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Skidding Ham and Other Tales

Posted on September 16, 2025 by

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I’ve had so many. I could write about my canned ham (which I considered deluxe at the time) skidding across the kitchen floor while my still pretty new husband, a person used to his mother’s flawless cooking, sat in the living room of our… Continue Reading “Skidding Ham and Other Tales”

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Scratching the Surface of Kitchen Fails

Posted on September 16, 2024 by

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Oh Lordy. Should I go way back to when I was first married (to my first husband) and start with a baked (canned) ham jumping out of the roasting pan and skidding across the kitchen floor while my husband’s boss and his wife sat… Continue Reading “Scratching the Surface of Kitchen Fails”

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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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