I have spent many years trying to find the perfect chocolate pound cake like I remember from my childhood and early adulthood. Truth be told, it has been a long journey with many recipes being …
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Quick and Easy Broccoli Rice Dish
I managed to get my hands on some old cookbooks, the kind that clubs and churches would publish and sell as fundraisers. They are simply bound, quite aged, and some of the recipes remind me …
What I Never Wanted to Be
As I sat staring at my bruised fingertips yesterday I realized I had become the one thing that I never wanted to be: My grandmother. It’s not that I didn’t love my grandmother. It’s the …
No Progress
It has been a week and I have had no progress. Of course, I don’t think that I have really been trying. That’s wrong. I have to be honest. I didn’t try. I let everything …
Change
I’ve thought about change for the last two months. Change in my life, my lifestyle, my health, and my mental health. Change is something I need. I also need a place to hold myself accountable …
Teaching Kids to Fish
One of the things that I enjoy the most is fishing. What better way to do that than with my grandkids? I moved recently close to the Broad River and adjacent to the river, a …
Cowboy Beans
When I was growing up, and my dad was in charge of cooking, chances are we were going to have Cowboy Beans. It was something that was Fast, easy, and economical to make. It also …
My New Favorite Coffee
When it comes to coffee, I’m pretty much a snob. I had a friend who introduced me to French Roast, and thought, this is awesome, and for a long time, that was my preferred fave. …
Poppa’s Hot Dog Chili
When I was growing up, my dad made this fabulous hot dog chili. He would start it in the morning and let it simmer away for hours before we had it for lunch. It was …
Remembering my mom and dad
This time of year always leaves me a little emotional. In 2008, my mother lost her battle with small cell lung cancer on March 30th. In 2016, my father passed due to stage IV COPD …