African Violet Care
My cat agrees with me that it’s a stunning spring morning. Notice that the African Violets, all on their own, intrinsically announce the budding of spring.
Hospitality Can Talk
“Languages are epistemologies as well as human bridges.” (Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World)
Make Ahead and Freeze Chicken Casserole
Some of us will actually be able to have family together again for Easter Sunday. Are you stressed about trying to re-learn how to have company again?
March Into March Madness
I enjoy “March Madness,” following my favorite basketball teams to whatever heights they can reach. I’m in awe of the physicality of these athletes, of being able to tell their bodies what to do in a nanosecond, and the body obeys!
What Do I Do in March?
I peek under the brown burnt leaves and cross my fingers hoping to see some green underneath my blackened frost damaged perennials. In the picture you can see the leaves of my beloved Shasta Daisy returning!
Take a Deep Breath
I feel like a porcupine today with all its sticky outie quills conducting an enormous quantity of electrical shocks to my system. I must be on my last proverbial nerve. Each little nuisance that I’m rubbing up against is jabbing me into a state of hypersensitivity.
Flourless Chocolate Cake
I previously shared that my husband and youngest granddaughter kicked me out of the kitchen and cooked and baked for me on Valentine’s Day. I went on and on about how delicious the flourless chocolate cake was; so much so that several of you asked for the recipe.
OMG! My Poppies Died, or Did They?
I am almost embarrassed to share what was in my top ten most anxious triggers during our dive into sub-zero temperatures in Texas this last month.
Backyard Menagerie
You’ve all heard about the uncharacteristic deep freeze from which Texas has recently thawed. The news media did not exaggerate!
Driver’s Licenses, Road Ruts, and other Well-worn Paths
In my mother’s later years, when she was legally blind, she settled into telling us stories of her youth in the 1920s. When her first grandchild got his driver’s license, she shared how at eleven years old, she would drive her father, a pharmacist, to work in downtown San Antonio in their family Model T. Driver’s licenses were not required till 1936 in Texas. The only test for permission to drive was the answer to the question, “can you drive?”