The Artichoke Bonus, Part Two

Getting the Message Just a few days ago I wrote about looking for a lost recipe that I thought would be impossible to find. Photographing wild artichokes yielded a similar experience. Having in mind a post about wild artichokes, I resolved to take pictures. I had spotted two wild artichoke plants in bloom. Both plants […]


The Artichoke Bonus, Part One

But Wait, There’s More!Artichokes are a favorite in my family. Lore has it that when my sister and I were small girls, my mother prepared a whole one for each of us, rather than giving us each a half.  She knew we would be full before getting close to the meaty heart, the prize of the […]


Chocolate Chip Cookies

A Little Lesson in Omnipresence Last time I baked chocolate chip cookies, I discovered a crisis in my kitchen: My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe had disappeared. For years I had saved an empty bag of chips because the recipe on its back resulted in the best chocolate chip cookies I’d ever baked. I had carefully […]


Handing it Over

Leaving it at His DoorstepIn my last post, I told of a family challenge facing my husband Rich and me. I closed with these words: I’m handing our dilemma over to God and sticking to my part of the covenant: love and forgiveness. Easier said than done, it turns out. I think I’ve handed it […]


Freedom and Forgiveness

Choices My husband Rich and I spent some of our holiday weekend wrestling with drama. The details aren’t important; the gist is that we learned  of a hurtful situation a person close to us has been causing for some time, and that other well-meaning people have attempted to “protect” us by concealing the truth. If […]