If you’ve read my blog for long you know I like to throw in an occasional book review now and again. And since it’s the beginning of the Christmas season I thought I’d tell you about a few Christmas books I’ve enjoyed. A couple of them I read last year and I’ve been waiting ALL…
A Thanksgiving Story
I rarely make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without thinking about my grandmother’s turkey story and it still makes me laugh. I posted it on my blog five years ago but I decided it deserved a little encore presentation as a special bonus blog this week. Warning: if you are inclined towards being a vegetarian…
Nancy’s White Chicken Chili
I decided today it was time for a little fun. And what’s more fun than a new yummy recipe and an amusing story mixed together? Many years ago shortly after we remodeled our kitchen my girlfriend came to visit. She LOVES to organize and is very good at it so she was helping me get…
Does Cancer Make People Jerks?
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in my blog that we were walking through some “hard eucharisteo” at our house; a time where giving thanks seems a little bit more challenging. On October 23 we heard the news that my husband, John, has all the indicators of Multiple Myeloma – a cancer of the…
The Invitation
I had the opportunity to spend this past weekend at an event hosted by Patsy Clairmont, one of my favorite Women of Faith Speakers. She spoke on creativity and on how there is more in us than we even know. On Saturday night she gave us an assignment to pick a picture on our camera…