Home & Family
Creating a home requires more than just maintaining the physical structure. It requires a certain feeling of safety and security and freedom for the family who dwells within the walls.
Remembering your “P’s and Q’s”
As a child, I remember being told to “Mind my P’s and Q’s” my grandmother and my mother. Although I never asked what that meant, it wasn’t long before I surmised that it meant, at least in my family, that…
Snickerdoodles
When I was in elementary school, my mother enrolled me in 4-H instead of Girl Scouts. Why? I’m not sure, but I had a cousin in a 4-H troupe and her mom praised what was going on because you had…
Blueberry Muffins
I love blueberry muffins, but I don’t really like the artificial taste of the tiny can of miniature blueberries that comes in a boxed mix. Not only do they lack a good blueberry taste, there are never enough blueberries for…
Dreary Weather and Cupcakes
Dear Mother Nature, I seriously have an issue with your behavior lately – especially over the past four or five days. A week ago, the sun was shining and I was able to have the windows open with the breeze…
Gardening, and Grandkids, and Summer! Oh, my!
The weather has finally warmed enough to take the coffee out on the porch. I have sugar and creamer and that new dairy case latte maker if you need some; I take mine black. I started “Conversations and Coffee” a…
TOP TEN THINGS FOR NOVEMBER
November snuck in seven days ago on the heels of October. An October that just never seemed to end. I had such hopes for November, but it (actually “me”) has let me down