You should know right up front…I’ll confess…my Christmas decor stayed up until Lent this year. I always take allllll my time before taking down Christmas, I just can’t bear it….and then it occurred to me, take it down on Ash Wednesday. Symbolic? Yes. A little lazy? Yes. Continue reading
I imagine it’s no coincidence that the founding church charted out the Lenten season during the waiting for spring.
Redemption, coming to life again…found in the bleak, gray of winter’s end, just when we think it will never come. Continue reading
I’m holding the baby onion bulbs in my palm of my hand, admiring their unique shapes and shades of color. It’s an unusually warm day for March in the Midwest. My first year gardening, like the novice I still am, I would have planted every single seed I had, on a warm day like this…but I’ve learned. Slowly. All too slowly. Patience is the gardener’s greatest virtue. Slowly learning patience…Slowly. Continue reading
This week’s pie if not for the faint of heart. It. Is. Decadent. And worth every, single, calorie. For anyone who is a connoisseur of the chocolate and peanut butter combination, this is a pie for you. It’s the marriage of a rich chocolate fudge pie and a peanut butter cookie. All I can say is yum. Continue reading
Another pie that should be any in pie baker’s repertoire: the chess pie. Rich and buttery, no wonder this pie has withstood the tests of time and still makes it’s way to our tables. Decadent enough it can easily hold it’s own at a special occasion and humble enough for a Friday night at home. This wholesome pie will soon become one of your favorites. Continue reading