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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, Feb. 15 to Feb. 21
Good morning!
I have fourteen feature stories to share with you today at the bottom of this post, with more stories going live this weekend, especially since I am working through the weekend. So be sure to check back on The Herald-News site: shawlocal.com/the-herald-news.
Before the stories I also have a list of additional updates, resources, and information. Please check them out, too.
And if you'd like to find more kindness in your life, consider this book.
And have a great Friday!
Event Updates
Calkins Day 2025 took place at The Book Market in Crest Hill and it was a wonderful celebration of laughter, imagination, generosity, and the release of "Recovering Ruthless," the third book in the BryonySeries Ruthless series by Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara.
The book display will remain up at The Book Market through St. Patrick's Day. And we now have some Irish-themed ribbit specials, too.
More about this on Monday. But if you're out and above in the Crest Hill area today or tomorrow, do check it out!
BryonySeries books-in-progress
The Adventures of Cornell Dyer: :Cornell Dyer and the House of Horreur" (because the toymaker's last name is "Horreur.") is stalled until Timothy finishes his master's degree at the end of February.
Brainy Ann: The fifth book in The Girls of the BryonySeries is outlined and the first chapter is written, hurray! Jennifer Wainwright, who welcomed her first child into the world in April, is nearly done with the cover portrait. I let this book slide for other BryonySeries projects. But I'm hoping to finish the book in 2025.
Jennifer designed the cover portraits for "Julie and the Too-Hard Homework," "Katie and the Big Fear," "Summer Sisters." and "Karla Joins In," as well as the frontispiece for "Lycanthropic Summer."
Rebekah is also slowly (very, very slowly) updating the BryonySeries YouTube and Pinterest accounts. And she' catching up with Kindles for some of the BryonySeries books. So do watch for those.
For books and more information about the series, visit bryonyseries.com.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Sue's Diner is a fictional restaurant in the fictional Munsonville that only exists in the BryonySeries.
Each Wednesday, we post a new recipe. The recipe is either featured in one of our cookbooks, will be featured in an upcoming cookbook, or is just an "extra" we want to share with you.
Check out the recipe here.
WRITERS
If you'd like to officially join WriteOn Joliet, we have two tiers of dues and two ways to attend meetings. We also have a marketing arm that's getting longer every year. Check us out at writeonjoliet.com.
Daily updates: I haven't posted anything on Twitter/X (except a daily Bible verse) since September I can no longer schedule posts in advance. I'm not sure yet how to manage the account without that option. But you're welcome to follow me at @Denise_Unland61.
BryonySeries stuff: I used to curated content relating to the BryonySeries on Twitter/X at @BryonySeries and still post assorted related content at facebook.com/BryonySeries, youtube.com/user/BryonySeries, and themes of each book in the BryonySeries at pinterest.com/bryonyseries.
Again, not sure yet about the direction of the BryonySeries Twitter/X account. Still mulling that over.
And of course, please follow the adventures of Bertrand the Mouse on Instagram at bertrand_bryonyseries.
QUESTIONS
Email me at bryonyseries@gmail.com.Thank you for reading The Herald-News. And for reading this blog. And if you've read (or plan to read) any of my books. Your support is greatly appreciated.
FEATURES
Will County housing market will be hit by Trump
administration’s tariffs, builders group says
Channahon plant: ‘Higher steel costs are passed along to
consumers’
UCP Joliet’s Great Chefs event to benefit respite care
Client-created large quilt centerpiece of live auction
Lockport mobile studio keeps painting parties ‘fun and
relaxed’
No previous painting experience is necessary
High egg prices have Joliet-area restaurants, bakeries
scrambling
USDA: Cost per dozen ranging from $4.95 to $9.69
Lockport urban hydroponic farm takes root in the community
Second City Greens hopes to expand to other municipalities
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie reopens offices, center
Midewin NTP trailheads, trails, hunting areas remained open
Shorewood 7-Eleven store to re-open
Crave Cookies comes to Joliet
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/news/business/2025/02/19/crave-cookies-comes-to-joliet/
Channahon man dead following crash on I-55
https://www.shawlocal.com/morris-herald-news/2025/02/18/channahon-man-dead-following-crash-on-i-55/
Joliet police investigating Sunday morning shooting
Fire in Lockport strip mall under investigation
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/15/fire-in-lockport-strip-mall-under-investigation/
Photos: Shorewood HUGS chocolate ball
https://www.shawlocal.com/gallery/2025/02/03/photos-shorewood-hugs-chocolate-ball/
Will County Pets of the Week: Feb. 17, 2025
Will County rescues have dogs and cats for adoption
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/17/will-county-pets-of-the-week-feb-17-2025/
5 Things to Do in Will County: Skip Griparis' ‘Heroes of
Rock’
Illustration by Matt Coundiff for "Visage"
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Sue's Diner: Italian Herb Monkey Bread with Garlic Olive Oil
This week's recipe is called "Italian Herb Monkey Bread with Garlic Olive Oil" and my daughter Sarah Stegall created it and submitted it.
It's a wonderfully hearty and savory bread and terrific for shared snacks, appetizers, or to accompany an Italian-style meal.
This recipe appears in the BryonySeries cookbook: Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony," which is a permanent fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties.
You can try our modified recipe on the Sue's Diner page on the BryonySeries website.
But try the recipe this week. It will be gone some time next week. A new recipe will take it's place.
If you have any troubleshooting questions or comments, email us at bryonyseries@gmail.com.
Here is the full diner page: bryonyseries.com/sue-s-diner. You can't really order, of course (wouldn't it be great if you could?).
For more BryonySeries recipes, check out our three cookbooks at our BryonySeries bryonyseries.com/general-store.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Fifteen Minutes of AI Fame
When Timothy started revamping the BryonySeries website in 2018, he redesigned the calendar to be more than a listing of events.
Timothy turned the BryonySeries event calendar into an advent calendar-style of calendar, where I could place one activity per day that related to the BryonySeries: games, crafts, music, science experiments, and recipes.
It's a great idea...but that calendar takes an entire afternoon one weekend a month to create.
To add context to the activities, I always link back to the book that inspired it.
I typically link to the book on Amazon and do a quick Google search to find the link, since I'm creating twenty-eight to thirty-one unique posts each time.
Well, when I "googled" the book "Visage," this is what appeared (see image at bottom of post).
Naturally I screen-shotted it since that was unlikely to ever happen again.
What's especially fun about this is not that I appear "famous" - but that the shoutout is also given to those who contributed to this book.
Sarah and Rebekah did all the production work.
Matt created the cover and interior art.
Vicki and Colleen helped with the editing.
Recognizing this collaboration is why the BryonySeries website has never had (and never will have) an author page.
Instead, we have the BryonySeries "team" page (which we used to call the Board of Trustees, patterned after the series).
Yes, I wrote most of the BryonySeries books. But I haven't written all of the books. And I had help with some of the books I did write.
For instance, Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara, has actually written four of the books.
And Timothy is the concept creator for all of the Cornell Dyer books - and has the final approval on how those stories are shaped.
Furthermore, all of the book art is original art by real artists.
We also have promotional products, helpers, volunteers, and tons of teamwork that takes the books and turns them into an experience for readers to enjoy.
That fifteen minutes of AI fame is not about ME.
It's about US.
Monday, February 17, 2025
Can You Name Them All?
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, Feb. 8 to Feb. 14
Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day
I have fifteen feature stories to share with you today at the bottom of this post, with more stories going live this weekend, especially since I am working through the weekend. So be sure to check back on The Herald-News site: shawlocal.com/the-herald-news.
Before the stories I also have a list of additional updates, resources, and information. Please check them out, too.
And if you'd like to find more kindness in your life, consider this book.
And have a great Friday!
Event Updates
Calkins Day 2025 took place at The Book Market in Crest Hill and it was a wonderful celebration of laughter, imagination, generosity, and the release of "Recovering Ruthless," the third book in the BryonySeries Ruthless series by Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara.
The plan is to start posting snippets of the celebration tomorrow.
BryonySeries books-in-progress
The Adventures of Cornell Dyer: :Cornell Dyer and the House of Horreur" (because the toymaker's last name is "Horreur.") is stalled until Timothy finishes his master's degree at the end of February.
Brainy Ann: The fifth book in The Girls of the BryonySeries is outlined and the first chapter is written, hurray! Jennifer Wainwright, who welcomed her first child into the world in April, is nearly done with the cover portrait. I let this book slide for other BryonySeries projects. But I'm hoping to finish the book in 2025.
Jennifer designed the cover portraits for "Julie and the Too-Hard Homework," "Katie and the Big Fear," "Summer Sisters." and "Karla Joins In," as well as the frontispiece for "Lycanthropic Summer."
Rebekah is also slowly (very, very slowly) updating the BryonySeries YouTube and Pinterest accounts. And she' catching up with Kindles for some of the BryonySeries books. So do watch for those.
For books and more information about the series, visit bryonyseries.com.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Sue's Diner is a fictional restaurant in the fictional Munsonville that only exists in the BryonySeries.
Each Wednesday, we post a new recipe. The recipe is either featured in one of our cookbooks, will be featured in an upcoming cookbook, or is just an "extra" we want to share with you.
Check out the recipe here.
WRITERS
If you'd like to officially join WriteOn Joliet, we have two tiers of dues and two ways to attend meetings. We also have a marketing arm that's getting longer every year. Check us out at writeonjoliet.com.
Daily updates: I haven't posted anything on Twitter/X (except a daily Bible verse) since September I can no longer schedule posts in advance. I'm not sure yet how to manage the account without that option. But you're welcome to follow me at @Denise_Unland61.
BryonySeries stuff: I used to curated content relating to the BryonySeries on Twitter/X at @BryonySeries and still post assorted related content at facebook.com/BryonySeries, youtube.com/user/BryonySeries, and themes of each book in the BryonySeries at pinterest.com/bryonyseries.
Again, not sure yet about the direction of the BryonySeries Twitter/X account. Still mulling that over.
And of course, please follow the adventures of Bertrand the Mouse on Instagram at bertrand_bryonyseries.
QUESTIONS
Email me at bryonyseries@gmail.com.Thank you for reading The Herald-News. And for reading this blog. And if you've read (or plan to read) any of my books. Your support is greatly appreciated.
FEATURES
Will County businesses struggle with ‘uncertainty’ of Trump
tariffs impact on local economy
Joliet Chamber VP: ‘Who absorbs the cost?’
Rapid Healthcare provides walk-in care in downtown Joliet
Rapid Healthcare treats newborns to seniors
Joliet Bicentennial Park to host Black History month
celebration
‘Stamped Into History’ will include drama and music
Silver Cross Hospital heart surgery program earns top rating
New Lenox hospital ‘among the elite for heart bypass
surgery’
Troy 30-C school buses back on the road
District back to in-person learning Thursday, weather
permitting
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/12/troy-30-c-school-buses-back-on-the-road/
Troy 30-C schools working to restore transportation after
catalytic converters stolen from 30 buses
Police say theft happened early Monday morning
Forum focuses on Joliet City Council at-large candidates
Jo-Ann closing 500 stores, including several across northern
Illinois
No date given for closures
New Lenox tire and repair company hosting peanut butter and
jelly drive for charity
Ollie’s store open for business in Lockport
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/12/ollies-store-open-for-business-in-lockport/
Jitterhead in Crest Hill closes just months after opening
New Lenox Chamber of Commerce to hold annual recognition
dinner
Hog Wild barbecue opens New Lenox location
Will County Pets of the Week: Feb. 10, 2025
Will County rescues have dogs and cats for adoption
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/10/will-county-pets-of-the-week-feb-10-2025/
5 Things to Do in Will County: John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band
https://www.shawlocal.com/thescene/2025/02/14/5-things-to-do-in-will-county-john-primer-the-real-deal-blues-band/
Illustration by Matt Coundiff for "Visage"
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Happy Calkins Day 2025!
The BryonySeries has an official holiday and it is called Calkins Day!.
Calkins Day is the birthday of Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara, and Ed invented Calkins Day before I'd even met him back in September 2007, before I turned him into an Irish vampire on Calkins Day 2008.
Ed used to credit/blame the origins of Calkins Day on his ruthlessness.
But WE say Calkins Day is a day to celebrate laughter, imagination, and generosity (Ed has all three traits) and perhaps triumph over our struggles, for Ed has overcome dyslexia to write four books, and we are celebrating the release of the final book in his BryonySeries Ruthless trilogy tonight: "Recovering Ruthless."
So for a Calkins Day primer, this post has plenty of information and backlinks for your to travel.
But of if you want the transformational story, please read Ed's post "How I Became Famous."
And if you are in the area and somewhat available, please join us tonight for Calkins Day 2025, 6 to 8:30 p.m., at The Book Market in Crest Hill.
If you must celebrate virtually, please check out our "Guide to Becoming Un-Serious."
Happy Calkins Day!
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Sue's Diner: Valentine Candy Cane Brownies
Use up those leftover holiday candy canes for Valentine's Day with these extra special Valentine Candy Cane Brownies.
The recipe is simple enough for a child to assemble with adult guidance and supervision.
This recipe not featured in any of the BryonySeries cookbooks, including Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony," which is a permanent fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties and features all the recipes
However, you can try this recipe for Valentine French toast on the Sue's Diner page on the BryonySeries website.
But try the recipe this week. It will be gone next week. A new recipe will take it's place.
If you have any troubleshooting questions or comments, email us at bryonyseries@gmail.com.
By the way, Sue's Diner is only real in the BryonySeries world. But didn't Timothy do a great job making the page look like a real menu at a vintage diner?
Here is the full diner page: bryonyseries.com/sue-s-diner. You can't really order, of course (wouldn't it be great if you could?).
For more BryonySeries recipes, check out our three cookbooks at our BryonySeries bryonyseries.com/general-store.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
"Logging" by Trudy Danny
In honor of Calkins Day this Thursday, I'm sharing a poem called "Logging," which was written by Trudy Danny, a character in "Recovering Ruthless," the third book in the BryonySeries Ruthless trilogy by Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara.
Calkins Day 2025 will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at The
Book Market in Crest Hill. The drop-in celebration will include free food, a
chance to win an original acrylic waterscape painted by Ed’s wife Nancy Calkins
(an accomplished artist and retired art teacher), and the opportunity to
purchase books authored by Ed and books in which Ed appears as a character.
This post tells you everything you need to know about Calkins Day 2025 and why you should even bother celebrating it.
This post tells about the free painting you can win that night.
This post gives you ideas about the best gift you can give Ed that night (it's verbal and will cost you nothing).
Enjoy!
A sacred site so come inside.
There's grounds to hunt and homes to hide
the forests of the realm abide
that tree shall serve souls soulfully
We also serve your creature care
our fruit your fill, you taste our air
Your want of wood we won't despair
save we should serve you soulfully
divine the grace the gross our earth
How sweet the sun. How tart the earth.
How holy had a human birth.
Is why we serve you soulfully.
When woodsmen come to fall a tree,
feel droplets of our sympathy,
then comprehend serenity,
that's how we serve you soulfully.
Monday, February 10, 2025
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Saturday, February 8, 2025
A Very Unprepared Blog for Promoting Calkins Day this Feb. 13
Good morning!
Calkins Day on Feb. 13 is rapidly approaching.
Today's post was actually reserved for a video recording from Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara, personally inviting you to attend the celebration.
I had intended to record said video at WriteOn Joliet's first meeting of the year in early January..but I was sick and Rebekah facilitated the meeting.
The second WriteOn meeting was on Zoom, and Ed couldn't make it.
Fine, I thought. I 'll get the video on Feb. 6.
Well, that was WriteOn's thirteenth birthday...and I was short on energy due to dealing with another bout of diverticulitis on top of a full work week, coordinating a miniature celebration, etc.
So then I figured I'd schedule a quick Zoom call for Friday evening.
But last night turned into a busy work day with an unexpected assignment early evening, followed by two errands, followed by rapid disintegration of my energy and having no idea if Ed was delivering newspapers that night and was already sleeping.
I can't even post a photo of our Calkins Day display at The Book Market in Crest Hill (where the celebration will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13) because I set it up last Saturday while rushing between appointments and working while sick this week used up all my time and pep.
And now it's this Saturday, and I'm cobbling together an excuse-laden blog post.
Now, I haven't abandoned the video idea. My hope is to still record one and post it next week, ideally before Calkins Day.
In the meantime, I'll leave you with links to OTHER posts, a promise to do better, and a way to really delight Ed should you decide to stop out (and probably leave the store with an armful of his books at no cost).
First the links.
This post tells you everything you need to know about Calkins Day 2025 and why you should even bother celebrating it.
This post tells about the free painting you can win that night.
Now here's the way to delight Ed, even more than the suggestions on the flyer below.
Tell Ed that only five things are important. (I can already hear him laughing). You may then read those five things directly from this blog or write them down or print them out.
Here are the five:
- Ed is the one and only Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara.
- Ed is very ruthless. He’ll hurt your feelings without a second thought. (Try not to be afraid).
- Newspaper delivery is important. On time. Every morning.
- Ed has many wives all over the place. But he can only sleep with the one that is his lover because of the pink machete rule (true story, ask him about that. Better yet, ask his primary wife Nancy, who will be in attendance).
- Ed is a time-traveling, dyslexic, psychotic, Irish vampire. (You might have guessed that already).
Friday, February 7, 2025
Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, Feb. 1 to Feb. 7
Good morning!
I have thirteen feature stories to share with you today at the bottom of this post, with more stories going live this weekend. So be sure to check back on The Herald-News site: shawlocal.com/the-herald-news.
Before the stories I also have a list of additional updates, resources, and information. Please check them out, too.
And if you'd like to find more kindness in your life, consider this book.
And have a great Friday!
Event Updates
Calkins Day 2025 will take place at 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at The Book Market in Crest Hill.
Copies of Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara's third book in his Ruthless trilogy: "Recovering Ruthless will be launched at this event.
Ed's first book is "Ruthless," his second is "The Fifth," and he is also the author of "Denise Unland's Irish Genealogy."
Unless we wind up with a delivery issue, we will have copies for our annual Calkins Day celebration on February 13.
Here is everything you need to know to celebrate the man, the myth, and the author that is Ed Calkins and is not-quite-so-famous Calkins Day.
Ed's wife Nancy Calkins is also an accomplished artist. And Nancy Calkins will give this painting away on Calkins Day.
BryonySeries books-in-progress
House on Top of the Hill: Third book in the BryonySeries Limbo trilogy, and the book is now live on Amazon and already has its first organic review. Copies are also available at The Book Market. And check out this first review on Amazon.
The Adventures of Cornell Dyer: Timothy and Daniel are super busy with school on top of work (and plenty of work-related traveling). But Sue Midlock is already hard at work with the cover for the next book that involves a toymaker: "Cornell Dyer and the House of Horreur" (because the toymaker's last name is "Horreur."). Timothy and I have tentatively agreed to a "Cornell" breakfast when he's off school and work during the holidays. Here's hoping! (we are looooong over due). But it was postponed AGAIN because I got sick (grumble). So...soon?
I also outlined a "bonus" book that is intended for distribution at Bicentennial's "Ye Olde Mayfest" event in 2025. Here is a recap of the 2024 event.
Brainy Ann: The fifth book in The Girls of the BryonySeries is outlined and the first chapter is written, hurray! Jennifer Wainwright, who welcomed her first child into the world in April, is nearly done with the cover portrait. I let this book slide for other BryonySeries projects. But I'll return to this book in early 2025.
Jennifer designed the cover portraits for "Julie and the Too-Hard Homework," "Katie and the Big Fear," "Summer Sisters." and "Karla Joins In," as well as the frontispiece for "Lycanthropic Summer."
Rebekah is also slowly (very, very slowly) updating the BryonySeries YouTube and Pinterest accounts. And she' catching up with Kindles for some of the BryonySeries books. So do watch for those.
For books and more information about the series, visit bryonyseries.com.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Sue's Diner is a fictional restaurant in the fictional Munsonville that only exists in the BryonySeries.
Each Wednesday, we post a new recipe. The recipe is either featured in one of our cookbooks, will be featured in an upcoming cookbook, or is just an "extra" we want to share with you.
Check out the recipe here.
WRITERS
If you'd like to officially join WriteOn Joliet, we have two tiers of dues and two ways to attend meetings. We also have a marketing arm that's getting longer every year. Check us out at writeonjoliet.com.
Daily updates: I haven't posted anything on Twitter/X (except a daily Bible verse) since September I can no longer schedule posts in advance. I'm not sure yet how to manage the account without that option. But you're welcome to follow me at @Denise_Unland61.
BryonySeries stuff: I used to curated content relating to the BryonySeries on Twitter/X at @BryonySeries and still post assorted related content at facebook.com/BryonySeries, youtube.com/user/BryonySeries, and themes of each book in the BryonySeries at pinterest.com/bryonyseries.
Again, not sure yet about the direction of the BryonySeries Twitter/X account. Still mulling that over.
And of course, please follow the adventures of Bertrand the Mouse on Instagram at bertrand_bryonyseries.
QUESTIONS
Email me at bryonyseries@gmail.com.Thank you for reading The Herald-News. And for reading this blog. And if you've read (or plan to read) any of my books. Your support is greatly appreciated.
FEATURES
High egg prices have Joliet-area restaurants, bakeries
scrambling
Lockport hydroponic pesticide-free farm takes root in the
community
Second City Greens hopes to expand to other municipalities
New owners revitalize Lockport’s historic Tallgrass
restaurant
Current menu still based on French cooking
Renwick Nursing & Rehab in Joliet gets modernized
Shorewood getting new housing development
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/02/shorewood-getting-new-housing-development/
Parlor Doughnuts shop opens in Bolingbrook
Burger City comes to Crest Hill
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/01/28/burger-city-comes-to-crest-hill/
Hog Wild barbecue opens New Lenox location
MOOYAH Burgers closes Joliet location
Joliet Sub Dock makes way for new El Primo restaurant
Pizza Hut in Joliet closes
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/news/business/2025/02/04/pizza-hut-closes-joliet-location/
Will County Pets of the Week: Feb. 3, 2025
Will County rescues have dogs and cats for adoption
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/02/03/will-county-pets-of-the-week-feb-3-2025/
5 Things to Do in Will County: Follow Your Art
https://www.shawlocal.com/thescene/2025/02/06/5-things-to-do-in-will-county-follow-your-art/
Illustration by Matt Coundiff for "Visage"
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Sue's Diner: Valentine French Toast
Show someone you care about him or her this Valentine's Day (or before...or after) by serving up this extra-special French toast.
The recipe is simple enough for a child to assemble with adult guidance and supervision.
This recipe not featured in any of the BryonySeries cookbooks, including Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony," which is a permanent fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties and features all the recipes
However, you can try this recipe for Valentine French toast on the Sue's Diner page on the BryonySeries website.
But try the recipe this week. It will be gone next week. A new recipe will take it's place.
If you have any troubleshooting questions or comments, email us at bryonyseries@gmail.com.
By the way, Sue's Diner is only real in the BryonySeries world. But didn't Timothy do a great job making the page look like a real menu at a vintage diner?
Here is the full diner page: bryonyseries.com/sue-s-diner. You can't really order, of course (wouldn't it be great if you could?).
For more BryonySeries recipes, check out our three cookbooks at our BryonySeries bryonyseries.com/general-store.
Monday, February 3, 2025
Coffee With Bertrand the Mouse
Good morning!
I found an old coffee photo of Bertrand the Mouse the other day, which made me think of all the coffee memories we've made together.
I'm sharing seven with you this morning, with the last photo also featuring Uncle Barty. I hope you enjoy them.
Happy Monday!
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