Ever lock you keys in your car? Last week when my son, Josh, and I were in Louisburg, KS I managed to do just that. I focused more on finding canning jar lids than keys in hand when I left my truck. When we came back and discovered what I’d done I looked at Josh and said, “Now what?” I knew the days were past for police getting into cars for people like me. “Just call the insurance company, Mom….
I’m always up to try new stuff in the kitchen. I found this recipe for zucchini flatbread the other day and decided to try it. Zucchini Flatbread Recipe Mix together: 1 grated zucchini 1 onion, chopped fine 2 eggs 2 t. salt 1 t. pepper 1 t. chili pepper flakes Add: 3 ½ cups flour 1 t. baking powder If too dry to form into a ball, mix in: ½ cup water The dough should not stick to your hands…
Recently, on a trip to the Ozarks I found a copy of Jory Sherman’s book My Heart is in the Ozarks in the place where we stayed. It’s rather old, but Jory’s words never lose their poetic beauty. In one of the pieces in that book I read where the name Ozarks means “hiding place.” I can’t find a confirmation of that definition anywhere, but I like it anyway. When I go there, the outside world seems to disappear. There are…
We recently accepted an invitation from an old high school friend to visit his guest house west of Branson, Mo. We did all the touristy stuff but also took time just to “be” in the beauty of the hills. I took this photo the last morning we were there. The cabin sat on a 200 acre pasture. I snapped this photo one morning in the early-morning fog as the cows moseyed toward the near-by pond for an early morning dip….
Two of my granddaughters are born on the same date, two years apart. This year I decided to bake them a huge cupcake for their birthday. Rather than make my traditional chocolate cake I decided to make a carrot cake instead. Rather than grate the carrots, I put them in my new Insta Ace blender (Pictured here.) Wow! In only two pulses I had two cups of chopped carrots. I pulled out a can of pineapple. The recipe called for…
Have you heard of the day of prayer that is planned for September 26? It’s called “The Return.” People from all over the nation plan to gather on the Mall in Washington D.C. Since that might not be a wise thing to do in these uncertain times of Covid, they are also going to broadcast the day for people to gather in their homes to join together in seeking God for our nation and world. This particular date is…
From the blog last week someone asked for the recipe of my breakfast smoothie. Here it is: 1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries 1 peach or avocado or other fruit of your choice 1 to 2 tablespoon cinnamon 1 scoop Trader Joe’s protein powder for women (shown in the picture) 1 cup Greek yogurt 1 teaspoon honey a small handful of ice Blend all ingredients together and enjoy. My books are available at: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/books
I went to the grocery store for some yogurt to put in my blueberry smoothie. For five cups, they wanted $12.00. Like a dummy, I paid it. At that rate, I’d end up paying too much for my breakfast. I decided to make my own. I took four tablespoons of the expensive stuff and put it in a half gallon of Aldi whole milk for $1.69 according to the recipe below. The next morning I had this container full–at a…
This past week I had the privilege of visiting a book club as Lucy Deering, one of my characters in The Late Sooner. As an author who spends a long stretches of time in solitary, it’s a joy to get to meet readers. Lucy was my great-grandmother who went into the Oklahoma Territory with her husband, Sanford, in 1889 in the first land run. I spent over a year researching this project online poring over hand-written documents and letters at…
In over 51 years, this room has morphed from a child’s bedroom, to a sewing room, craft room to a computer room. It finally ended up as a catch-all pit. Can you tell? Now it’s time to make it a library. Recently I stumbled across some great shelves at an estate sale. With the expert help of family members, I managed to get them home. Now I had to get rid of the old computer station. Rather than hauling it…