Four Days to Family – What’s in a Name? (Chapter 6, part 3)
“Who knows a man’s name, holds that man’s life in his keeping.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea Another IM came up from AKRONOH. “Call your adopted Mom and ask her what...
Monthly Archive: December 2016
2017 Whole 30 Challenge – Are You With Me???
OK – confession warning — I think my entire adult life, I have had a love-hate relationship with food. I LOVE to cook and share good food with friends and family, but I HATE...
Syrian Bread, The King of Breads – Recipe
When I awoke and entered the kitchen as a child to find four sheets, a plastic backed table cloth, and the powder blue bedspread that had the little popcorn-ball looking puffs on it all sitting patiently...
Four Days to Family – Mom Leona (Chapter 6, part 2)
Another IM came up from AKRONOH. “Call your adopted Mom and ask her what your birth name was. I am going to email you a list of baby girls born on your date of...
Kibbee Recipe (or for the Unfamiliar, Lebanese Meatloaf)
Alright Curry clan and Lugar clan … come with me on a journey long, long ago – to the Christmases of our past – in Johnstown, Pennsylvania – in the 1970’s…were there any better...
Melting My Grinch’s Heart
Some of my fondest memories of each of my children revolve around early waking hours of the morning, when they would arise with their fuzzy little heads and sleepy eyes, grab a blanket on...
Refrigerator Cocoa Snowballs
Like so many families, Christmas cookies are a holiday tradition in our household, and the more the merrier! I believe I mentioned in a previous post, I ask my children what foods do we...
Holiday Spice Biscotti
There is nothing quite like homemade edible holiday gifts, especially in this day and age when it can be so difficult to find a block of time between lessons, appointments, and work to prepare...
The Most Valuable Gift this Christmas
If you have been avidly searching for the perfect gift for that special someone on your list – that present so extraordinary that it will knock his or her socks off and they will...
Fruitcake -Friend or Foe
When I hear the word fruitcake, two vivid images come to mind. The first one is the solid, square brick of a fruitcake that comes in a plastic-lined paper box that is sold in...
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