Category: Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/9/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

Marveling this morning, at this INCREDIBLE meal I enjoyed recently at El Ximador, a little unassuming Mexican restaurant in the tiny South Georgia town of Springfield.

An acquaintance highly recommended that I try their potato tacos. I had never heard of potato tacos. The words “potato” and “taco” didn’t seem to go together to me.

But you only live once, so I ordered them.

Tacos De Papa: Crispy fried potato tacos filled with seasoned mashed potatoes, served shredded lettuce or shredded cabbage and sour cream.

I had mine topped with Carnitas (traditional crispy pork tenderloin).

Oh. My. GOODness! They were so very delicious.

Robert opted for their chimichanga …

… and raved about it too. But I didn’t really believe him. He kept sneaking bites from my plate when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.

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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/19/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

Moaning this Monday morn.

As I have mentioned in recent posts, Robert and I are staying at an old country farmhouse in rural South Georgia, while our apartment in Savannah is being renovated.

One of the “problems with benefits” here has been the lack of Internet and Wi-Fi, as well as poor Cellular Service.

But it has actually been refreshing not to look at all of the Harrowing Headlines in the news every day.

We’re at the Huddle House for breakfast right now, so I checked my email, etc. and saw this:

roughdraftatlanta.com

Are we living in the United States of America or Nazi Germany?

Can we no longer protest against that which we deem un-American and cruel?

May God bless the true United States of America and silence the voices of our increasingly terroristic current evil administration.

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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/12/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

I’ve been doing a bit of both this Monday.

I’m marveling as I remember the nostalgic fun and yumminess of our recent traditional New Year’s Day menu: Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas.

Do you include these or similar items on your first-day-of-the-brand-new-year menu? Or is it just another quirky thing we do here in the Deep South?

Granny always encouraged/commanded me: “Nealie” (her nickname for me), “now eat your greens and peas. The greens will bring you lots of money in the form of bills, and the peas will bring you lots of change.”

Thanks, Granny, but I’m moaning a bit today as well … waiting, waiting for the cash jackpot.