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Broccoli Cheese Pie

Broccoli Cheese Pie

Today’s recipe for Broccoli Cheese Pie comes from my new daughter. She and my son served it when I stayed overnight with them a few weeks ago. It’s tasty, healthy, and easy. I finally got around to making it last week, and it didn’t last long. Hiram loved it and kept...

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Heavenly Thoughts – Recycled

Heavenly Thoughts – Recycled

A dearest friend marks another year of life this week, so when this entry about celebrating her birthday in March of 2009 popped up, it was the obvious choice for this week’s recycled  post. This post had the added benefit of launching the annual spring asparagus...

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Launch of the Laundry Room

Launch of the Laundry Room

With the earthquake in Japan, the air strikes in Libya, and March Madness some topics of national interest have been overlooked by the media recently. To be specific, the completion of our new first floor laundry room. My January 20 blog post recorded the commencement...

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Family Saints

Family Saints

My husband is a wise man. He has yet to say a word about the four, count ‘em, four mason jars sitting in front of the east windows, hogging daylight. He hasn’t commented about how the jars are crammed with geranium slips or how the wintered over geraniums, from whence...

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The Reader’s Choice Awards Results

The Reader’s Choice Awards Results

For those of you who followed the Readers' Choice Awards at about.com, the official results are in. Actually, when the voting ending on March 8, the winning nominee in the special needs memoir category was obvious. But about.com's contest rules require a week to...

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De Lime in De Coconut Cheesecake

De Lime in De Coconut Cheesecake

This post is the second in a series of controversial recipes. You may remember the first recipe deemed controversial, Snicker Apple Salad, because of differing opinions about whether it should be called a salad or a dessert. Today’s recipe stirs family debate in an...

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