I like gingerbread cookies. Like the cream cheese cookies, I usually only bake them once a year. Why I wonder? There is no admonition that says you can’t fix them anytime. But they are really tasty in the winter, especially with hot tea or coffee.
Yesterday I got out all the ingredients and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
March of the Gingerbread Men
Posted in Christmas, food, pets on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh Cookie!
Posted in Christmas, Family, food on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I vacillated for over two weeks about baking Christmas cookies this year. On one hand, they are part of the tradition here; on the other, none of us needs the extra calories. So, yesterday I broke down and stirred up a double batch of Kathy’s Semi-Famous Cream Cheese Cookies. It is actually [...]
Hits on the Obits
Posted in life on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps you remember my observations about the obituary column and some of their odd quirks? (See Pictures and Names on March 19, 2008.) Today I noticed more that deserve comment.
A picture of a rather youthful man accompanied this notice. I changed the name to protect the deceased.
On September 9,2008, Orville John Wolfe’s [...]
Advent and Christmas
Posted in Christmas on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bruce has a fire going in our newly cleaned and inspected fireplace. A couple of weeks ago we had a chimney sweep come out — the first time in ‘lo all these many years. People have chided me for burning pine. “It will clog up your chimney and start a [...]
A Strange Malady
Posted in Family, health on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is from Jim’s blog, JamesSlusher.com, written in October, about his children: three year old, Jonathan, and his sister, six year old Emily.
Jonathan has been slow to talk. We haven’t determined yet what is causing his speech delays, but his hearing has been tested a number of times and it’s just fine. So in the [...]
Three Pillowcases to the Wind
Posted in home, travel on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not fussy about very many things, but I’m real fussy about the linens on the bed. The pillowcases are ironed and, usually, the sheets are hung on the line to dry in the wind and sun. One of the advantages of living in the sunny South is that most of the time, [...]
