Not Your Grandmother’s Lemon Loaf
Butter. It gets a bad rap. We’re told not to eat much butter because it’s not good for us. Really? I’m a butter fan. I prefer to use recipes for baking which have butter over oil. I never, ever use …...
View ArticleA Taste of Spring
Spring is on it’s way. It’s inevitable. Thank goodness. A sure sign of spring is rhubarb. I’ve never been fortunate enough to have my own crop of rhubarb. But have always managed to find it fresh at...
View ArticleToo Many Bowls Banana Coffee Cake
Since starting this blog, I look at recipes in a whole new way. I have an Evernote full of links and copied recipes just waiting for me to try. Recipes that I think I will enjoy trying, recipes that I...
View ArticleJack
Jack was the most loved dog I think I have ever met. He was a golden doodle living in perpetual “teenage-hood”, (the good days, not the bad, moody ones). With long legs and lots of energy, he always...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being Green
Zucchini often gets a bad rap. Kids and many adults don’t like that it’s green. And is it a vegetable or a fruit? That causes angst for many as well. In our house it’s a fruit, because it has seeds…but...
View ArticleWhy so Blue?
So the tears have lessened. That’s a good thing. Still not completely happy, but growing pains, physical or emotional, do not always make one happy. Initially. Finishing the third week of the new...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to my Baby Boy
This picture was taken in the south of France. When he was 8 3/4 years old. Now he is 10. The lament of every parent is “where did the time go?” I remember the colicky days. I remember the sleepless …...
View ArticleWhat’s in Your Fridge Part II
On http://www.blogher.com, there is a list of writing prompts to help bloggers, well, write. This was yesterday’s prompt: Name five things inside your refrigerator right now and how you feel about...
View ArticleSweet Potato Sweet Patato
Sweet potato pecan pie. Sweet potato ice cream. Sweet potato cupcakes. Sweet potato muffins. Sweet potato pie. I decided on sweet potato cake. I’m a little new to the world of sweet potatoes. Not brand...
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