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Caked Out

Posted on January 12, 2026 by

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Nobody would believe I made a cake, a layer cake no less, for which I had to buy new round cake pans since it’s been decades since I baked a layer cake or really any cake for that matter, but I felt compelled because… Continue Reading “Caked Out”

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Fry Me Up Some Cheerios

Posted on January 12, 2024 by

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This is a memory straight out of Wackyland. When I was a little kid, and I mean little, like maybe four or five years old, I remember pulling a kitchen chair over to the stove and frying Cheerios in a cast iron frying pan… Continue Reading “Fry Me Up Some Cheerios”

Category: Aging in AbundanceTags: , , ,

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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