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Merry Christmas to you!! Today is the last day for 50% off and free shipping when you spend $50. Filled with sweet stories and memories, yummy recipes and mouthwatering photography, Come Sit a Spell is a Christmas gift you can give to your kids, mom, aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings, or friends. Heck, get them all one at this price! I bet there is a story that sparks their own memories.Love the family tradition.Happy Thanksgiving from our table to yours!!These lovely, lovely people won the giveaway earlier this year for the debut of my book Come Sit a Spell. She was the head cook at my tiny school in Lesterville, Mo. Their prize included a weekend at our airbnb with breakfast both days. This was their chosen weekend. But I was the true winner! Having Fern share memories of Mom and Don sounding like Everett and both of them reminding me so much of home was the real prize. Don said he read 60 pages of my book while he was here and LOVED it!-
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Butter Pie
A recipe for a pie you can make when the cupboards are bare. Continue reading
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Tagged cheap pie, cinnamon, easy dessert, empty shelves, good ole days, groceries, old fashioned, pie, quarantine, scarcity, sugar, Watkins
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Morning with Mom
Morning light filtered through kitchen blinds to illuminate our honey buns and steaming coffee. Mom and I. Sitting over morning sweets. With our ever-present companion, cigarette smoke. Always smoke. Even now. Always.Just like that I was transported to our Chateau … Continue reading
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Tagged a&P, cigarette, honey bun, memories, mini donuts, mom, morning, st. louis
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Icing on the Cake!
My birthday in quarantine was amazing. I got calls from all my kids. I received cards in the mail and packages from very nice delivery people. There was a fern, fluffy purple slippers, paints, a painting kit, a DVD, and … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, birthday cake, buca di beppo, buttercream, celebration, chicken limone, desserts, fancy cakes, fig tree, ganache, mirror glaze, quarantine, Zumbo's Just Desserts
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March Madness
How was your March? Mine started off in Florida watching the Cardinals at Spring Training. We saw games, went to beaches, and had amazing food. If you have never tried Berry Fresh Cafe in Port St. Lucie for breakfast, you … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, berry fresh, cardinals, COVID, death, fired, florida, flowers, french toast, i believe in nashville, inspired by prayer, job loss, journal, jupiter florida, loss, march, nashville, nashville strong, ocean, one word prayers, port st. lucie, pray, prayer, spring, spring training, stepdad, thankfulness, tornado
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It’s Time
While I was sleeping, my phone decided that I was in New York. I am not. I am in Nashville. But the clock on my phone changed to NY time. All. By. Itself. I thought I was sleeping in this … Continue reading
The Small Joys of Spring
On day five of Lent, I am thankful for the little signs of joy that are sprouting up around our area. The incessant rains have kept most of the tulips at bay. But there were still lots of little spots … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheekwood, daffodils, find joy, gratitude, hyacinth, joy, Lent, pansies, sunny outlook, tulip, weather changes
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Honoring Heroes for Lent
Last night Jeff and I watched Taking Chance on Amazon Prime. Excellent movie. Quiet. Full of dignity. It is the story of a military escort seeing the body of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps to his family in Wyoming. (Info at … Continue reading
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Tagged fallen soldiers, half and double, heroes, Lent, military escort, military heroes, taking chance
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Through Car Windows
On the third day of Lent, I am grateful for car windows. I have seen many beautiful, scary, crazy, and awe-inspiring things through the windows of my car. Today from my windshield I saw a dark road made shiny by … Continue reading
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Tagged car window, church, commute, jesus, Lent, prayer, rearview mirror, right in front of you, sunrise, sunset, windshield
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Cupcake Thank Yous
When you meld together two companies, one that is very entrepreneurial and one that is globally bureaucratic, it takes a minute before everything works smoothly. Worthy and Ellie Claire have been part of Hachette Nashville for almost six months but … Continue reading
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Tagged coworkers, cupcakes, Ellie Claire, gratitude, Hachette, IT issues, Lent, thank you, work fun
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