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Top Ten Reasons I’m a Debbie Downer
The past week and a half have been chock full of grandma duty and other family fun. So much fun, blogging is on the back burner. Therefore, for the next few days Gravel Road will reprise popular posts from the past. Today's post first appeared on March 23, 2012....
Just What the Doctor Ordered
The past week and a half have been chock full of grandma duty and other family fun. So much fun, blogging is on the back burner. Therefore, for the next few days Gravel Road will reprise popular posts from the past. Today's post first appeared on July 20, 2012. Enjoy!...
Mystery Update: See Jane Crawl!
Remember Run, Jane, Run!, the mystery I'm writing? On account of which I road tripped to northwestern South Dakota in September? The one I promised to post updates about on a regular basis? Well here's the first one. Progress is slow. Very slow. My best efforts to...
Thanksgiving Favorite–Mom’s Franklin Chex Mix
Today’s recipe comes compliments of my mom and one of the teachers she worked with for 3 decades at Franklin Elementary School in Le Mars, Iowa. In the past, I've posted it the day before Thanksgiving. But this year, it's up three weeks early so you have time to...
Gravel Road’s Top Ten Freezer Meals
The weather's turning colder by the day, which means it's hot meal season. A favorite strategy of wise cooks who don't have time to cook every night is to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe being used. One can be served for that day, and the others can be labeled...
Beyond Grateful
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling... 2 Peter 1:10 Gratefulness. It’s a quality God’s been cultivating in me ever since his Holy Spirit started to rooting out my tendency to complain occasionally. Or maybe I should say often. All...