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Our Shaker Broom
Earlier this month, Hiram and I visited Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. We had a wonderful time, though their “form follows function” philosophy and 30,000 perfectly placed wall pegs stirred up OCD tendencies that had lain dormant for years. Since the...
S’wayzee
Thanks to the four RAGBRAI riders who stayed at our house Tuesday night and sang Happy Birthday to me (per Hiram’s request) on Wednesday morning, my 55th birthday was the hippest jiviest, and g’day-mate-iest ever. (I know several of you didn’t comprehend a word past...
Stuffed Zucchini
The title of today’s post says it all. Zucchini season has arrived, and the annual how-to-make-zucchini-edible conundrum has begun. The picture above shows my first stab at the solving the puzzle. This recipe comes from the cookbook I picked up at Shaker Village of...
Big News – Recycled
A quick look through July posts from the past few years, and this week’s recycled post was a no brainer. Two years ago this week, Allen called with big news that delighted us all. He and the love of his life were engaged. Our delight (and theirs) has only increased in...
Can You See the Family Resemblance?
My cousin, Leo Hess, was featured this past Sunday’s edition of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. He’s one of the thirty-nine grandchildren born to the eight offspring of Vernon and Josephine Hess, formerly of Pipestone, Minnesota. Cousin Leo owns a motorcycle repair and...
Barbarcued Meatballs
We’ve been back from Family Camp for two days, just enough time to miss the camp menu and not enough to do much cooking here at home. So today’s recipe is the result of a quick poll taken on the flight home. The poll question was: What was your favorite main dish at...