B is for blueberries

Blueberries because my kids love them.

Earlier this week, I noticed that I still had some frozen pumpkin to use and decided I’d make pumpkin muffins (with chocolate chips — for the extra antioxidants, of course) today or tomorrow. While I was assembling them this morning, it suddenly occurred to me that I had frozen blueberries, too, so I added a cup of those (dusted with flour to ensure even mixing in the batter). The batter got tinted a rather odd green hue, but when they baked up, the muffins were a normal orange.

And the kids love them, which makes me happy.

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Banded Jade

“Banded Jade” is a story I sold last year, to Aoife’s Kiss. It appeared in the March issue of this year. I forgot to blog and mention when the issue became available for purchase, although I did update my ‘Short stories and flash fiction’ page. Why mention it today?

I got my contributor’s copy in the mail today. For some reason, the print copies carry more weight with my family than seeing my name on a Website, so my son was excited and my husband agreed that it was cool.

If you’re interested, you might check it out.

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