▣ Holiday Melancholia
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Everyone seems to become more sensitive during the holidays and if something is wrong, it feels much more wrong at that time than at any other time. Depression looms large when you've no one to share your life with and if you don't have much money it's easy to think there is nothing you can do to brighten your holidays.
That isn't True!
I like the idea of lonely people banding together to share the season like a family would. It may not be ideal but it can be special. Some recreation centers and senior centers have parties ect and are cheap to join but for those who this won't work for, there are still options. A friend of mine recently lamented that he had no car, no money, and his family wasn't even getting together this year for a celebration because they couldn't afford it. I made some of the following suggestions to him as well as some other ideas more personal to his situation.
Christmas is magic...don't forget it but let the magic reach out to and envelope you. Santa Clause is a spirit if not a man.
▣ More about writing from workshop notes
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For my memoirs followers: Write about a special Thanksgiving. Who was there, was it good, was it bad. Why? What was happy, and what was sad about it.
▣ What I'm thankful for
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Slow Cooker Mac and cheese
1pg. 16 oz elbow macaroni
½ cup melted butter
2 beaten eggs
1 12oz can evaporated milk
1 ten/ ¾ oz can cheddar cheese soup
1 cup milk
4 cups of shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1/8 tsp. paprika for color
Cook macaroni according to pkg directions. Drain and put in 5 quart slow cooker. Add butter. In separate bowl, combine eggs, evaporated milk, soup, milk, 3 cups of the cheese. Pour mixture over macaroni, stir to combine, cover and cook on low for four hours. Then sprinkle with remaining cup of cheese, cook for 15 more min. or until cheese melted. Sprinkle with paprika. Yield 10 servings.
Beefy Au Gratin potatoes
1 package au gratin/ or cheddar and bacon potatoes
1 can whole kernel corn drained
1 can condensed cream of potato soup, undiluted
1 cup of water
1 4 oz can of chopped green chilli’s, drained.
1 4 oz can of mushroom stems and pieces drained.
1 4 oz jar diced pimento drained.
1lb ground beef
1 medium onion chopped
Put sauce mix aside ( from package.) Put pot in slow cooker, add corn, in a bowl combine soup, water, chillis, mushrooms, pimentos and reserved sauce mix. Mix well. Pour 1/3 over corn. In skillet brown beef and onion, med heat until meat no longer pink. Drain grease. Put in slow cooker. Top with remaining sauce mixture. Do not stir. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until potatoes are tender.
For Memoirs Writers: Write about your comfort foods.