatoes, roughly chopped, juice reserved
8 ounces ditalini (small pasta tubes) or similar short pasta
6 1/2 ounces pepperoni sausage, thinly sliced
1. &/…
Foodie Tuesday: Crab, Bacon and Portabella Sandwiches

2 large portabella mushrooms, thickly sliced (4 total)
1/4 cup onions, finely chopped
1/2 cup clelery, finely chopped
1 cup crabmeat, shredded
1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
1/3 cup parmesian che/…
BLUE MONDAY- original art


Sequel: Love in the Best of Times...Tales of Two Good Men
Thomas Cannon, WWI
His name was Thomas. He was born in August, 1890, the third son, third child, of what would eventually tally to thirteen siblings. They worked a large farm in central Illinois.
Each morning, Ma and the girls were up long before their men-folk (before the cock cr… Read full post »
Love in the Worst of Times...Love in the Best of Times
ANNE & AGNES CASHEN circa 1902
Her name was Agnes. She was born in January,1898, the youngest of three girls. They lived contentedly and happily with their Papa and Mama on a small dirt-farm in central Illinois. During the winter of 1901, the eldest sister got very sick. Papa… Read full post »
Stephen McGuire's Foodie Tuesday Tailgate Recipe Challenge
McGuire-Mothership SMACKDOWN?
Dip covers chip, so you still come out on top, Mr. Stephen...
CRISPY HOMEMADE POTATO CHIPS
My secrets for uniform, non-greasy, crispy, homemade potato chips are the Japanese turning slicer, an ice-water soak before double-frying and a thorough draining bef… Read full post »











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