Well, being a country-dweller, surrounded by 8-foot corn, this is the first I’ve been able to get on-line for some time, so I’ll quickly scribe a blog while it remains. I do love living in the country, but this technological stuff is for the birds…
Several months ago my webmistress told me she needed to do other things, so she would no longer be maintaining my site. I tried to maintain it myself, but with my primitive computer abilities here in Nowhere that proved impossible. I put out a call on the Sisters in Crime discussion list, and several people gave me the name of a designer they used. I contacted her, and she has very quickly put together a rockin’ web site for me. Please come by and check it out. If you like it, and are in need of a designer, her information is at the bottom of the home page.
And now I’ll sign off, with the hopes that my Internet connection is still running…
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Great website, Judy! Very clean, easy to read and easy to navigate. Attractive, too.
by Casey
on August 28th, 2008 at 7:22 am
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That you on the bike?
by C.R.
on August 28th, 2008 at 7:28 am
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No, it’s not me. You can tell because the rider’s not wearing a cape dress and covering.
by Judy
on August 28th, 2008 at 7:45 am
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I worked for a farm in Coralville, Iowa. This was before computers and cell phones. We did have indoor plumbing and tractors, but I remember being surrounded by 8 feet of corn. Televsion reception was non-existant so we’d go into Iowa City and drink every night.
We’d take the field corn, just before it got hard, roast it and eat it. It’s a little less sweet than sweet corn and a little more starchy, but I deveolped a real taste for it.
I like the web site.
by Orroz
on August 28th, 2008 at 7:58 am
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Judy;
Great looking site! Clean, easy to use and some good information. I’m having mine redone for Sept. 1st release of Stuff Dreams Are Made Of.
Next time you can’t get blogged…send it to me and I’ll get it on from here.
DB
P.S. I still think C.R. has the best site of all. And I wish Zorro would start one. I’d love to see photos of all his adventures.
by Don
on August 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
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Thanks for all of the kind words about the web site. I think she did a fantastic job and would recommend her to anyone.
I never considered eating field corn. I figured I’d break my teeth! Do you have to roast it longer than sweet corn?
And I think Orroz should have a wed site, with all of the jobs he’s done.
by Judy
on August 28th, 2008 at 8:26 am
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We want an Orroz web site!
Zz
by Zorro
on August 28th, 2008 at 8:57 am
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Some country bumpkin you are, Judy. Field corn only gets hard when you don’t pick it and it dries out at the end of the season. Sweet corn would do the same.
Sweet corn is simply corn that is sweeter. Hence the name.
We had some great sweet corn last night. I boiled it for a few minutes then buttered and salted it and wrapped in in aluminum foil and put on the grill until the kernels started to turn brown and burn a little. There is nothing better than roasted corn. When I was kid, we used to soak the corn in its husk and then bury it under the coals of a campfire. It’s a little sooty that way, but the best corn in the world. You can bake potatoes that way, too.
by C.R.
on August 28th, 2008 at 9:05 am
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Corn grilled in the husk is the best! And I’m with you, CR, I love when the kernels are a little burned. Yum!
by Casey
on August 28th, 2008 at 9:12 am
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We like to make hobo dinners, too. Wrap some ground beef in aluminum with potatoes, onions, and cabbage, sprinkle it with salt and pepper, and let it roast on the fire. Wow, that sounds good… Maybe I’ll make it for supper…
by Judy
on August 28th, 2008 at 9:14 am
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Orroz was a hobo once. He rode the freight trains between Memphis and Tupelo, Mississippi for three months, working odd jobs here and there: A plastic surgeon in Moleville, a sous chef at Jack’s Rootbeer and Ribs in West Plumbucket, whatever would put a little spending money in the pockets of his baggy hobo pants.
by C.R.
on August 28th, 2008 at 9:49 am
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Judy, that looks great! I love the cow.
by Marissa
on August 28th, 2008 at 10:15 am
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So that movie, “Catch Me if you Can” was about Orroz?
And thanks, Marissa. I like the cow, too. It has quite a personality.
by Judy
on August 28th, 2008 at 10:59 am
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Great site! and your book looks fab!
