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Summer Scramble

Margaret McNellis
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I was going to write a diary entry yesterday, but all I did was stay home and watch the Olympics because outside we were having torrential rains almost the entire day.  Unfortunately, today is quite muggy (July in Connecticut has many humid days).  At present, we're at 80% humidity and though it isn't very hot out, that level of moisture in the air can make even the most leisurely walk less than fun.  However, I do have something to share today--my breakfast.  

I don't eat many eggs during the week.  I'm usually running out the door with a yogurt in hand that I'll later eat at my desk.  On the weekends, I try for a more substantial breakfast.  Today I opted for scrambled eggs and, as I was beating them, I noticed the cubanelle peppers we've harvested from the garden.  I diced up half a pepper and a San Marzano tomato (also from our garden) and folded them into my scrambled eggs for a delicious way to enjoy fresh, home-grown vegetables.

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Margaret graduated in 2007 with a Bachelors of Arts in Art History from Southern Connecticut

State University, in New Haven, Connecticut. There she explored journalism with the university

newspaper, Southern News, writing for the Arts & Entertainment section. In the spring of 2008,

Margaret began writing on a freelance basis, for internet marketing firms and local journalism

outlets. That summer, she enrolled in her first course with the Long Ridge Writers Group.

In 2008, National Novel Writing Month caught her eye and in 2009 she joined the Shoreline

Cluster of Poets in Madison, Connecticut. She’s a member of a writing and critique group with

several novelists. She began volunteering as Municipal Liaison of the CT Shoreline region for

National Novel Writing Month in November 2011.

When she’s not writing, Margaret enjoys playing classical piano. Margaret began studying Kung

Fu Kempo Karate in December of 2000. She earned her black belt in June of 2005, and taught

students of all ages. She enjoys reading—genres ranging from horror to historical fiction to

Classical Literature. Margaret is an intermediate knitter and loves to go for walks to the river

that runs by her neighborhood, where the quiet often allows for plot-related epiphanies.