As a little girl, I grew up in a garden family and enjoyed all the vegetables we grew and harvested and then gathered around the table and ate as a family. The time planting, weeding, tending the garden, then snapping beans, shelling peas, picking tomatoes, and silking corn as a family has greatly impacted my love for vegetables. I have such good memories surrounding our garden and vegetables and my family. I have re-done three kitchens in our almost 32 years with the exact same vegetable ... Read More about Gifts from the garden and eventually two recipes; but, a whole lot of words
Finding Beauty in Every Face & Place – Opposites celebrate an anniversary
We are coming up on 32 years of marriage this next week. And we almost didn't make it oh, so many times because never in all your days have two more opposite people attracted. Oh, it was electric when we were dating - the sheer energy of opposite backgrounds and tastes and desires. The brainiac and the beauty-lover met and fell head over heels. But, I'm here to tell you, sometimes, and in some seasons, it just felt like we were falling; but, we always got back up, dusted ourselves off and ... Read More about Finding Beauty in Every Face & Place – Opposites celebrate an anniversary
When Distraction Becomes the Main Attraction
I have always been drawn to a desk, like the one pictured above that belonged to the Unsinkable Molly Brown. I am drawn to a desk because I am a writer; but, sitting down to write is another thing sometimes... Distractions are everywhere. I look at Molly's desk and it is much like mine: flowers and a tea cup and paperwork and newspaper articles and her evident passion for women and it's all on the pallet of a lovely rug. During CornTeen, I arranged my office several times and got distracted ... Read More about When Distraction Becomes the Main Attraction
Trim Healthy Mama Trimtastic Chocolate Zucchini Flag Cake & Buttercream Icing Recipe
Happy 4th of July, friends!!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. I am extending the holiday by sharing a Flag Cake version of one of our all time favorite Trim Healthy Mama cakes. Yes, I did say our, this one is Salesman approved. And, almost everyone else that has every tried this cake, has liked it too. If you have been around here long, you know that this cake was the first Trim Healthy Mama dessert that Audra Elizabeth introduced me to and I liked it from the start. It has ... Read More about Trim Healthy Mama Trimtastic Chocolate Zucchini Flag Cake & Buttercream Icing Recipe
Finding Beauty in Every Face & Place – Colorado
We did a fun thing this last week - we went to Colorado - and I've been about to bust to share; but, The Salesman asked me not to post about being gone while we were gone. It didn't matter to him that I'd asked a former police officer to stay at the house while we were gone...he didn't want me posting that we were gone. He asks so very little...so now that we are home, I say - we went to Colorado!!! Oh, it was fun, and funny, from the get-go, you know, two people who are married can be very ... Read More about Finding Beauty in Every Face & Place – Colorado
