Pita, Prayers, and Perennials
Welcome to a sanctuary of
Recipes
Inspiration
Gardening Tips
My hope is for all to receive sanctuary and encouragement, including hospitality venues and ideas, conversational meditations, and organic gardening tips. Topics will range from the deeply personal to the light and entertaining, but all with the purpose of uplifting you while encouraging you to think deeply.
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?”
Chocolate Delight
I can’t get desserts off of my mind when it’s cold outside, and especially when I’m trying (kind of) to cut back. But chocolate keeps calling my name!