holiday things
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An American Christmas.
I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t it a bit early to be thinking about Christmas? I was just getting past the whole back to school thing when I heard about Mattel’s latest lead paint toy recall. I come from a family where buying American whenever possible was er, very heavily encouraged. Frankly, I try to… Read more
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Living on Faith
This morning I had a real revelation. As far as I think about it, I try to be a person of faith as opposed to doubt. But then I thought about the things that I don’t think about. The things that, for whatever reason, I do out of habit. Just autopilot type of things that… Read more
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Surprise!
This afternoon, there was a knock on the door. It was the delivery guy, which struck me as odd because while I am putting together a few orders for everyone to get ready for fall, I didn’t order anything. THEN I saw the brown flower! THEN I saw my name. *Doing the cabbage patch* It’s… Read more
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I may never use vanilla extract again.
I’ve had dishes cooked with vanilla bean, but I never attempted to cook with it myself. I had a really great gourmet vanilla extract and it served my purposes pretty well, or so I thought. Today, I made some cookies with it and WOW. It was wonderful. It was vanilla flavor, but stronger and fresher… Read more
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