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Where a Minnesota Farm Girl and Queen Elizabeth Meet
photo source Our cousins across the pond held a big party last week to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their monarch. Queen Elizabeth. The media was full of the event. Factoids about the queen's life were everywhere. But one important fact escaped the media circus....
German Chocolate Cake: Dairy-Free Version
Our family enjoyed a birthday celebration over Memorial Weekend. A homemade German Chocolate cake played a major role in the jocularity, as has been noted in previous posts at this site. Perhaps more than once. Because our family loves this cake. Really, really loves...
Top Ten Reasons to Not Weed the Flowerbeds
Weeding flowerbeds rates right up there with root canals, stubbing toes, cleaning toilets, and dusting in terms of things not to do. Over the years, I've amassed a small arsenal of excuses to avoid weeding in every kind of weather.. These ten Goldilocksian reasons are...
Piling Up the Is and Mes
Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:24–25 A snowstorm one week. 100° the next. I wish I could blame the discontent swirling around in my heart on the crazy weather. But this...
Thankful
One year ago today, the man of steel was bedridden with back pain. About a week later, the doctor diagnosed a ruptured disk and recommended back surgery. The next few weeks put a strain on or marriage and revealed some flaws in his character and mine. After the...
Marjorie Peterson’s Orange Rolls: Dairy-Free Version
Today's recipe won the Des Moines Register's Memories of Mom recipe contest and was announced in the Mother's Day edition of the Register. I modified the recipe by cutting the sugar, using half whole wheat flour and half unbleached white flour, and substituting water...