“Pie is slow food in a too fast world. Pie is a loving gesture. Good pie is simple, wholesome and real. You know what else pie is? It’s sitting on the front porch glider having a lively conversation with family and friends, even thought it’s too hot outside and there are a few mosquitoes to […]
I’m not sure how it happened 🙂 … but somewhere along the way … we became … a large family … Shockingly, it still surprises me when we count heads around the table. We didn’t really plan on having a large family but we did have a change of heart around baby #4, where […]
“Ma had cooked an especially good supper because they had company. There was stewed jack rabbit with white-flour dumplings and plenty of gravy. There was a steaming-hot, thick cornbread flavored with bacon fat. There was molasses to eat on the cornbread…” -Little House on the Prairie One thing I love to see lined up […]
“I intend to make myself fit to become a mother and being that in every sense, I shall be fit for any destiny which God may impose upon me.” ~ Catherine Booth (wife of William Booth, Founder of Salvation Army One of my favorite things about having a little baby is cuddling up with […]
So recently, shuffling babies on our hips and trying to keep an eye on our wandering toddlers while at a family party, my friend casually asked me if I wanted to have some of her kefir grains. My answer was a resounding yes! For those who do not know what kefir water is … it […]
