I have a couple fast and easy cookie recipes to share with you today. The first was given to me years ago when I was a young mother with a toddler. This was given to me by my neighbor Jo Anne C. when we lived in Columbus, IN. The second recipe was given to me […]
Engagement is always an interesting topic for women, but this is a special engagement. The Office of Public Liaison has had a name change to the Office of Public Engagement. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Christina M. Tchen, Director of this new office, hosted a round table discussion at Stitch DC, a local yarn […]
Memorial Day is coming up, and the weather is smiling at us. Do you cook out on the grill or barbecue for the holiday? When I lived up north, is was not uncommon for folks to talk about barbecuing when what they were doing had nothing to do with barbecue. They were cooking out on […]
No, I don’t mean the Dominican Republic. We’re stopping at a small island named Dominica. Dominica is a nature lover’s paradise in miniature. This little island nation is only 16 miles wide by 29 miles long and nearly two-thirds of it is covered by some of the most pristine rain forest in the world. Dominica has […]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]
The old “not in my backyard” rule wins out over shutting down Gitmo. The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to deny funding for President Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. A vote of 90-6 represented a setback for him. Obama used the closing of Gitmo as part of his campaign promises and signed an […]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]
It’s much easier to be one or the other, but to be both? Not so easy. I came back from the mainland a day early. I’ve been swimming in the slough and morass of bronchitis. I’m really trying to be a good patient, but it’s much easier to be the nurse. I’m taking my medications, […]
You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Psalm 2:9 To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations; to rule them with an iron rod, as when clay pots are shattered– even as […]
I wish I were going to be knitting today, but I’m off to the mainland for my weekend job. Instead of being able to sit and knit with you, I’ll just have to share a video about knitting with you. Get out your knitting and tune in while you knit.