SNYK Cheese Ball Recipe
Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day is an eating marathon. There’s just not a stopping place; it seems every effort to cut down the noshing from late November to “after the first of the year” is...
View ArticleMore Recipes… Old Faves
Most of us will probably attend several gatherings over the next few weeks and there will certainly be requests to bring food. These are recipes for some old standards, but I can almost guarantee...
View ArticleStockings & Poinsettias
How did some of our old standing holiday traditions get started?? I have combined a little research along with two personal stories that continue to warm my heart. STOCKINGS In my own growing up,...
View ArticleRemember Caroling?
The kaleidoscope of Christmas memories keeps turning in my head as the December days pass quickly. Don’t know what set it off, but a collage of the many years I went Christmas caroling started through...
View ArticleChoices
With the holiday decorations back in the attic we have just left that period when “naughty or nice” was tossed around a lot, usually in a very light hearted way. If everyone works together, we can make...
View ArticleTexas Weather: Are We Ever Satisfied?
As humans we are so fickle! Throughout the long summer of 2012 it was the same conversation starter everywhere, “I am not going to complain one bit when it gets cold this winter. I am so tired of this...
View ArticleFriends & A Mixed Up Pair Of Shoes
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship. Anonymous I felt so ridiculous a couple of mornings ago when I put my shoes on to leave for the office and quickly realized that these were NOT my...
View ArticleTime…It Does Specialize In Alterations!
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. ~Faith Baldwin Kelsie, Patty, and Jake My great-niece will turn nine in just a few days. She is celebrating with a skating party. At Thanksgiving her...
View ArticleI Heard It In The Wind…
I’ve always liked to hear the wind blowing. Being inside especially at night when there is howling and whistling I feel very safe, cozy and often think of those valiant pioneer women who braved the...
View ArticleTexas Wind
I’ve always liked to hear the wind blowing. Being inside especially at night when there is howling and whistling I feel very safe, cozy and often think of those valiant pioneer women who braved the...
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