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After All, I’ve Killed Before

Posted on April 27, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

I was hoping to make a quick blog post before getting ready for our performance of Recipe for Murder Royale, the murder mystery we are presenting to benefit Salisbury Grange. We have not rehearsed at the Grange, but I feel that is the least of my worries. Did I say I was worried? Say it ain’t so! But I think many performers get butterflies of one sort of another.

This is us!

My butterflies are often regarding the pesky details moreso than the performance itself (moreso isn’t a word? Who knew) (oh I just checked: it is a nonstandard spelling). Much like the butterflies I get before a road race: I am more concerned with finding a parking space and getting to the starting line on time than the actual running. It is not a perfect parallel, however. I harbor a few qualms about the performance. After all, running is a fairly straightforward proposition. In theatre, you have lines to remember and other actors to deal with.

Well that little sidetrack took my mind off my troubles for a few minutes.

What I have to worry about this morning is getting ready, making sure I have something to eat (not easy since I have not been grocery shopping), getting to the Grange (I’ve driven there before, but regular readers know my propensity for getting lost). Getting ready is the main thing. What, oh what am I going to do with my hair? I was growing it out for Prescription: Murder, and that worked out fairly well, with the help of the wonderful woman who volunteered to do hair and make-up.

I will NOT be able to do this myself!

Well, I will wash it and perhaps blow it dry and see what I can do. Time to look over my lines again, take my shower, get something to eat (not all at once, but no promises about that given my dithery state of mind). I’m sure I’ll break a leg. If I forget all my lines, my castmates may break it for me!

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Sometimes Lame Will Do

Posted on April 26, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

It is early(ish) Saturday morning and I thought I would attempt a Late Lame Post Friday post. For one reason, I really got nothin’ except perhaps for some half-baked philosophy and random observations plus a couple of pictures from my Media Library to pep things up. I confess it cheers me up to make a blog post in the morning. Something about putting words together makes me happy. I must do it more often and wonder at myself that I do not. I know, many people wonder about me (you know who you are). I feel it is part of my charm, but perhaps I flatter myself.

Both missed, but at least I can talk to one.

Here is one of them there pictures to pep things up. It is my late, dearly missed husband Steve and my friend Kim, who moved to Colorado, at the Waterfront Grille in Herkimer NY. I have not been there in a while. It is a bit of a walk for me, although I surely need the exercise (I will call you Shirley if I decide to). Today it is raining, so I am unlikely to make the journey.

Since I brought up Steve, I will give a brief grief update (didn’t mean to rhyme) (honest). I slowly find my way to being alone. I will never be done missing him. I will always be sad at times. However, I try not to dwell on it or feel ill-used. I guess I don’t have much to say about it. Oh well, it was to be a brief update. Back to being Lame.

It will look somewhat different this year.

I add this picture to encourage myself. I said I would have a container garden this year. I am struggling to get my house in better shape, and I must soon move outdoors, where there is a LOT to do! In fact, I should get off the computer and get to work. Well, maybe one more picture.

I haven’t worn those socks in a while.

This is another picture to encourage me: the thought of relaxing after a job well done. My relaxing feet on the front porch or back deck may have been more appropriate after the container garden picture, but this one was handy. Full disclosure: I spend a lot of time with my feet up, job well done or not. I’m old and my feet hurt! Never mind. I have managed over 400 words worth of a blog post and that is not bad, however lame the post may be. Will I have a productive Saturday? Will I relax after a job well done? For the answer to these and other burning questions (or do I once again flatter myself?) stay tuned to Mohawk Valley Girl!

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A Satisfying Sound Indeed

Posted on April 26, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

Last night after I attended a Frankfort Town Board Meeting (regular readers may remember I have a side hustle covering Valley meetings for Sentinel Media), I stopped by Fratello’s Pizzeria to enjoy some music with Ryan Quinn. Oh dear, that sounds like he was my date. No, no, he was making the music, I was enjoying it.

A very nice young man.

He was playing guitar when I showed up, and he smiled nicely when I went to take a picture. I told him it was for my blog post. Later he switched to keyboard, so I tried to get a shot of that, too.

And he is as talented as he is nice.

At first I thought I screwed up, because I couldn’t make the picture come up as I walked back to my seat at the bar (I like to sit at the bar), so I went back and tried again. This time I took two. My phone made that little “blb.”

“I’m sure I got it that time,” I said.

“It even made a satisfying sound,” he agreed.

I went to see Phil Arcuri at Fratello’s on a recent Wednesday but neglected to make a blog post about it. How remiss of me. In fact, I have not been catching the local music scene as much as I like to lately. I’ll have to do something about that.

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I Would Kill for a Good Meal

Posted on April 24, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

I failed to take any pictures of last night’s rehearsal for Recipe for Murder Royale, the murder mystery we are presenting Sunday to benefit Salisbury Grange then again May 3 to benefit the Herkimer County Historical Society. However, I have some fun information to impart.

Mmmm… Hats and Broccoli

Of course I am looking forward to the lunch at the Grange on Sunday, but I have to really hand it to the chef catering at the Elks next Saturday.

A nice appetizing little murder.

The poster does not include the menu, but I saw a copy and wrote it down. Diners will enjoy Italian Chicken Stew made with real Italians, and Roasted Cauliflower or is it brains? Main dishes include Baked Chicken (sure… we’ll call it chicken) and Balsamic Pork (wink, wink). And watch out for the Sauteed Peas and Pearl Onions; those are definitely not eyeballs! Dinner will conclude with some desserts to die for.

How fun is that? I should be so creative!

Here’s an actress to die for!

Here is a shot of one of my actors at the Grange in April 2023, when we did Shooting at the Grange. She will look different this time out; in fact, she will put the Royal in Recipe for Murder Royale. I will definitely try to get pictures!

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A Few More Pics, Another Pedestrian Post

Posted on April 23, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

I continue writing about my walk, because I have four more pictures I did not use yet. I particularly wanted to open with the funniest one.

The little picnic table wins my heart.

Considering I AM the nut, I felt I had cause to worry, so I took the picture and moved on. I suppose it would take a pretty big squirrel to crack me, but you never know. They might decide to gang up on me.

I am always happy to see them, although I cannot address them by name.

I see these flowers everywhere but do not know what they are. If anybody does, I would be grateful for the knowledge. I think there are apps whereby you can take a picture and your phone tells you what things are, but I rarely download apps. I might possibly get a book out of the library on the subject.

Not quite the shot I had hoped.

I took this shot on the footbridge over the stream behind the high school (so you see I am using the photos out of the order that I took them, if you read yesterday’s post). I had wanted a shot of the water but soon became more concerned with the green on the branches. It is a little difficult, because I have to contend with the chain link fence. I suppose other people handle these problems easily (you know who you are).

It’s hard to see the color.

One more tree caught my eye. I took a picture from each side, and this one turned out the best. I guess neither one is all that great, but you’ll have that.

I really did enjoy my walk. I ran yesterday, which I also enjoyed, but I think I will take another walk today. Will this blog become All Pedestrian Posts All The Time? Probably not. For one reason, rehearsals continue for Recipe for Murder Royale. I have one tonight. I may take some pictures and do a Post-Rehearsal Post (preview of coming attractions). Won’t that be fun?

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Does Anybunny Still Read My Blog?

Posted on April 21, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

So I did my Saturday post Sunday morning and now it is still Monday morning as I attempt to make a Sunday post. Late morning if you must know (you know who you are). I hope my readers are still tuned in, and I hope to get into more Mohawk Valley Adventures soon. I’m afraid I have been hoping that for a long time, but sometimes miracles happen.

Hippity hoppity!

I confess I do not have much to blog about, right now perhaps because yesterday was Easter Sunday. I drove to Rome, NY to my parents’ house and saw a number of family members. We had a lovely time. I took three walks in addition to the short run I took before I left Herkimer. I’m still fat and out of shape. Go figure.

Anyways, the cake you see is the bunny cake my mother made. She has been making bunny cakes for Easter since I was a little girl and she saw how in a magazine. We do love our bunny cakes.

Luckily not all 40 candles.

This bunny cake doubled as a birthday cake for my nephew-in-law Dan. I never know when anybody’s birthday is, but my mother happened to mention it to me earlier in the week, so I brought him a Batman duck. He got better presents from closer family, but I thought I would give him a little token. After all, I rarely give birthday presents at all, and I don’t like to show favoritism.

I am feeling rather tired after my celebrations and numerous walks yesterday, but I do not despair of doing anything blogworthy for Monday’s post. Will I make it Monday? Will I make it Tuesday? Regular readers could probably hazard a guess.

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Late Slacker and Shout-Out Post with a Plug and Pleasantries

Posted on April 20, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

OK, I missed doing my Saturday Blog Post on Saturday. I have no excuse; it was quite the Slacker day (my Chromebook decided to capitalize Slacker. I’ll let it stand). The highlight of my day was a late lunch at Yetty’s in Herkimer, NY.

Always seasonal!

I had to take a picture of the head. They decorate the head according to the time of year, much as I try to do with my skellington Bonita. For lunch I had a Chicken Panini (my Chromebook insists on underlining panini, but I googled it!), which was quite delicious. I have half of it in my refrigerator for a snack at a later date.

I’ll have to try to get a better picture.

Earlier that afternoon I went for a walk which ended up at the Elks Lodge, where I met a few friends, and we exchanged pleasantries. On the way there, I saw some blue pinwheels in front of the County Office Building, to promote Child Abuse Prevention. It is not a very good picture, but I use it just to give a brief plug to an important issue. I suppose it behooves me to look for something to do of more substantive help.

Yay! Green!

Just after I took the picture of the pinwheels, I saw some green budding out of some bushes and had to get this encouraging shot. Kermit the Frog famously said it’s not easy being green (which I found out was totally true when I was in the army), but when it comes to spring time, it is also not easy getting to be green. I look forward to seeing more of my favorite color!

In the meantime, it is Easter morning, and I must set about getting a few things done before heading do Rome to see some of my beloved family. I wish you all a happy holiday if you celebrate, and if you do not, I wish you a happy day, and for both groups, I thank you for tuning in.

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A Blog Post Was Made By Me

Posted on April 19, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

So I didn’t make my Lame Post Friday post on Friday. Saturday morning has never been considered too late to do such a thing. That is, I have never considered it so. Passive voice is sort of slimy, isn’t it? I hate it when politicians use it. However, Mohawk Valley Girl tries to stay off politics (talking about yourself in the third person is quite acceptable, although some find it pretentious) (you know who you are) (and dammit, I used passive voice again!)

Where was I? Sometimes I get all bogged down in parenthetical comments. Regular readers may have noticed. Anyways, I am going to make a silly blog post and then get on with my day. We’ll call that first paragraph a little half-baked philosophy about grammar. But just to continue the point: passive voice is not inherently slimy. In an English textbook, an example might read, “The ball was kicked by the child.” I call that awkward but not slimy. “The ball was kicked,” now, that’s a little slimy. Who kicked the ball? I’m thinking the little turd that said the sentence that way, because the ball went somewhere to was not supposed to go.

I think they’re cool.

I wanted to throw in a picture just then, because I was afraid others might not find the preceding paragraph as interesting as I did. Of course I do not have a picture of a ball in my Media Library, nor one of an English Grammar textbook. Then I saw these typewriters and was reminded of the line by Truman Capote that I often quote, “That’s not writing, that’s typing.” I say, it is at least closer to writing than what I did last night (unless you count the letter to my sister I worked on while I waited for my fish fry at the Elks).

In any case I am over 300 words. Perfectly respectable for a Lame Post Friday post, according to my rules by me. Will I have any Mohawk Valley Adventures today? Will I even manage a Saturday Running Commentary? Or even manage to go running? A little uncertainty adds interest to my day.

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Once Again, Technology Eludes Me

Posted on April 18, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

Can I manage a Throwback Thursday Post today? Full Disclosure: I was at the Herkimer Elks Lodge and had a few glasses of wine. In my defense, I had to go and answer a few questions about Recipe for Murder Royale, the murder mystery we are presenting there to benefit the Herkimer County Historical Society. I know, I only could have answered the questions and gone home. I chose the more fun option.

Oh swell. I can’t figure out how to get the flier of the murder mystery onto my blog post. I suppose it is not very surprising considering my full disclosure.

Here it is!

It is now Friday morning, so I call this a late post and do not despair of making a Lame Post Friday post later today. I still haven’t figured out how to get a picture from Facebook to my blog on my Chromebook, but I can do it on my phone. I didn’t think of doing that last night, silly me!

And while I was at it…

I also managed to share the flier from the show at Salisbury Grange, a week earlier. That makes this NOT a Throwback Thursday post. Oh dear. Should I edit the first paragraph or continue in my stream of consciousness way?

This was a fun one!

One throwback, to the original production of Donate to Murder, presented at Herkimer Elks in 2019 (we presented it again a couple years later). I’m in the feather hat on the left, then Tucker Lester in the Steam Punk goggles, my late dearly missed husband Steve, and Laura Powers. I would love to work with both Tucker and Laura again, but they are very busy these days, alas!

I see I approach 300 words, which is pretty good for a late post. I think I”ll bill this as a Non-Sequitur Thursday and drive on. As always, I thank you for tuning in.

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After All, I’ve Killed Before

Sometimes Lame Will Do

A Satisfying Sound Indeed

I Would Kill for a Good Meal

A Few More Pics, Another Pedestrian Post

More Pictures than Post

Does Anybunny Still Read My Blog?

Late Slacker and Shout-Out Post with a Plug and Pleasantries

A Blog Post Was Made By Me

Once Again, Technology Eludes Me

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