by Sara Ray | Jan 15, 2020 | Cooks' Corner
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...
by Sara Ray | Jan 8, 2020 | Cooks' Corner
One thing I learned early in life is that it is a blessing to have good neighbors. My childhood was spent in a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee. Known as “Fountain City,” it was annexed by the larger municipality during my early elementary school years. My family...
by Sara Ray | Jan 2, 2020 | Cooks' Corner
Even though my last column was published the day after Christmas, I wrote it before the holiday. Now that our celebration is over, I can relate details of how I spent my time with family. There was a splendid sunrise on Christmas morning. If it had not been for...
by Sara Ray | Dec 26, 2019 | Cooks' Corner
The day after. Have you ever thought about what it is like to be the morning following a highly-anticipated holiday? The celebration that we eagerly awaited is now past tense. The presents are unwrapped, the stockings no longer bulge with goodies, and the...
by Sara Ray | Dec 18, 2019 | Cooks' Corner
I think I have been way too busy lately. When I haven’t been going somewhere, I have been preparing to go somewhere. (We won’t talk about the morning I spent in the dentist’s office getting crowns on a couple of teeth.) I readied a craft...