Wasn’t I just turning 16? Like last week? Really, I can vividly remember turning 16 and my aunt taking me to the Department of Transportation to take my driver’s test in San Antonio, TX. I failed parallel parking, but passed overall ~ barely. (I still have the test results!) Seems like I couldn’t possibly be… Read More The Birthday Boy ~ 16 years!
I’ve been reading about and pondering the Sabbath commandment for years ~ re-reading the 4th Commandment, looking at Jesus’ words on it, and reading instructional books on how to institute it into family life. I’ve felt guilty for shopping on Sundays, but even when I didn’t shop ~ “working” myself and thereby causing others to… Read More Grace in the Law of the Sabbath
Been meaning to post this recipe since Easter and the Passover Seder we celebrated at church. Macaroons are a traditional Passover dessert, and I made a bunch of them that week. I’ve only become a fan of coconut in recent years, but now I’m fairly nuts over coconut ~ coconut milk, coconut oil, and just… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Almond Macaroons (& a coconut craze!)
…except for these: For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1:20
Cactus, high temps, beautiful Bermuda grass, The Hilton, (We’re sharing the Hilton with the Roller Derby Championship Teams. Yes, the Roller Derby Ladies + the Southern Baptists = one big happy family!), more cactus, chapped lips, needing more product for my turned-to-straw-hair, swimming pool, glass elevators, light rail train to downtown, 14 Starbucks in a… Read More Phoenix So Far…
Just as the sun sets on Kory’s time on the mound, so it also sets on the career of one loved and notorious coach in our fair town. From T-Ball, to Prep, to Little League, and finally to Babe Ruth Coach Krum has been there in some capacity. He rose to the coveted position of… Read More End of an Era: Coach Krum Retires
Sullen –adjective 1. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. 2. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose. 3. indicative of gloomy ill humor. —Synonyms 1. See cross 2. See glum 3. sulky, moody, sour, bad-tempered. 4. cheerless, clouded, overcast, somber, mournful, dark. 5. slow, stagnant. Related words: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody Summer… Read More Summer Sullenness Strategies
Sadly, this has often been the scene in our backyard in recent months ~ feathers in a frenzied path, and one or two less chickens in the coop. We’ve had fourteen hens for over a year now, but now we’re down to………….THREE. While it appears that we are terrible chicken parents, the truth is that… Read More Backyard Murder Mystery
I’m not sure why, but I love books about food. Typically, this has involved browsing the cookbook section of our local library or bookstore, but recently I discovered a genre within the cookbook genre which is “cookbook author or chef biographies.” I don’t think that is really the official title of this genre, but I’m… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ “Dreamy Polenta”