This recipe has been handed down from one generation to another in our family. Boil until mix forms a soft ball in cold water:2 cups white sugar 3/4 cup milk5 T corn syrup (white)1 – 2 dark baking chocolate Remove and drop 1/8 lb butter or margarine on top. Let cool somewhat, then begin stirring. When […]
Then: about 20 years ago Caught an interesting segment on TV this morning. One of the hosts designed a wedding dress for a friend. She sketched two dresses, and showed the bride-tp-be the designs along with swatches of fabric choices. Based on feedback from the bride-to-be, one design was modified and then this dress was […]
I just ate four! I went to my oldest grandson’s high school graduation in Pennsylvania last year. (Thankfully before Covid!) It was such fun! And hard to imagine he was 18 and graduating. As the saying goes, time flies! I always enjoy baking and my three grandsons love cupcakes. I baked a ton for Liam’s […]
Then: about 20 years ago Spotted a nice, quiet nook at my local library today. Plan to keep it in mind as a possible creative escape spot for myself. Great article in the new Writers Digest about putting emotion into your writing. Lots of good tips including writing your heart out in the initial draft […]
Then and Now “It isn’t as if she’s in love with him.” I paused, fingers poised on my laptop keyboard and mentally rewound the words I’d overheard spoken at a nearby table. I couldn’t possibly have heard correctly, could I? I’d settled in so nicely at the café in my neighborhood book store for some […]
My lucky day! Shirley, my sister, and I stopped at a local cafe in Cle Elum, Washington for breakfast one morning. Shirley is a regular there and is well known to everyone. As soon as we seated ourselves, the waitress (Cathy) came up with a coffee pot and, while pouring explained that a customer was […]
Then: about 20 years ago. Keeping on a writing schedule, like a diet, is doubly difficult during the holidays, especially when part of the season you’re on vacation in another part of the country. I’m told that on average people gain about 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years. Normal stringent eating habits erode when […]
Covid-19 has made me an online shopper! Instead of “window shopping” / browsing at TJ Maxx or Marshalls or Dillards, I find my new life as a “Sheltering Senior” (ha!) has made me a fan of online shopping, in particular Amazon. It’s amazing how much I can find and actually saves so much time. Now […]
Then: about 20 years ago. The best part of Sunday is getting up and grabbing my coffee along with the Sunday paper. I used to read two papers a day but it just got to be too much so these days I limit myself to the Sunday edition of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel. Besides […]
My mother’s rhubarb pie was one of my favorites. How I wish she could bake me another! Not sure if this was her own original recipe but, to me, it has always seemed so. Mix together:1 ¼ cup sugar4 T flour¼ t salt3 eggs½ t grated orange peel Mix well with 3 ½ cup rhubarb, […]
