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Balkan Meatballs
This recipe for Balkan Meatballs has been a favorite with our family since Mom gave me Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg's Once-A-Month Cooking cookbook in the early 90s. These meatballs are the ultimate comfort food and make a complete meal when paired with green...
Top 10 Lessons Learned During 6 Hour Southwest Airline Flight Delay
Over the weekend, I attended the McLean Bible Church's Accessibility Summit. The trip was a short one, rendered even shorter by a 6 hour delay in the Southwest flight out of Omaha. The Omaha airport is small, and Terminal B, where we were trapped because our boarding...
Maypril Is Here!
My rhubarb life is spinning out of control this morning. I blame my present chaos on the recent mild winter. This is not the first time the Winter of 2012 has invaded my personal space. Last week, I renamed March and April as Marpril, thanks to the great Early Spring...
Up, Up, & Away…I Hope
Hmmm...maybe flying Southwest Airlines to the Accessibility Summit (to take advantage of their 2 free bags policy to haul books & book table stuff) wasn't such a good idea. Our plane is sitting on the runway, we're packed in here like sardines, and the pilot...
Grandma Josie’s Strawberry Shortcake
We celebrated Hiram's birthday last month with grilled steak (thanks to our unusually warm weather) and strawberry shortcake (thanks to his determination to cut down on sugar due to advancing age). To prove I'm still young, I cut loose. Instead of using the recipe...
Top 10 Reasons to Eat Supper as a Family
Have you heard or read the studies about the studies that say family mealtime is the an important factor in the future well-being of children? That eating meals together is an effective deterrent against drugs, smoking, alcohol and the like? Those studies weren't...