by Sara Ray | Aug 1, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
One of my favorite things of summer is fresh cucumbers right out of the garden. My plants have finally started yielding their produce, and I am thoroughly enjoying the bounty. For the past several years, I have planted the pickling cucumber variety instead of their...
by Sara Ray | Jul 25, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
A good portion of last week was spent with family. My daughter Molly came on Wednesday with her younger two children, Lincoln and Melody. Maggie (who lives with her dad) arrived on Friday. My house has been filled with the sounds of children for several days; now...
by Sara Ray | Jul 19, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
Although National Ice Cream Day (July 15th) is over, the cool thing is that July is still National Ice Cream month. It was designated as such in 1984 by then-president Ronald Reagan. During the summer, many people enjoy making homemade ice cream. In this day and...
by Sara Ray | Jul 11, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
Here are some things you probably already know: There are twelve eggs in a dozen. There are twelve months in a year. There are twelve inches in a foot. Now for something you may not realize: Once these words are in print and I cut them out of the newspaper and place...
by Sara Ray | Jul 5, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
As I thought about what to write this week, I kept remembering words I penned some years ago. They started out as a devotional and later ended up in “Cooks’ Corner” in July of 2009. I don’t make it a practice to repeat the story part of this column; however, I am...
by Sara Ray | Jun 29, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
I have been looking forward to this week for a while. Two of my grandchildren are staying with me for several days; we plan to attend Vacation Bible School at my church. Vivian and Liam are both seven years old; each of them just completed first grade. I wanted to...
by Sara Ray | Jun 20, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
It happened again. My grief game of Chutes and Ladders found me in a decent position. Lately, I had managed to avoid several chutes, even climbing a few ladders. Oh, I landed on some small slides now and again, but I soon worked my way past them. Then,...
by Sara Ray | Jun 13, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
I almost forgot about Father’s Day this year. Maybe it’s not too surprising; my dad, my father-in-law, and my husband are no longer living and so the significance of the day doesn’t stand out like it did formerly. But since I remembered, I have some thoughts on the...
by Sara Ray | Jun 6, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
I have mentioned before that my mother loved to tell family stories. Some were about her dad’s childhood, which took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The hat parade story I related a few weeks ago was our favorite of these. Mom came to Indiana one year to...
by Sara Ray | May 30, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
As of this week, it is official – I have lived in Indiana twice as long as I lived in Tennessee, the state in which I was born and raised. Maybe I should consider myself an adopted Hoosier; however, I know I will always be a Volunteer in my heart. Although Indiana...
