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A Wish is a Dangerous Thing

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A Fairy godmother grants wishes which turn familiar fairy tales on their heads.
*Invisibility doesn’t protect Bella from being seen by the Beast who steals her beauty.
*Cinderella wants to go to the ball as her true female self.
*A scientist wants nothing more than to go to the sea with his mermaid boyfriend.
*The girl in the tower views the tower as safe.
*Red Ridding Hood wants to avoid marriage.
*And two original fairy tales add their own versions of queer disabled happily ever after.

Nostalgic Cocoa (with recipe)

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The excitement of going to Grandma’s for Christmas made the hour-plus car ride go by as fast as the snowy countryside scenery passed out the window. My young brain mixed the two well-known songs “Jingle Bells” and “Over the River and Through the Woods” into “Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go.”

On a blustery cold Christmas Eve day, we arrived with cold toes and chilled bodies. Grandma directed us all to a bucket full of brown powder. With a measuring cup, she kindly instructed how much powder went into each cup. Slowly, she poured hot water and mixed it into a great cup of cocoa. The warmth poured over me throughout the entire holiday.

Recipe:

9 cups of dry milk (my grandma and aunts used Carnation Instant Nonfat Milk Powder. You can use any kind you like even non-dairy)

1 1/2 – 2 1/4 cup sugar (depending on your sweet tooth)

1 – 1 1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/4 tsp salt (optional)

Mix and store airtight. Scoop 1/2 cup into 8-ounce mug, pour in boiling water, stir and enjoy!

The Slide

I remember… smacking the ball soundly. Briefly watching it soar into the outfield before tossing the bat, running hard to first, over running it looking out field to see who has the ball . Timing was everything. 

Seeing no one had the ball I would pick up speed and run to second. A gave a quick glance over the shoulder before chancing a run to third. By then the ball is usually in play. The decision to go all the way home is split second. Most professional ball players rely on a well executed slide. Touching base with a toe, a foot, or most of the lower body before a ball held glove. Exhilarating! 

I view my seven day week similarly. Going about the daily routines and such. Ending at Sunday. There are some Sundays you walk to, some Sundays you run to, and some you slide into and say I made it!

Monday comes and I review the past weeks play and grab the bat and give it another whack.