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Off To California, Then Hit The Ground Baking

11/27/2022

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Books By Patti Liszkay
​Available On Amazon

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​​"Equal and Opposite Reactions" http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa
and the sequel, "Hail Mary" https://www.amzn.com/1684334888
​
​Available on Amazon.


​OFF TO CALIFORNIA, THEN HIT THE GROUND BAKING

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     On Tuesday, November 15, my mate Tom and I flew from Ohio to California to visit our West Coast loved ones.
       Our flight involved a layover in Chicago O'Hare airport, 
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...where we passed what we took to be a sign of the times.
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     Our first stop was Los Angeles, where we would spend the next day with our daughter, son-in-law, grand daughters and grand pets.
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      "Can we bake chocolate chip cookies for my school party tomorrow?" my elder granddaughter asked me shortly after I stepped into the house. 
         "Chocolate chip cookies for school tomorrow?" said I as I parked my suitcase. "Sure."
        "And apple pie?" chimed in my younger granddaughter, "and pizza? And chicken on the bone?"
        "Cookies tonight, apple pie, pizza, and chicken on the bone tomorrow," I replied.
       However, before any of the baking could commence, a preliminary trip around the corner was required,
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...to Ralph's, which is situated upon my favorite of all favorite supermarket parking lots,
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...thanks to all the palm trees on the premises.
​      The parking lot looked especially charming in the twilight.
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      Our provisions acquired, my grand daughter and I set about the task of making the school cookies,
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...with help from little sister.
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       The following day I made an apple pie,
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...a couple of pizzas,
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...and a pan of oven fried chicken, aka chicken on the bone.
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       The next day Tom and I left Los Angeles and drove down the California coast to spend a few days with my sister and her partner in Oceanside.
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     When I returned to L.A. a few days later there would be, by popular request, more pizza, more apple pie, hot rolls, 
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...and my special popcorn that's made by popping up a bag or two (two is better, it goes so fast) of kettle corn,
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...melting white chocolate then drizzling it over the popcorn,
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...then drizzling melted milk chocolate over the white chocolate,
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...then crushing Oreos, 
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...and adding them to the popcorn mix.
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      It's nice to be able to bring along a useful life skill.
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4 Comments
SHEILA REINHARD
11/29/2022 07:18:16 pm

I love vicariously traveling with you.

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Patti
11/29/2022 08:09:21 pm

Oh, thank you, Sheila. And thank you for reading my blog. I'm so glad you enjoy!

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jean
12/2/2022 12:48:07 pm

you know how to nail it.

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Patti
12/2/2022 05:01:27 pm

Thanks, Jean!

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    "Hail Mary"
    by Patti Liszkay
    Buy it on Amazon:

    https://www.amzn.com/1684334888

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    "Equal And Opposite Reactions"
     by Patti Liszkay
    Buy it on Amazon:

    http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa
    or from
    The Book Loft
    of German Village,
    Columbus, Ohio
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    Or check it out at the Columbus Metropolitan Library
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