Category: Food

Photos From the Christmas & New Year Holidays

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Because I love what this holiday season has offered so far

Christmas dinner: BBQ ox tails, potato salad w/ colossal shrimp, kale w/ onions & tomatoes, and honey cornbread. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Honey cornbread in a cast iron skillet. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Jernee Timid Loadholt: enjoying a late morning nap on my bed, Christmas afternoon. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
My new favorite mug. I mean . . . does it really need a caption? LOL! Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Caison Michael (my baby cousin) showing off his new car. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Jaidynn Rose-Marie (my baby cousin) getting ready for Christmas activities in her bathroom. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
A candle-burning lamp–at the corner of my bar in my kitchen. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
New Year’s Day meal: fried catfish, red beans & rice, and broccoli. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

I hope the new year has been kind to each of you so far. Prayerfully, we will all make it through this year with beautiful stories to tell and many memories to store for safekeeping. I am sure we will need all the happiness we can get as time hurries on and 2025 turns into 2026 and beyond. Peace and blessings.

Photos From the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

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It’s been such an enjoyable staycation

Thanksgiving dinner: smothered turkey wings, gravy, Jasmine rice, macaroni-n-cheese, & steamed cabbage with tomatoes and onions
Jernee’s food for the week: ground turkey, corn, green beans, carrots, baked rustic potatoes, & scrambled eggs
Zumi’s food for Thanksgiving morning: ground turkey, blueberries, & turnip greens
Up the block: the Ethan Allen store, Thanksgiving night.
One of the tables on the basement level in my apartment building. I love the spiky piece of art & the lamp, too.
Fitness room shot#1: Saturday morning’s hot spot.
Fitness room shot#2
Duck Donuts box from Friday night.
Saturday morning’s smoothie ingredients: banana, banana peel, diced Honeycrisp apples, 1 garlic clove, 1 piece of ginger root, cinnamon, honey, coconut milk, & ice.
Christmas Tree goodness. Saturday night life–living right.

Thanksgiving weekend
Old Man W i n t e r is happy
it arrived on time

Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-Book and Paperback) yet?

Three Favorite Meals in This Household?

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What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?

*Spaghetti and meatballs. *Smothered turkey wings, rice & homemade gravy, and steamed cabbage with tomatoes & onions. *BBQ lamb chops, macaroni & cheese, and collard greens.

A good meal makes the heart (and tummy) happy.

And here’s a funny video about how shifty the memory can be as we get older.

CSAPunch via YouTube

Happy Friday, beautiful people!

My Babies: Jernee Timid & Zumi Tye

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Lune, 4 Parts

Jernee Timid: Chilling on my bed, watching my every move. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Jernee Timid: Standing before me, challenging my stance on authority. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

a calming presence
Mommy’s girl
guards my every move

how miraculous
eyes that swirl
blue settles in now

Zumi Tye: Eating a breakfast of cucumbers & blueberries. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Zumi Tye: Diving into leftovers for dinner. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

a greedy reptile
making moves
sustenance prevails

beautiful colors
and markings
Zumi, the tortoise

A Good Homecooked Meal Can Change A Lot

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A One-Line Poem

Veggie Medley (with lentils & lima beans) & Roasted Potatoes. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

A homecooked meal on a Tuesday night, made to perfection
with everything but the kitchen sink,
lasted until the weekend–my soul is satisfied.