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Fantastic Friday: Endings and Beginnings
This Fantastic Friday post, which debuted on Down the Gravel Road, is a look back at the last gathering of the last group of elementary students I taught. They were ready to graduate from high school in May of 2011. This year, many of them are graduating from college....
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
Today's recipe has been on the back burner (no pun intended) for several months. Not because it needs that long to cook. But because in the busyness of the the past several months–weeks spent helping 2 mommies adjust to life with our 2 new grandchildren, book...
Top Ten Pros and Cons of an Allergy Elimination Diet
For the past nine days–not that I'm counting–I've been on an elimination diet. Nothing serious. Just trying to get to the bottom of some allergy and sinus issues. The diet consists of twigs, bark, and leaves. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. But it is limited to...
Finding Beauty in a Not Very Easy Week
The week just past was not an easy one. Last Sunday, I was finally home for a good long while after months of speaking engagements and Grammy duties, with no book deadlines looming. Don't get me wrong, all of the above are good–even great and blessed–events. But they...
Fantastic Friday: Our Boys are Still Men
Watching our children mature and strike out on their own is a great joy of parenting. This Fantastic Friday post first appeared in April of 2009, but our delight in the way the boys who once graced our home have become men continues. And our memories of them are still...
Blueberry Pineapple Pie
Today's recipe falls into the McGyver category of culinary experiences. In other words, it's one of those recipes made up on the spur of the moment to compensate for a lack of ingredients. The kind of recipe that can be a total bomb or the start of a new and beautiful...