Don’t Cheat On Me With Cornbread
I have a new favorite song, thanks to the Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt concert we went to this past weekend. But, unfortunately, I can’t get the dang song out of my head. It may just beat out “Fat Babies Have No…
Month October 2009
Blue Ribbon Wheat Bread
Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread—there may be. –David Grayson Amen to that! There are few things better than the smell of baking bread… or a thick slice of…
Scary Stories to Read in the Dark
I love Halloween books to read aloud. OK… so my favorites aren’t a bit scary… just funny and even inspirational. Take the poetry book Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex for instance. Turns out, Frankenstein is a “Make it…
Gratitude for Nie Nie
Did you see Stephanie Nielson on Oprah this week? I’m not much of a daytime television watcher, but when I heard Nie Nie was going to be on Oprah, I set the program to record. I love reading her blog,…
Shortbread
This week I made dinner for the teachers at our school. Our menu was Italian, but I figured they’d forgive me for flying farther north for the dessert. I served the shortbread with a brown butter pecan glaze on top.…
This Old Bed
This week as I was driving to Salt Lake City, I was listening to NPR’s Radio West. The author being interviewed was Ellen Ruppel Shell about her book, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. The subject really caught my…
Concord Grapes for Juice and Jelly
My kids were out of school Monday. So we headed up to my mother-in-law’s home to pick Concord Grapes. She says the best time to pick Concord grapes is right after the first cold snap. Picking grapes is a great…
Cascade Springs
One of our favorite family traditions is visiting Cascade Springs in the Autumn to take pictures in the leaves. We have visited Cascade Springs every year since Ben was born and I love to look through the progression of our…
Of Course I Can!
I ran across this old WWII poster yesterday and loved it! Check out her expression, like she’s been scared half to death. I have just one question, is she learning how to can? Because I probably looked like that this…
Canning Applesauce
Canning applesauce is one of my favorite canning days of the year. It smells heavenly when it’s cooking… and yesterday was shaping up to be a wonderful canning day. It was the first real cold snap of the season and…