Our Prayer Bowl

I have had a decorative glass bowl in our living room for a long time.  It has been an empty vessel for many of these years.  It was simply used to grace our home, adding some color to the room. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but I do know why we began to…

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Blessing of a Kitchen

Writing always starts with a desire for knowledge about a subject, and then the need to share it with others. At least that is why I enjoy writing! I chuckle now when I think that my first idea for this blog was to write about the history of kitchens in America.  In my research, I…

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Ever Changing Ways

Have you thought about how much the ways we communicate have changed over the years? Take for example my husband’s birth in Louisiana, in 1952.  His parents living in Miami, would not choose to make a long distance call. Rather they would send a Western Union telegram to announce this event. I value this very…

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Heritage of a Recipe

Two of my favorite salad dressing recipes are Sheila’s Best Balsamic Dressing, and Bob’s Salad Dressing. I wondered about Sheila and Bob. Were they the ones who actually created the recipe, or were they the conduit of seeing that the recipe survived until I could discover it? Mike’s Grandmother Edy’s Chocolate Buttercrunch candy recipe, that…

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Who’s Holding You Up?

There came a moment in my adult life when I began to realize that something was missing. I had spent many years living with excuses for why I could not accomplish what I myself wanted to do, and who I myself longed to be. I wondered so many times, why all the areas of my life were…

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Delicious Food (Full Proof Fish Recipe)

Cooking and delicious food are very important ingredients in my life. I do love eating out sometimes. It is a treat to find a special restaurant and have an evening out with friends. But, I learned a long time ago that really good food comes from my own kitchen. I like having control over what…

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