living in light of eternity
So I'm making my grocery list and it was such a happy menu, I thought I'd share. Lotta bowls involved this week, lotta spoons. Lotta happy, happy kids! Save this one for your next shopping trip and voila! A week of suppers. Yeah, you're welcome. Grocery list at the bottom of the post. Menu: Taco... Continue Reading →
Shall I tell you about two of my favorite things? One is a good mystery. Two is to-die-for pie. That "to-die-for" part is where they come together: Diane Mott Davidson, who writes "culinary mysteries" set close by in Colorado, includes recipes in her books. Her sleuth, you see, is a caterer by day. Anyway, Davidson's... Continue Reading →
It's the first week back. That means we're still eating breakfast -- the good kind, with fruit and waffles and mmmm, bacon. We can still locate sharpened pencils (though we did somehow misplace a book on Monday. Monday, people. The first day. Not to worry, it turned up, obviously, in the closed, dusty, cabinet under... Continue Reading →
My sweet friend Heidi Treibel joins us today. I asked her for permission to share this beautiful story, knowing that many of you can relate. These are her words. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a... Continue Reading →
Camping is when the weatherman said 65 degrees but the thermometer says 35, or the weatherman said 70 degrees but the thermometer says one hundred and freaking fifty two. Camping is when you lay aside all of your modern conveniences and hearken back to the day of lugging water, rubbing sticks together, and peeing in... Continue Reading →
It should have been a disaster. We’d driven so far, spent so much money on this mini-vacation, the list of fun activities (hiking, lighthouses, waterfalls) all outdoors. But it was so, so wet. Rain — the fat kind, the drip-down-your-collar kind — and fog — a thick wooly blanket that hid everything — conspired against... Continue Reading →
Just for kicks -- here are the five make-ahead meals we made at Stepping Up Sabbath today. (You can read more about that here.) I really don't know the origin of all of them: probably allrecipes.com, bhg.com, family friends... They've been tweaked and reworked a bit, and you might be able to find the originals... Continue Reading →
I read recently of a homeschool family that ran afoul of local authorities. Someone looked at this little-bit-different, little-bit-strange family, raised their eyebrows, and made a phone call. Evidently one of the kids had been brought to the hospital and Mom and Dad left the older kids in charge of the small ones. Child Protective... Continue Reading →
Seems to me there are two ways to handle the Thanksgiving feast this week without gaining a million pounds: there’s the less plan and the more plan. The less plan says less fat, fewer carbs, no fried food (hello, exploding turkey fryer!), and for Pete’s sake, no pie. The other plan says more. Give me... Continue Reading →
Three houses we've bought together, three mortgages, three front doors to hang a wreath, three ovens to bake birthday cakes (sixty four cakes in fifteen years, oh my), three streets to call home, lots of crazy neighbors. (Crazy Darryl and The Crazy Carpet Lady take the cake. Put those two in a room together and... Continue Reading →
Catherine's Letters 