Robert and Kayla come in the door – back from a trip to the post office and grocery store. Kayla: Mommy, we got you a surprise! Chocolate! Me: Oh boy! Thank you….and dark chocolate….my favorite! Robert: Yeah, the package said “Compare to Prozac.” Me: Really?????? Robert: No. I’m counting on the possibility that SOME of… Read More Good Medicine
This is another recipe that my friend Sara E. passed along to me. We make it for breakfast mostly on special occasions like holidays or birthdays, but sometimes just because it’s so good! Coffee Cake Cake Ingredients:3/4 cup sugar1 1/2 cups GF flour1 Tbsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt3/4 cup cold butter1 egg1/2 tsp vanilla1/2 cup… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Coffee Cake
Unhealthy Habits:Perfectionism, Self-Sufficiency, Pride, Lack of trust, Failure to observe Sabbath Rest, Worry, Making Choices out of Fear, Desire to Control, Misunderstanding Grace, Too Much Time on the Treadmill of Performance, Running the Marathon of Life at a Sprint…..etc. Related Symptoms: Fatigue, Weariness, Depression, Despair, Fantastical Thoughts of Escape, Loss of Joy, Numbness, Tears….. Diagnosis:… Read More Recipe for Disaster/ Prescription for Healing & Hope
In her dark room, tucking Kayla into bed for the night….. Kayla: Mama? Me: Yes? Kayla: Why didn’t Jesus just run away or take Himself down from the cross when people were trying to kill Him? Me: Well, He didn’t want to go through with it – it was very hard for Him, but He… Read More Bedtime Conversations
We left a little earlier for our annual trip to Texas and Oklahoma this year. For the first time ever, we traveled on Christmas Day and got to spend the day after with my whole family. Here we are at my dad’s house with sister Melissa and her three kids, sister Melinda – home from… Read More Christmas Catch Up
We have just returned from a three week trip to Texas which is why I have not had time to post. I have been working on this bread recipe for a while, though. It was inspired by the Oct./Nov. issue of Living Without Magazine which featured several different bread recipes. I took one for a… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Brown Sandwich Bread
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it Snow!Actually, we have a lot of places to go, but we’ve been slowed down quite a bit by two major snowstorms over the weekend!Robert did get to try out the snowplow that we inherited when the Evans family moved to Oregon. It worked great and was a… Read More And since we’ve no place to go…..
December is always FULL of activity and this one has been no different. Kayla had her annual Christmas tea party. This was the fourth one we’ve done and Kayla says, “It’s fun, fun, fun!” I think it’s fun too – maybe a bit stressful to pull off in the month of December – but a… Read More Christmas Happenings
Here are a couple of pecan pie recipes – one using corn syrup and one using maple syrup. The first is my grandmother’s recipe – which I have a copy of in her old United Methodist Church cookbook – and uses corn syrup. The second is one I put together from a couple of different… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Pecan Pie
Just had to report that we are FINALLY getting 3-5 eggs per day! Not the 6-8 we hope to get in the spring, but still a good supply, and I am no longer worried that my chickens are sick or disabled, or on strike or something! I never have to go to the coop to… Read More So Egg – citing!