Aren't the preserves damson, or damson plums?

Help!  I need Raineypark to help remind me of Minerva's Little Book of Home Preserves and what she says about plums!

I LOVE MINERVA TRASK.

Gothy

Connie dear, I'm screaming at the thought of your husband romping naked out in the snow in the back yard!  My dear, whatever will the neighbors think?  

Jennifer, I think we need to build a roaring fire and invite Chris Jennings over to huggle and snuggle!  Gothick's solution to a snowy winter's eve!

Raineypark, haven't you learned yet that some of us old dogs still think we're puppies in the bizarre inner recesses of our own minds.  Oh well, only 3 weeks to go till Imbolc.

Gothick

Dear Brian, hope your special day is just dandy!

May you enjoy a new year of health, peace and prosperity!

Best wishes,

Steve

Hi Connie, I'm definitely still reading the story, though I am behind by a few chapters, due to the fact that I was pretty much offline for 2 weeks, and I have cartloads of work to catch up with.

Today over lunch I read the chapter where Julia had realized she needed to perform the surgery on Quentin's bullet herself.  I smiled to read about Barnabas' newfound appreciation for housework.  I imagine him putting on a big frilly apron to protect those expensive suits he always wore around the house in the Sixties.

xo  Steve

I saw Thayer David's appearance on Rockford Files when TV Land aired it recently.  It's a great little scene, and very different from his other work.

I recommend the episode of Rockford in which Dennis Patrick and Dana Elcar appeared, if you enjoyed their work on DS; they both play characters a lot like Jason and Sherrif Patterson, though the writing isn't as good as what they were given on DS.  Still fun to see.  Dennis looked very distinguished, and Dana looked a lot healthier than he did on DS--that healthy California lifestyle no doubt!

Gothick

I can just imagine Dr. Julia Hoffman walking in on such a contest, one hand flying to clutch her throat and the back of the other hand going up to her mouth as a horrified gasp rattles in her throat!

Contestants lineup:

Barnabas Collins
Quentin Collins
Willie "Hollinshead" Loomis
Chris Jennings
Joe Haskell
Roger Collins (heh heh!)
Sky Rumson
Bruno
Sebastian Shaw
Claude North

Judges Panel:

Maggie Evans
Vicki Winters ("I don't understand!")
Pansy Faye temporarily possessing Carolyn Stoddard
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Pettibone

Referees:
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Professor T. Eliot Stokes

Hi Carol, I'm sure you will breeze through that laser surgery.  My Mom just had to have a procedure (in two steps, one for each eye) and although she was very nervous it all went so smoothly, she said afterwards she didn't even know everything happened!

Oooh, wouldn't I just love to get inside Willie Loomis.  Sorry to be crude in this wonderful holiday season, but that man has the most attractive derriere of ALL who live at the Great House.

Yes, it is definitely time for me to re watch my Anchor Bay video of Daughters of Darkness!  (I just learned recently that in certain parts of Europe, vampires and werewolves are supposed to be very active around the time of Yule, so in a way, it could be considered holiday viewing!  Hey, I'll take a nude Johnny Karlen, vintage 1970, over Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer any day!)

xo  Gothick