by Sara Ray | Jan 10, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
Elijah, the youngest member of my son Jonathan’s family, was dealing with a tummy bug on Christmas day, so they were not able to come to my house. New Year’s day brought with it a recovered Elijah, his parents, and his sister Vivian. Vivian was to stay with me for...
by Sara Ray | Jan 3, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
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,...
by Sara Ray | Dec 27, 2017 | Cooks' Corner
As I prepared to write this column, there was a song lyric floating around in my head. It is a line from a Christmas song, “Deck the Halls,” and it goes like this: “Fast away the old year passes…” I have to ask the question, “Where did 2107 go?” I can ask all I...
by Sara Ray | Dec 20, 2017 | Cooks' Corner
I sorted through a lot of Christmas decorations trying to decide which ones I wanted to use this year. Many of them brought back fond memories of my husband and children, especially the Christmas stockings that I had made for each of us. One stocking, however, took...
by Sara Ray | Dec 13, 2017 | Cooks' Corner
Christmas time is cookie time! One of my favorite things to do during the Christmas season is to bake cookies. It is a task that is more fun when shared, but I still enjoy baking them even by myself. During the previous eleven Christmas seasons that I have...
