Posted by Loulou on Jan 21, 2021 | 10 comments

            Whew, it’s over!  Well, many of  us are breathing sighs of relief that the inauguration went well, that the standards were raised (and finally, America’s ARE raised), that our President spoke of unity, not disparity and rage, that the young poet, Amanda Gorman, went into rap beat toward the end of her...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 20, 2021 | 12 comments

                  DON’T THROW OUT THAT WATER, MAMA! Well, mama says that after having put in the lasagna recipe and several other pasta dishes over the years, she would like to share this site with you that my auntie Barbara sent yesterday. We have actually been using pasta water for bread-making for some...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 19, 2021 | 13 comments

            I smell vanilla…uh, oh. Well, it’s nostalgia time around here. Mama made her grandmother, Mommy’s “cup custards” as they were always called.  In Mommy’s fridge, there were always a dozen custards for the grandkids, and mama’s mama and her aunts and the grandkids have been...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 18, 2021 | 12 comments

            BREAKING NEWS! There appears to be a new ring of criminals threatening to make us all cry…                   Hey, maybe a cage in the kitchen? Thank you, auntie Barbara, for this. I’m bowing out of this nuttiness…          ...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 17, 2021 | 14 comments

             Tapping out! Well, today I thought we would just post a wonderfully uplifting video of Chinese Irish dancing! Yep, that’s what I said, and thank you, Mya’s maman, yet again.  And merci also for getting jabbed two days ago, with no side effects.  Actually, if rest is required, you can always exercise...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 16, 2021 | 12 comments

            Num, num, bechamel made with parmesan… Well, we’re taking a little break from French cuisine and traveling into mama’s Italian recipes, specifically for lasagna, which is one of the best cold weather dishes on earth and can be frozen whole or in pieces for individual servings.      ...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 15, 2021 | 11 comments

            Well, it will be one heck of a job to reach anthros who believe that planning and executing postive movements to make our country better is a communist/socialist/devil-driven plot against them, even the assurance of lower medical insurance costs and a possible $2000-dollar check to help them through difficult...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 14, 2021 | 14 comments

              Well, while THEY are watching the very upsetting news of the last week, I am spaced out on the opposite side of the living room, going into my deep meditation on why anthros cannot be more, well, anthro together, because now what I am hearing is that there are many more violent acts planned by the far right,...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 13, 2021 | 24 comments

    YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT? Well, there I was, perfectly happy on the guest bed when mama called me and said, “Loulou, you are going to have to MOVE to the other room because we are going to vacuum in here and I know how you LOVE vaccum cleaners, haha, so if you don’t mind…”. MIND? MIND? OF COURSE I MIND.Okay, okay so...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 12, 2021 | 16 comments

    WHA’??? Well, you know when someone is delivering a package (more often lately, who knows why) or wants to park his delivery truck in our parking spot for a minute and so rings our VERY LOUD DOORBELL at the street, you know how that COULD possibly make a relaxed, sleeping kitty jump right out of her skin,  You know how that is? Wells,...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 11, 2021 | 11 comments

                    Sun worshiper… Well, mama is going bonkers over nasturtium pesto and we’re just about to have a frost that will wipe out her pesto plants! Darn.  But it’s so good to know that mama can forage in the garden and come up with a pasta sauce, haha.      ...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 10, 2021 | 18 comments

              Loulou, you do not have to go out today, okay? Well, it WAS a fun day, but not outside.  It is freezing outside even if that amazing hibiscus is still putting out flowers!  He must be mixed up with seasons…four more flowers about to open and I think it snowed for three minutes last night! I think he is...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 9, 2021 | 16 comments

                  Hey, probably a cousin! But yes, I’ll bet many are going a bit nuts without being able to go out and see friends and in many cities, attestations are required.  They may be asked for again here if there is an after-Christmas spike. Still, kitties need to roam and if you’re not a...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 8, 2021 | 10 comments

                  Well, that’s all I will say. He understands who understands, as the Italians say… But back to basics.  I am really, really cold and practically live in a duvet, in the sun, if possible, on a nice bed!  Mama says that what with all that’s going on, she’d like to join me...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 7, 2021 | 12 comments

            DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Well, today I/we/and and at least, thank heaven, 60% of the USA was in shock so deep that I  for one, almost could not post my thoughts…this post could have been very dark… But then I thought, wisely, let’s corral these thoughts (for a change) and think instead about...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 6, 2021 | 16 comments

                  …when I find out whatever those are! Mama says I have to make resomewtions for the New Year. I’ll get back to...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 5, 2021 | 17 comments

                  I’m just lying in wait for the cake…too much butter batter (just kidding, I got zilch!). Well, mama is just about to bake today.  I think she gave in and is using a fava bean, hoping that she gets no dental bills from her friends who might mis-bite the gâteaux! Hey, that’s...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 4, 2021 | 21 comments

(I think I licked the butter/sugar spoon too long…) Well, it is almost January 6th, Epiphany, called la befana in Italy and  here it is the day the French go gaga over le gateau or galette des rois, or cake of kings, a round, decorated puff-pastry cake filled with frangipane (almond paste, almond flour, sugar, eggs, rum, vanilla), and inside there is...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 3, 2021 | 12 comments

            Hey, papa, that’s a good one… Well, papa thought that one up when he found little round pieces of what I was doing to our 15- year-old (!) Ikea straw chairs, and then mama said that maybe it should be rubble without a claws, haha. They are both so nutty, you have to keep on the ball around here....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 2, 2021 | 13 comments

                  Flos Dunaway, the heart-warming hamster. (Photos by Margherita Dunaway) Well, today we have a blog visitor from Rome, my sweet little friend, Flos, whose mama is mama’s step-grandchild, Margherita, and who takes lovely photos of Flos to keep us smiling during this difficult time. Mama...