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Life Is Good When…for this Fantastic Friday
An enduring joy of my life has been close relationships with many of my cousins. Thankfully, my daughter has similar relationships with several of her cousins and second cousins (Right to left: Lara, Tessa, Anne, Caitlyn, and Lauren). Both the post and the picture...
Dairy-Free Carrot Cake with Cream “Cheese” Frosting
All the kids, their spouses and the grandkids, along with my sister and her husband, are gathering this weekend to celebrate the Man of Steel's 60th birthday. That means he gets to choose his own birthday meal (chicken tetrazzini) and birthday dessert. He chose one of...
Top 10 Reasons I Love March 8
10. The pre-March Madness gives everyone something to talk about other than this year's debacle of a presidential race. 9. The sun's up in time for an early morning walk. 8. Plus this March 8th predicted high is 61°. 7. No ice storm is predicted to follow the...
Me and My Dad
Nineteen years ago this day, my family was at a funeral home.More mourners than we expected came to say good-bye to my father, Harlan Stratton. The mourners spent long minutes studying the photographs that chronicled his life. "That's the way I remember him," each one...
Happy to Be Alive on this Fantastic Friday
Five years ago this month, I survived an exciting adventure on a snowy night. This Fantastic Friday celebrates the anniversary of an evening when God made clear that my work here on earth is not yet done. Though much has happened–good and bad–in the five years since,...
Chicken Tetrazinni, With Dairy and Without
For supper last week, I made chicken tetrazinni, a family favorite that can also be made with turkey, for the first time in a long time. After his first bite, the Man of Steel decided he wanted it made again for his birthday meal extravaganza to be held in a few...