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Holiday Tapioca Fruit Salad Is Back!
Our extended family will celebrate Christmas the weekend between Christmas Day and New Year's Day. And 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...
Top 10 Reasons for a Lump of Coal in my Christmas Stocking
10. I prefer to watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy on Christmas instead of It's a Wonderful Life. So does the man of steel, by the way. 9. The Christmas music has not made it's 2013 debut in our home...and probably won't. 8. No Christmas baking yet around...
Thank You, Trusty Little Toyota Corolla
Thanks to my trusty little Toyota Corolla,* I am writing this column from the comfort of my own home. If not for its good handling on slippery roads, I might be shivering in a ditch somewhere between home and frigid Lincoln, Nebraska. Now don't get me wrong. As my...
Clothed In Humility
...and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5 Do you remember the children’s story from grade school? The one about the emperor who was conned into preening down the...
Non-Dairy Buttery Popcorn
Yup, you read that right. No typos in the title, though buttery, non-dairy popcorn could be classified as an oxymoron. Would you like the secret recipe? The recipe's not really secret, but one of the ingredients was a happy find during my trip to Grand Rapids,...
Top 10 Camp Dorothy Conversations
10. "Jo, could you bring me the afghan my ma made. I'm cold." "Okay, Mom. Do you want the brown, orange, or cream-colored one? 9. "Is it time to go to bed yet? I'm tired." "It's about 7:30. Can you make it until 8:00?" 8. "Jo, what do you have to eat around...