When I began to write this post about ice cream the corn looked like this. Today, the corn looks like this. Okay, I admit the ice cream recipe has nothing at all to do with the corn. But it does have something to say about my ability to share an ice cream recipe when it … Read more
I asked my husband, “Am I a control freak?” He said, “well, you are not a freak.” Then he went on to explain how he sees me as organized and that I like to be in control but not in a frreaky way. That wasn’t really good enough for me to not call myself a … Read more
Seventy-one days after my last blog post on July 22 I signed on to the administrative part of my blog. I had 46 comments sent in during that time. I began working through the ones that were spam and needed deleted and the ones that were genuine and deserved a reply. That is when I … Read more
Hello! I haven’t written a blog post since July 22. I’ve looked over a dozen recipes and pictures I have taken in the last 8 weeks. But nothing seems just right. That is probably because it is soul food that has kept me alive of late. I was sharing with a girlfriend today that I … Read more
My sweet, wonderfully talented husband is our Chief Gardener. From early spring until late fall he spends hundreds of hours outside digging in the dirt, planting, tending, weeding, feeding, and then finally harvesting a variety of the fruits of his labor. However, this week he is in New York City tending to God’s garden, namely … Read more
Have I told you how wonderful it is to have a family reunion? No? Well, let me tell you … When I was growing up in the 1950’s-60’s-and 70’s my father’s family held a family reunion every summer, usually in the city park either in Friend, Seward, or Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. My grandparents had 6 … Read more