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Grandma Dorothy’s Favorite Rhubarb Pie

Grandma Dorothy’s Favorite Rhubarb Pie

After posting my favorite recipe for rhubarb custard pie a few weeks ago, I told Mom about sharing her cousin’s recipe with the cyberworld. I expected her to smile, pleased by the notoriety. Instead, she sniffed and said, “That’s not the best recipe. My favorite is...

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Russell Moore on NPR: Not Your Stereotypical Evangelical

Russell Moore on NPR: Not Your Stereotypical Evangelical

Sunday morning, I was running a little late. Okay, I was running very late, late enough to know my entrance into Sunday school would be extremely embarrassing. In too much of a hurry to pay much attention to what was on the radio, the announcer’s trailer for the next...

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One Down, Twenty-Nine to Go

One Down, Twenty-Nine to Go

When I was teaching school, raising kids, riding herd on defective canines, serving on too many church committees and taking graduate classes every summer I always had my windows washed by the middle of June. So how come, seven years post-teaching career, with the...

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The Tyranny of the Urgent

The Tyranny of the Urgent

With the daughter’s wedding only 22 days away (she announces the count daily after the young lovers tear another link off their respective paper chains during phone calls), life is a tidal wave of urgent tasks to be completed. Yesterday I crested one of the biggest...

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This Time Together by Carol Burnett

This Time Together by Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett. Just saying her name conjures memories of the comedian whose influence has permeated much of my life. My childhood love of the stage began while watching her in the TV production of Once Upon a Mattress. The humor of The Carol Burnett Show tickled my...

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Strawberr Shortcake

Strawberr Shortcake

June’s here, which means we’re start collecting our weekly Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) http://www.wilbersproduce.com/  of fruits and vegetables.We already received our first two quarts of farm fresh strawberries. Double yum! Unfortunately, today’s photo...

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