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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 16h

Sunday Night’s Linguine with Smoked Salmon and Fresh Mozzarella www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/sunday-night... #Recipes #RecipeShare #Linguine #SmokedSalmon #FreshMozzarella #SundayDinner #FunToMake #BlackGarlic #TraderJoes

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a selection of titles & pictures from posts on my blog. Like what you see? Come visit and Read More at Views from My Nineties. www.sylviathompsonsblog.com #Blog #Love #Food #Life #NinetyYearsYoung #Recipes #Gardening #GoodOldSylvia #CookingTips Video Music: "Stardust," Hoagy Carmichael

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jacques Pépin’s Quick Delectable Fruit Gratins (à la Thompson) "...I suppose now telling you, my friends in this incomparable country, about a small treat you might enjoy is emblematic of why, 25 years after a band of brothers tried to destroy us, they failed…." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/gratin/

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Grown a Sweet Potato Vine Lately? "I have. "It’s amazing. "Darn thing takes off — fed nothing but water, air, and light." Continue Reading: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/grown-a-swee... #SweetPotato #SweetPotatoes #SweetPotatoVine #Sprout #Vine #VeggieGarden

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Summer Entertaining’s Large Luscious Three-Meat Loaf "What to have ready to serve? I love meat loaf … ." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/summers-larg... #SummerCooking #SummerEntertaining #SummerRecipe #July #Meatloaf #FannieFarmer #Cookbook #MeatloafRecipe #Recipe

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Kindred Spirits ~ New! "I had a good idea…to open up this page a bit, I thought to bring in friends that I regard as kindred spirits." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/kindred-spir... Kindred Spirits: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/kindred-spir... #KindredSpirits #LikeMinded #LikeMindedPeople

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Blessings on My 91st Birthday "So yesterday I celebrated my ninety-first turn around the — what orb is it, moon? sun? gosh I forget … is that a sign of old age? Very like…" #BirthdayBlessings : www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/blessings-on... #BirthdayCelebration #HappyBirthday #HappyBirthdayToMe

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Let’s Hear It for the Glorious Paramedics with the Santa Cruz Fire Department!!! www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/lets-hear-it... #LouisCalhern #Paramedic #PassedOut #Fainted #Ambulance #Hospital #LifeChanging #NoMoreDriving #Uber #Lyft #GroceryDelivery #SantaCruz

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A Ginger Cake of Boundless Virtues ...the ideal cake to bake for graduation parties, for graduates of all ages. I’m travelling right now – to visit with family graduates – hence the (timely) re-post. www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/a-ginger-cak... #GingerCake #BundtCake #Recipe #GraduationCake

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

“Some Rose!!!” "There is an extraordinary rose bush bordering a garden in our neighborhood — I pass it every time we go out — that drives me crazy." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2553-2/ #RoseBush #JuliaChildRose #AbsolutelyFabulous #AllAmericaRoseSelection #AARS #Floribunda #HybridRose #Roses

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"Cleaning up my study (yes, really and truly) I opened a notebook I’ve kept for ages, but haven’t opened for ages. There tucked in front was a treasured clipping from forty-four years ago." Continue Reading: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/go-very-ligh... #SatchelPaige #DontLookBack

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Brush It Off! "Here’s a brilliant insight I just learned, simple, direct, pain-lightening." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/brush-it-off/ #BrushItOff #Personality #PersonalGrowth #GoodFortune #Grateful #PersonalGrowthMindset #WickedWitchoftheWest #CrossFitCoach #EmotionalWellBeing #DoItWithLove

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Panini for Lunch Guests! Straordinario~ "When we have a friend coming for lunch, that morning Bill will sweetly inquire, 'Will you be making those great sandwiches I hope?' "I will. "Make panini!" Continue: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/panini-for-l... #Panini #Recipe #PaniniRecipe #PaniniPress

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

“The Invisible Hand” Now In The Big World… "Understand that emailing a 78,885-word manuscript isn’t simple." Continue Reading: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2428-2/ #Manuscript #PDF #WordDocument #Publishing #Novel #Editor

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Beautiful Indonesian Soup with Chinese Cabbage (Ideal for Vegans) Full post (and recipe): www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/beautiful-in... #IndonesianSoup #IndonesianCuisine #ChineseCabbage #Recipe #VeganRecipes #Vegan #AsianFlavors

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Day in the Life… "As this collection is meant to represent what it’s like being ninety, today I’m adding a short but painful piece." Continue Reading: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2406-2/ #DayInMyLife #DayInTheLife #Israel

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A Rare Man… "Every Friday morning, Bill’s best friend, Todd Newberry, University of California at Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Biology, came over for coffee....." Continue: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2391-2/ #Princeton #PabloCasals #MarineBiology #ProfessorEmeritus #Birdwatching #BestFriends

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A noiseless patient spider "...today, sickabed with a hacking cold, trying to wrap up The Novel, Mr. Whitman hands me good cheer. Thank you, sir." Full Post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2384-2/ #CharlotteTheSpider #WaltWhitman #WaltWhitmanQuote #SpiderWeb #HouseSpider

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Christmas Beauty in February! "Just thought you’d appreciate seeing what can come of friendship, light, patience…and good faith…" Read More: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2375-2/ #TraderJoes #ChristmasGift #Amaryllis #AmaryllisFlower #AmaryllisBulb

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Love the Old-Fashioned Ritual of Washing My Face!!! Read on: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/love-the-old... #WashYourFace #OldFashioned #Ritual #Sudsy

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In Praise of–and Gratitude for–Green Tea, 2026 "Here’s something I’m moved to share with you in launching our brave new year." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/son-of-in-pr... #NewYear2026 #GreenTea #GreenTeaBenefits #GreenTeaLover #JasmineGreenTea #KidneyStones #KidneyStonesTreatment #Oxalates

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"To close out this—for us—momentous year, a light deft touch by the inimitable #BillyCollins (formerly #PoetLaureate of the 3UnitedStates). "…a mind-bending-yea-saying note for a #New ear…" www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/poem-for-the... #NewYear2026 #OldYear2025 #MindBending #TheAfterlife

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Aspects of Learning ~ 1 "Tuesday, Dec 24…Sitting with Bill in Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz..... "Bill was scheduled to have a pacemaker installed… " Read: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/aspects-of-l... #Pacemaker #HospiceCare #HospitalVolunteer #HospiceVolunteer #DeathandDying #DealingWithGrief

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

" ... the above-mentioned leveler appeared by way of #CarolineKennedy’s daughter, #TatianaSchlossberg. .... "I turned the page in #TheNewYorker and there was #AFurtherShore. "How does a child of legends get on with her life?" www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/approaching-... #Leveler #Inspiration

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

"I apologize that I couldn’t get myself together today to do some recipe testing, but I did pull together a number of ideas from my cookbook collection. They are fun and interesting." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/some-years-o... #BrusselsSprouts #ThanksgivingDinner #Thanksgiving2025 #Recipes

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

"It was tricky finding a place in his room to sit. There was a constant stream of visitors…. "The nurses said they’d never seen so many friends in a patient’s room." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/my-son-david/ #Hospice #HospiceCare #Family #LifeAndDeath #MotherAndSonBond #MotherAndSon #GrievingMom

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Just Checking In... "Life is a crazy mix, perhaps you’ve noticed." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/just-checkin... #CheckingIn #Bronchitis #Brandy #LifeandDeath #EldestSon #FirstBornSon

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"The March" "Nothing I can add to what you’ve likely read and heard about the tens of thousands of us across the country. Just that I’m so glad I did it…." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-march/ #NoKings #NoKingsProtest #SantaCruz #NoKingsSantaCruz #NoKingsInAmerica #NoKingsDay #Indivisible

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My I Love America Morning! "This Saturday (October 19th) I’m going to join the No-Kings Protest here in Santa Cruz." www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/my-i-love-am... #NoKings #NoKingsProtest #SantaCruz #SantaCruzCalifornia

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The Trip That Settled Traveling Again? " ... travel ain’t what it used to be. "I loved it until this last trip." Read on: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-trip-tha... #Travel #Travelling #TravellingChallenge #OnlineCheckIn #LovetoTravel

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

"I can’t imagine there is even a handful of women of a certain age on this planet who, this morning, don’t feel diminished by the loss of their sister, Jane Goodall." Read the full post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-inspirin... #DrJaneGoodall #JaneGoodall #JaneGoodallInstitute #Gombe

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A Happy Accident Excerpt: "Bill broke the cup by accident … Fate tore it at a good time. .... In perfect harmony with the rest of my life…." Full Post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/a-happy/ #Malibu #Limoges #LimogesPorcelain #TeaCup #Stoneware #HappyAccident #Chaotic #Kitchen #LettingGo #Fate

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Crazy to Sing! "Each year there was a Spring Sing–the annual meeting of all the clubs focused on the competition of clubs singing." Read on: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/crazy-to-sing/ #SpringSing #Choir #ChoirCompetition #PerfectPitch #Soprano #GleeClub #ChurchChoir #YMCA

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Views from My Nineties @goodoldsylvia.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A Cinematographer to Keep an Eye on We are over the moon exultant at the news of #cinematographer Christopher Ripley’s achievement in the #VeniceFilmFestival. Chris is boon companion of our granddaughter, James Francis Whelan IV. www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/a-cinematogr...

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