Bread. Who doesn’t love bread??
Bread has such esteem in this world that it is often the tongue-in-cheek term for money. Valuable. Necessary. And the process of making it – the mixing, the kneading, the shaping – is soul enhancing. The kneading alone is an excellent way to work through angst and anger and frustrations. That in itself is enough of a reason for me to bake bread.
Bread is a miracle worker. Continue reading
It’s that time of year…football season! A group of our friends started a fantasy football league several years ago, and Monday (Labor Day) was draft day for our teams. Ha! I say ‘our teams’ as if I had one. My husband has his own team, but I only participate in the food-related events Continue reading
Friends. You just cannot underestimate the value of good friendships in your life. This has been brought home to me these past few years living away for extended periods of time. Now settled back in our permanent home, we truly appreciate the time we have with our loved ones. It has been a blessing to share in both good times and bad, and the fact that we remain connected is something I am so very thankful about.
One of the things I really missed Continue reading
The house is back to its quiet self. With the heavy rains this past weekend we got an extra day with our son due to a flight cancellation. Alas, he has returned to college and it’s only my husband and I left to hold down the fort. It is both nice and melancholy at the same time, a different type of quiet around here.
As the boys have gradually moved on I’ve had to adjust from cooking for four of us down to just the two of us… Continue reading
This week has flown by. Our son has been visiting, but he heads back to school today. I was happy to be able to send him off with a decent homemade dinner on his last night here. He and I spent some time yesterday morning trying to figure out Continue reading