Valentine’s Day Surprise

Valentine’s Day Surprise

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching.  It is usually billed as a romantic holiday, filled with cards, flowers, and chocolate.  This celebration often brings quite a bit of income to retailers who specialize in those areas.  For the most part, my late husband didn’t...

I can do this!

Here we are in February, which happens to be National Canned Food Month.  Lots of different edible items are available in cans, and those of us who have gardens often save our produce by canning it in jars.  In this case, “can” refers to a container.  The word “can”...

Time for a change

My late husband Bob would often refer to me as a “creature of habit.”  He was so right.  I can easily get stuck in a routine, and I don’t like it when I have to leave my carefully crafted comfort zone.  Most of the drawers in my kitchen are very ordered – we all need...

Pies are for sharing

“You need to learn to share.”  How many times did I hear that as a child?  How many times did I say it to my children?  I couldn’t even begin to tell you.  I have also uttered that phrase on countless occasions when I have been in charge of children, whether I was...

Bread and the stuff of life

If I could choose what I really wanted to be doing today, it would be baking a birthday cake for my husband.  Sometimes he would pick the kind he wanted; at other times, he would tell me to surprise him.  When asked, that is what he said eight years ago, “Surprise...