Stories of family, creativity, and diverse distractions.

Month: April 2021

Reuniting the Band: Mapping Our Progress

In my last post, I wrote about converting my old campaign area maps from paper to digital. I needed digital maps so I could use them on a virtual tabletop. As you’ll recall, scanning them didn’t go very well.

But of course, campaign maps aren’t the only maps we have to deal with as a Game Master. We have to make dungeon maps as well. And so I scanned some dungeon maps along with the campaign maps to see how that would go.

Preparing meals for easy week night dinners: Chicken Broccoli Casserole

When Walt or I are home during the day, we enjoy cooking dinner.  When both of us have to work, we like to choose something that is quick and easy so that we are not eating dinner at 8 pm.  One of my methods of dealing with quick, weekday meals is to make bigger batches of meals when I am home and freeze the extras for later.

Dinner is ready!

Soups, chile, and spaghetti sauce are all easy ones to make big batches of and freeze, and we usually have several of these on hand.  I also do casserole dishes and lasagna.  When I make dishes like this, I prepare them in smaller pans. For example, I make lasagna in loaf pans, then freeze it before baking. 

Elizabeth Wellman Link: Happy Birthday!

Elizabeth Wellman was born April 2, 1890 to Gerhard and Maria Wellman in West Point, Iowa. 

She was born to German immigrants. Gerhard had come to America from Germany in 1884.  Maria Kruempelmann had arrived in 1885. 

George, Bernard, Gerhard, Elizabeth, Anthony, and Aloyius Wellman. This picture was taken in 1905.

Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation’s Oldest School

Education Department seeks to remove school’s accreditation

Washington, DC (AP) In a move that has surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the move at a hastily-assembled press conference on the White House lawn.

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