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A Lenten Reflection

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In Three PartsRead Part I here.Read Part II here.~ Part the Third ~ I’d worked my way across the store and the woman’s temper had not improved. When I saw her at the end of Aisle 9 (baby food & kids’ toys) I knew I had to say something—anything—to try to defuse her anger. The little girl was shrieking now; she had been hanging out the side of … [Read more...]

A Lenten Reflection

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In Three PartsRead Part I here.~ Part the Second ~ One of my Lenten resolutions—the main one, actually—is to live in the moment and respond with love to the people and events that God sends me.This is much harder than it seems.As you well know.Usually this goal is put into practice among my family—i.e., the seven other people with whom I share a … [Read more...]

Why I’ll Never, Ever Be a Blogger like Pioneer Woman

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Reason Number One: I never remember to take pictures of the food as I'm preparing it.Reason Number Two: Even if I did remember, people would be like, "Um...what exactly are you preparing?"Reason Number Three: I cook big.Reason Number Four: The food still tastes okay, even if I forget to blog about it.Reason Number Five: Case in point.(Pictured … [Read more...]

Twitter Dee and Twitter Dum

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“I’m making a sandwich,” I announced to no one in particular. My husband, passing through the kitchen on his way to paint the family room, remarked, “That sounds like something you’d read on Twitter.”Curious, I asked, “Do you follow anyone on Twitter?”His response was to laugh uproariously.You know, a simple “no” would have been sufficient. So … [Read more...]

Still watching!

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This little guy/gal should be hatching any time now. There was quite a bit of excitement yesterday when a lizard poked his nose into the nest and then went on his merry way. (Can a lizard be merry? I assume he can.) The mommy hummingbird then chucked one of the eggs out of the nest!So curious.Anyway, it's not every day that one gets to watch a baby … [Read more...]

Kiss me! I’m (pretending to be) Irish!

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(From the cooking blog archives)What’s on your menu for this evening? Are you feasting instead of fasting?Same here!Corned beef and cabbage is very easy to make. Have you tried it? No? You must. All I did was boil the corned beef for 30 minutes (to reduce its saltiness) with half the contents of the little spice pack that comes with it.Then I … [Read more...]