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What Do You Give a Woman Who’s 83?
Mom’s birthday was Saturday, and as was mentioned in yesterday’s post, we (meaning 20 people in her extended family, including her baby sister, Donna, pictured above) celebrated in style with the traditional family birthday cake. What wasn’t mentioned in the post was...
The Family Birthday Cake – Recycled
This past weekend, we hosted the Labor Day Family Reunion at our house. Because Mom’s birthday is September 3, we always celebrate her big day with the traditional family birthday cake, German Chocolate. In honor of that event (and because today I’m busy with the...
Sheerah, the City Builder
And his daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sherah. 1 Chronicles 7:24 A couple weeks ago, my read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year plan assignment was in 1 Chronicles. Usually, forays in Judges, Joshua, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles are...
I Will Not Cry
Here it is more than a week after our daughter and new son’s move to Ohio, and I’ve yet to do more than address it in passing. Perhaps that means that I move much slower than my daughter who is the blur zipping around the kitchen in this picture. The move was fairly...
Eggplant Pomadora Pasta…with a New Twist
The end of August means we are flooded with eggplant and tomatoes, barely able to tread water as they pile up. So a few nights ago, I decided to reprise the Eggplant Pomadora Pasta recipe that received our double thumbs up earlier this month. But I added a little...
Carpe Deim Failure – Recycled
Don’t let the photo accompanying this post fool you. This recycled entry is not about the last time the city worked on the asphalt section of our little gravel road. It’s about my camera’s uncanny ability to be absent when it would come in handy. This three year old...