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Pasta in Garlic Gravy with Lemon and Herb Chicken
Today's recipe is the result of a series of fortunate events: Cherry tomatoes from our CSA Container herbs gone wild thanks to this summer's heat and obsessive watering. The Pinterest weekly email which featured a recipe titled "Spaghetti in Garlic Gravy with Herbs...
Top Ten Lessons Learned in a Drought Year
This summer's drought has people talking about the weather. So today's post enters the conversation with the top ten lessons learned during the drought of 2012. 10. You know how people say dry heat isn't as oppressive as humid heat? That's a lie. 9. If the person...
Time for a Haircut
This summer has not been kind to the flower beds along our bit of gravel road. Blame it on Hiram's back injury preventing yard work. Blame it on the heat trapping us indoors after he recovered. Blame it on the drought eating up my time watering. Blame it on the...
In a Dry and Thirsty Land
O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 The drought of 2012 is a doozy, no doubt about it. The hot, dry weather has our family reminiscing...
Summer Veggie Stir Fry Medley
Summer vegetables are stacking up in the refrigerator at an alarming rate thanks to our weekly CSA share. So I'm getting desperate creative at coming up with new ways to disguise serve veggies at mealtime. The other night, I combined a zucchini, a couple red and...
Top Ten Dangers Survived in Childhood
Our state's media outlets are buzzing with news of a bizarre case of mercury exposure in north central Iowa. It seems a construction worker found a jar containing 40 pounds of mercury. He took it to a local bar to show it off, but someone dropped the container. After...