Collecting My Thoughts

My Lenten goals are getting a slow start. This week it was tackle the cupboards and bookshelves of the kitchen. I'm on the first shelf ...

 I was looking through my box of handwritten recipes the other day, and saw, "copied from Mom 1990" Meat and Potato Quiche .  So I...

Another way for poverty pimps to earn a living--put on workshops for churches, non-profits, and academe. OSU is promoting yet another one. P...

I received a new cookbook for Christmas—it’s a family compilation by the Shaw family, 5 of whom I met blogging and now read and enjoy regula...

I had no idea I’d purchased an afternoon of reading for $1.00, Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld.  First, I’d never pay $25.00 for ...

I've been browsing "Mennonite Girls can cook" blog. I think they are Canadian. Lots of great, simple recipes. Like "Orang...

Although USDA is the acronym for United States Department of Agriculture, its largest expenditure ( two thirds of its budget) is SNAP, forme...

My friends and I compare notes on how we're doing in clearing out the clutter. Three are planning moves to retirement apartments; we...

 I wish my culinary skills matched my kitchen bookshelves. Yesterday we had our entry and kitchen floors cleaned (thanks to our son who made...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamp_… ? Gwyneth Paltrow is on a publicity stunt. This not the budget for SNAP, nor is...

“Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, is demanding that lawmakers report income they make from outside jobs as part of an ethics overhaul. In response,...

I bought this nice hard cover Taste of Home at Marc’s last week for $2.93.  I’ll put it on the coffee table to browse while “watching” TV....

A very nice cookbook you can download. The idea is tasteful, healthy meals on $4/day, although SNAP was never intended to be the full budget...

Or one. Me. I've tried a recipe in my New Inglenook Cookbook (Brethren Press, 2013) and declare it tasty. It's baked French toast...

"Nobody tells a dying guy to shut up" is the personal testimony of Dave Chilcoat, who battled ALS the last 3 years of his life but...

The Wonderful World of Cooking and two mothers $12.00 Katherine Cornell said this book is enchanting. Maybe so, but for one dollar (Lakesid...

Mother's Ham Loaf In honor of my mother's birthday, I'm going to share her wonderful Ham Loaf/meatball recipe. When there was ...

4234 Jessica Seinfeld on feeding kids Maybe I should've written a book. Although since some other author (Missy Lapine) whose book is ...

3864 Garage sale finds Although a number of "pickers" had already gone through the jewelry, I noticed this piece, which was blac...