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February
Fried apples and what goes together
I was making supper the other night – pork chops, dressing and fried apples. And it occurred to me there are certain things that just…
An apron with my name
I want an apron with my name on it. I stopped working full time in January. I can’t quite bring myself to call it “retired.”…
Falling out of love with my grill
I never thought I would see this day and I’m even hesitant to write about it, but I’ve had a revelation regarding my gas grill…
The Wedge
Forget grain bowls, coconut-oil based dressings and…please…no more kale. Lately, I’ve been pining away for a good old Wedge. No one knows who invented that…
Make yourself a regular
King Daddy and I adopted a travel plan when we first went overseas. Go to one locale and make yourself a regular. When we went…
Goulash
I seem to be surrounded by goulash these days. Now that Dammit Boy lives in Vienna he makes it or eats it in a restaurant…
The fruit ninja
My son, who many of you know as Dammit Boy, is a 26-year-old research associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. He is…
8
November
Apple Galette
So let’s celebrate apple season with a few fun facts about Johnny Appleseed. Actually, let’s not. I just read about Johnny on Wikipedia and there’s…
12
September
Peanut butter, bacon and apple sandwiches
So wrong and yet so right. That’s how we roll at the Community Resource Center. Every Wednesday is Bacon Wednesday at CRC. It’s just a…
19
October
Apple Galette
It is officially pie season. When you see more apples than anything else at the Farmer’s Market that’s when the urge to make pie kicks…
16
May
My $135 head of lettuce
It is Sunday morning and I’m heading to Aldi after church to get Noah some fruit. That boy is eating me out of house and…
28
January
We might just starve, part two
Awhile back, I told ya’ll about our annual get-together with my in-laws and my son and daughter-in-law in the mountains. We bring enough food to…
16
December
Withdrawal
Noah officially got his acceptance letter to Loyola today. The one is Chicago. Where it’s cold. Tonight at supper, he said: “Mom, I wish I…
17
November
Pork chops and fried apples
I would like to be a rich woman. I would like to be a rich woman not so I could buy diamond earrings or a…
7
November
Feed your soul
This morning Mark was just sound, sound asleep and it was 9:30 and the Farmer’s Market was calling me. So on a perfect fall day,…
25
May
Groundhogs
There are ups and downs about living in a wooden house surrounded by woods. The downs are that critters get inbetween the outside and inside…