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DYI Chai Tea Concentrate…a Family Favorite
In the past 4 weeks, I've attended 2 conferences in Virginia, recovered 2 times from jet lag, and became acquainted with a new grandson. All of which has left very little time for testing new recipes in the kitchen. So this week's recipe for chai tea is one of my...
Top Ten Things I Now Collect…Thanks to a Depression-Era Mother
Well, well, well, the recent series about the top ten things collected by Great Depression era moms and ten more things they collected certainly struck a chord with readers. Thanks to all who left comments on FB about what your moms saved. My favorite was this...
Ten Days
Home again after ten days with a new grandson and his parents. Ten days of cleaning and cooking, of shopping and laundry, and folding diapers just so. Ten days of walking the dog, of reassuring new parents, and watching them grow confident in their new roles. Ten days...
The Daffodils Are Blooming this Fanastic Friday
Friday's here again, so it's time for another fantastic post from the past. This one comes from April 2011, a few years after Mom's Alzheimer's diagnosis and subsequent move to live with my brother and his family. That chapter of Mom's life ended this past January,...
Corned Beef and Cabbage
For the past several months, I've been creating and freezing meals for my son and daughter-in-law and for my daughter and son-n-law, all parents of the 2 most adorable babies born in 2015. I have lost count of how many meals I've cooked, frozen, packed in coolers, and...
More Top Ten Items Collected by Depression Era Moms
Last Tuesday's post listed ten of the items my mother, raised during the Great Depression, continued to save for decades after the Depression ended. Pretty much until 2008 when she gave up housekeeping and moved in with my brother and his family. Ten is not nearly...