Fresh Bread

 
That’s it!  I keep hearing so much lately about homemade bread…I’m breaking out my stainless steel bread bowl…the one that’s all pock marked with dents from marbles being whirled around in it back in the ’80s. 
 
Is there a better fragrance in a home in the fall? 
 

 
I love the feel of working with the dough…kneading by [...]

Memorial Day Birthday

 
      For most of my married life, my birthday has been lost in the shuffle of Memorial Day weekend.  Time and again it got overlooked because we were out of town or busy with other activities.  So my birthday has become basically a non-event.  Not that we didn’t acknowledge it, it’s just that it was never much of a [...]

Friday Feature

 
I am an explorer.  I love discovering new places in the blogging world.  Once in a while, I come across a treasure which absolutely compels me share it: 
 
 Meet Heart to Heart   The first time I read this Midwest Farmer’s writing, he had me laughing out loud, and wanting to send Christmas cards to a [...]

Avoiding the Flu – A Very Casual Chicken Soup Recipe

 
Hero was out of town on business most of the week, so naturally I was glad when I received his call yesterday afternoon telling me he was on his way home.  Yippee!  I thought.   I’ll see him in four or five hours. 
 
Sure enough, I was in the kitchen, dutifully preparing healthy slash hearty comfort food for supper when I heard [...]