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Dairy Free Fresh Blueberry Cobbler
Some things are just met to be. One of those things is fresh blueberry cobbler for Father's Day when the holiday and blueberry season coincide. Here's the recipe, a dairy-free adaptation of one from the 1977 Betty Crocker Cookbook Grandma Josie gave me as a wedding...
Top Ten Uses for Plastic Grocery Bags
For some reasons, plastic garbage bags played integral and unique roles at the Cedar Falls Writers' Workshops last week. They led to to this top ten list of ways to use the crinkly things. 10. Plastic grocery bags make wonderful trash can lines. Even better than the...
Gravel Road’s Anty Em’s Truck Stop Now Open
Ant season has arrived, and quicker than I can put on sun screen and leave for the pool, the ants are marching in and setting up housekeeping. Not just in the kitchen, but in the laundry room and the bathroom, too. The day before I left for a writing conference last...
Fantastic Friday’s Window Washing Reminder
This week's Fantastic Friday post doubles as a PSO...for myself. All June I've conveniently forgotten that window washing time has arrived. So I'm thinking maybe if a voice from the past speaks via social media, that will give me the gumption to do what needs to be...
Homemade Apple Pie
Imagine my surprised when I discovered no recipe for apple pie had yet been added to the Gravel Road website. This omission was, to put it lightly, not right. So then and there, I took steps to rectify the situation by baking an apple pie, taking photos of the...
Top Ten Things About Going to a Writers’ Conference
The bags are packed and I'm ready to head out for the Cedar Falls Christian Writers' Conference tomorrow. Here are 10 top ten reasons to attend a writing conference, in Cedar Falls, Iowa or anywhere else one is held. 10. They're a great opportunity to celebrate the...