This is fairly mild, but when I ask for something, I close with “Thanks in advance”.

I guess assuming you use all your ground beef in chili or whatever. If you want to make a recipe that uses raw ground beef such as meatloaf, meatballs, stuffed cabbage, or homemade burgers, this tip is pretty useless.

Just use your common sense. Nursing homes, assisted living places, or even hospitals is a good suggestion, and they might want your old novels, but they sure don’t need outdated reference books or tech manuals. In fact, no one wants those. Sometimes churches have used book sales too, and will take donations.

I want to recommend your comment over and over again. Speaking as someone who is 2nd generation, I feel no sadness or regret that my father cut his parents out of his life before I was born. His reasons were good. It also set me a good example for knowing when to cut toxic people out of my own life.

Hi Panama, I really related to your story. My father’s side of the family immigrated here from Germany and he was in a similar situation to you, except instead of Trump, substitute Hitler. In fact his parents were not even outspokenly supporting Hitler, more like they didn’t care one way or the other. But there is no…

My version of this is thinking I forgot to close the garage door. Pics or it didn’t happen!

You are so wrong about that! Maybe beets overwhelm the dill taste, but dill is indispensible in a lot of recipes I make. Mushroom barley soup, cucumber salad, stuffed grape leaves, cabbage strudel, dill sauce on fish, with fresh green beans, or carrots or boiled potatoes. I’m never without it.

Yes, I scatter them inside the cabinet and it seems to work.

I love the usual suspects already mentioned, but also Caroline Linden, Liz Carlyle, Theresa Romain, Miranda Neville, Vanessa Kelly, Jo Beverly, Joanna Bourne, Mary Jo Putney, Julie Anne Long, Elizabeth Essex, Connie Brockway, have written many, many excellent books.

I love historical mysteries too. You’ve just listed some of the best Regency ones, although for some reason a lot more use medieval or Victorian settings.

If you want something with a bit more action(kidnapping, road trip), try “Devil’s Cub”. A lot of people, including me, consider it their favorite Heyer.