Pictures make a cookbook for me–oh yeah, and the recipes, too, but I like to know what my final product is supposed to look like, don’t you? I’m in love with this one right now, even though I’ve not made one thing from it. That will change VERY SOON. A family cookbook. I love that. […]
There Is A God
Be prepared. Today’s post is long…but necessary, for me. Tomorrow, perhaps, I’ll have lighter fare, you poor dears. It’s only fair that I let you in on my thinking processes, since so recently (around Easter) I was asked to answer three important questions by Bing from Birmingham. I’ve been quite honest about the fact that […]
Recipes for Eve
To the rescue! For those of you who are reading Eve with your book clubs, I offer up another resource. Recipes from the Middle East! Now you can nosh and gab all in one night, and people, what could be better than that? You can find a list of culinary ideas in my all-new Recipes […]
Another Lesson in Holding Your Judgment
May I just say that I had to include this lovely story today, because my husband’s just sent me the link, and I’m floored. I’m talking about Susan Boyles’ audition on Britain’s Got Talent, which stunned the normally caustic Simon Cowell and his colleagues, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden…and the reticent, ridiculing crowd. I’d like […]
John Updike’s “Seven Stanzas at Easter”
Bevin, a friend from Georgia whom I’ve never officially met, sent this lovely poem to me through Facebook. Thanks, Bevin! What I didn’t know, until I did a little research, is that John Updike won “Best in Show” in a church writing contest with it, when he was a Harvard graduate attending Clifton Lutheran Church […]