Naturally thankful

I am continually fascinated by the things my Heavenly Father uses to gain my attention, causing me to focus on Him. Now that the daylight hours are getting shorter, I greet each new morning while it is still dark outside.  That means I can enjoy the sunrise on days I...

Count your blessings, including pumpkin!

If I had to name my least favorite month of the year, I would say, “November.”  Thinking of November brings to mind dreary days that are growing ever shorter.  The trees are bare (or getting rapidly to that state), and my garden is done for the year.  The weather is...

Have a Soup-er November!

November has arrived.  In the days before its appearance, our weather has changed from warm to chilly and damp.  I am pulling out soup recipes that don’t usually come to mind during warmer weather, needing something to warm me up from the inside out. Making soup can...

Pizza, please!

It is hard to realize that October is almost over.  However, there is still time to enjoy National Pizza Month. In recent months, I have enjoyed a recipe I found on a package of naan (Indian flatbread). Of course, I modified the ingredients to suit my own taste; those...

More cookie!

When I looked up October on my list of monthly “celebrations,” I discovered that it wears a multitude of hats, National Cookie Month being among them.  Since I love to bake cookies, that seemed like a good thing.  It is also National Dessert, Popcorn Poppin’, and...