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Martha’s Dilled Carrots
For several years I was active at the local, regional and national levels of a service organization known as Junior Auxiliary. I learned a lot about my community, about volunteerism, about organization and about leadership. Locally, our group...
Acacia Pie and Fayetteville Ice Storm
There was a devastating ice storm that hit the Fayetteville, Arkansas area in late January of this year. There just aren't words to describe the destruction that happened. It looks to me much like an area hit by a tornado, but the...
Meeting David and a Trio of Quick Calzones
Michaelangelo's David We had the best guide in Florence. We hired her for the Accademia and the Uffizi galleries; her expertise was worth every euro that we paid her. Even she, however, could not prepare me for the first sight of Michaelangelo's...
Venetian April Fool’s Prank and Barleycorn’s Cheese Soup
Saint Mark's Basilica, Piazza San Marco, Venice We returned from Italy late last evening, and I can't wait to share some pictures and stories from our fabulous trip. We absolutely had the greatest time and thoroughly enjoyed the country, the...
Chicken Lasagna Bundles
Just like many of you my life has been really busy for the past several days. Italy is just around the corner, so I've spent all of my spare time making sure that was taken care of. Naturally, I just HAD to make a weekend excursion to see the...
Corned Beef and Cabbage with Horseradish Sauce
It's March and we're all Irish. I'm Irish at heart. You can ask anyone who really knows me. When and why I became fascinated with anything having to do with St. Patrick's Day and Ireland I do not know. It seems that I always have...
Spring Has Sprung – Maybe (Asparagus with Lemon -Herb Sauce)
When my daffodils began coming up in December due to a rash of really warm days, my spring sap began to rise as well. I remembered newspaper columnist Richard Allin's remarks about the annual Frozen Daffodil and Snow Tire Festival, however, and...
Chicken Kiev for Emily
It was October. I was at Dr. McClintock's office when I found out for certain that I was pregnant. This was before drug store pregnancy tests. I went downstairs to a pay phone - it was pre-cell phones as well - to call hubby at work. We were so...
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