What it is? No. 7

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Hey you! So glad you stopped by for another round of What it is? Or are you new to the world of What it is? If so, are you asking what is What it is? Well, it’s not brain surgery, that’s for sure. It’s a simple fun game that anyone can play. I show a part of an object, you guess, and one winner is continue reading …

Honeycrisp

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Fall is apple time. Prime time for fresh apple pie, apple cobbler, apple dumplings, apple sauce, or maybe just the simpleness of a crisp apple cut up and eaten alone. So last week when I was dashing through the grocery store and saw my favorite apple, the honeycrisp, on the end cap, I quickly snagged a bunch. They go quickly around here. Honeycrisps are a continue reading …

Celebrating Hope

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Today our daughter, Hope, turns fifteen. That means she can learn to drive a car. On the road. Where other cars drive. And big trucks. And motorcycles. And motorcycle gangs. And farmers on their tractors…

Traditions

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The holiday season is fast approaching. Fast, man. Much too fast for me. I need mo’ time. And I always tend to get bent out of shape during the holidays, because I’ve built up a romantic, idealized picture in my head of what holiday memories, and traditions should be. And it ain’t like it is in the movies. It just ain’t. The turkey burns, or continue reading …

Pear Crisp

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“Pears For Sale” read the sign posted in the front yard down the road. I wish we had a pear tree. My husband speaks of a pear tree in his grandmother’s yard that grew the best tasting pears. I guess I’ll have to continue to dream of the day we can walk out in our own yard one fine fall day and pick a pear. continue reading …