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Tapioca Fruit Salad: A Family Tradition
Our extended family will celebrate Christmas the Saturday after Thanksgiving this year. Grandma Josie’s tapioca fruit salad will grace our table. The recipe for this delectable family favorite debuted on this blog in January of 2012 and is making a return appearance...
Ten Reasons to Be Grateful for the Internet
The internet gets some pretty bad press and for good reason. But it's a neutral medium, as is any technology. When it's used the right way, it makes life much easier as this top ten list shows. 10. YouTube how to clips take the pain out of DYI projects . It's also...
Cranberry-Apple Sauce: Thanksgiving Encore
Yes, today's recipe for cranberry-apple sauce is one more encore post in a string of encore appearances that spanned most of October and are now encroaching into November. But I have a really good reason. Turns out, authors don't have much time to cook in months where...
Veteran’s Day 2014: Thank You
The Top Ten Tuesday list will be back next week. This week's Tuesday post is dedicated to remembering the veterans in our family with an updated version of a piece written for Veteran's Day, 2012. Yesterday was Veteran's Day, and in my world it went out with more of a...
November=Fabulous Franklin Chex Mix Recipe
November means it's time to repost Mom's fabulous Chex Mix recipe, in case you need time to gather all the ingredients for the holidays. The original recipe comes from Zoe Hemmingson, one of Mom's fellow teachers at Franklin School in Le Mars, Iowa. It's been a family...
Top Ten Reasons to Love November
November is such an awkward, unlovely child with it's chilly days and long nights. Even so, here are ten reasons to love this hard-to-love month. 10. The chances of being bitten by a rattlesnake are low. 9. It's a good time to rearrange the living room and sweep the...