April: A month to go nuts!

On my refrigerator is a magnet that declares, “My family tree is full of nuts.”  As I recall, one of my sisters purchased it for me; maybe she wanted me to use it to remember her.  On the other hand, she probably thought of me when she bought it. One of my favorite...

Cheerfully Cherry!

February is special for me, as my birthday just happens to fall during this short month.  My parents were very excited when my mother conceived.  They had been married for almost five years and wondered if they would ever have children.  Doctors had informed my dad...

A soup-er January

A new year has begun.  I slept through the “changing of the guard;” I did not hear my phone chirp out a text message from my sister wishing me a Happy New Year. Several publications I read during December mentioned choosing a word to focus on for the coming months,...

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...

A harvest of rice recipes

Something tells me that we are going to have an early fall.  It could be the cooler temperatures we have experienced lately.  Maybe it’s the colored leaves I saw on the way to church Sunday morning.  Or maybe it is simply a “feeling” in the air.  All I know is that I...