The Dog Mob

JD the Lab, Ole Boy Trevor, Rich, and Lil’ Doc Devotion and Dependence My husband Rich and I frequently have exchanges like this: Me: The dogs love you! Rich: I feed them. However you conceive it, there’s no question that our pack is devoted to us. They throw a ticker-tape parade every time we return home. In […]


>Lumpy Batter

> Accepting Grace Good muffins come from lumpy batter. As a beginning baker, I struggled with this truth. I wanted to mix the flour, the sugar, the eggs, the milk–everything–until the batter was silken and beautiful. But perfect batter makes for crummy muffins. Instead, I had to learn to stir everything together just until all the ingredients […]


Lumpy Batter

Accepting Grace Good muffins come from lumpy batter. As a beginning baker, I struggled with this truth. I wanted to mix the flour, the sugar, the eggs, the milk–everything–until the batter was silken and beautiful. But perfect batter makes for crummy muffins. Instead, I had to learn to stir everything together just until all the ingredients were […]


Late Bloomers

Our Wedding Day: Kevin, Rachael, Cadence, Elaine, Jeffrey, me, Phil, Rich, Ayden, Ryan, Jordynne, Rebecca, Jeff A Full Three Years! Three years ago today Rich and I exchanged marriage vows. Life has brought us quite a collection of milestones in the past 36 months: October, 2007    A dear family friend dies    We’re evacuated from […]


Waiting on Tomatoes

Caspian Pink! Growing Patience More than any other character trait, patience challenges me. I often pray for more patience, despite my friends’ half-joking warnings that it’s a dangerous thing to request. Each summer I grow a “Juliet” grape tomato for salads and a larger heirloom for slicing. Last year’s “Black Krim” was incredibly tasty, but […]