Y'all already know I love to bake. But I gotta tell ya… Since I moved to a low carb/gluten-free lifestyle, I am having a blast with baking with almond flour, coconut flour, coconut oil, flax seed meal, Swerve, and other ingredients I'd not used much before. If at all! Here are some of my recent LCGF yummies… Zoodles! (Zucchini Noodles) They are delicious! Especially with spicy marina … [Read more...]
Lessons from a Family of Robins
We've had the uncommon privilege of watching a pair of robins build their home and start a family. I'm ashamed to say that I was annoyed to see the twigs and straw appear in the hanging pot I'd so carefully planted with caladiums and begonias on our front porch. But remembering a nest of mourning doves we'd watched in the same planter the first summer we lived here, I relented and let the nest … [Read more...]
Garden tour
We have wind, hail, and even tornadoes predicted in Kansas as I write this, so I grabbed my camera and went to shoot a few photos of our flowers just in case they all blow away tonight. Won't you join me on a garden tour? It's been an early spring here in Kansas and after a long spell without rain, we got several inches and everything is just beautiful … [Read more...]
Two Ways to Cope With the Demands of the Holiday Season (and Life!)
The holiday season is full of demands. We have our to-do lists that run longer than a novel: baking an old-fashioned fruit cake, mixing fresh snow into ice cream for the kids, and hand-embroidering a Christmas stocking for the pet hamster. Okay, so not really. :-) But most of us feel the increased pressure in one form or another. Even without the holiday, we already struggle to keep up with the … [Read more...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like— Oh wait. . .
If you've already decorated your house for Christmas and your tree is glittering from the corner with presents tucked lovingly beneath, then—while I really, really hate to do this, and it hurts me more than you know—we can no longer be friends. I find your level of perfection and preparedness irritatingly . . . well, irritating, and I must remove myself from your presence so that I can somehow … [Read more...]