Mensch To my 18 year old son, as you prepare to graduate from high school and head out into the world: I’m so proud of you, and I’m confident that you’ve already learned most of what I’m writing here. You already excel at many of these things! But as a momma I find myself...
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This week I chatted with Coppelia from Air 1 radio about my cookbook Family Feasts for $75 a Week, and you can win a copy! To enter the drawing, simply share your favorite affordable meal in comments. (Get to comments by clicking on the title of this post, above.) I’m looking forward to hearing...
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Warmer weather always gets me in the mood for a great salad. Here’s a Cobb salad that I made the other evening that everyone at our house enjoyed.
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We stand in a crowd at a banquet, my husband and I. Dinner is done and folk dancing is a-swirl in the center of the room. We consider dancing, but given our lack of familiarity with folk dancing, we decide we’ll have more fun simply watching our son and his friends. I take pictures...
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To the one whose dreams are falling all apart And all you’re left with is a tired and broken heart I can tell by your eyes you think you’re on your own But you’re not all alone Have you heard of the One who can calm the raging seas Give sight to the blind,...
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Thanks for all your great comments on my grocery post. I wanted to talk just a bit more about getting past the challenges faced by working-class people living in true poverty. Regarding choice in grocery shopping and lack of transportation, if I didn’t have a vehicle and had to only shop in my neighborhood,...
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The other night while giving haircuts to my 5 guys, I watched the documentary Food, Inc. Have you watched it yet? Very interesting. Several times during the movie I found myself riled up and talking back to the commentators. A low-income family was shown walking through the grocery store surveying choices, and declaring that...
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I look out the kitchen window at the clothes whipping on the line: sheets, towels, and three little gauzy dresses. Dresses that the owners wore for only moments before tossing them into the laundry, still clean. To the little girls who twirled in them, it seems easier to toss them into the laundry than...
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Check out my latest food crush over at myrecipes.com
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Awhile ago I was sent a copy of the book Faith Path Workbook: Helping Friends Find Their Way to Christ by Mark Mittelberg. The book describes different ways that people think about faith. Some people take a logical approach. Some are very emotional. Others are experiential. You may be thinking of people right now...
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