How to make an Virus-Fighting Elderberry Winter Tonic Recipe
(Originally published in August 2015, post updated in August 2021) It’s a bumper crop year for elderberries here in Nebraska, it appears. Just this morning, I was on my way…
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“Mommmmm!” Amalia’s voice issued from the sunporch-cum-temporary kitchen one day earlier this week, in an untempered, raggedy wail. In the living room, I dropped what I was doing (laundry, of…
Read moreA handful of secrets that you MUST know to make a truly great cup of coffee!
Well, well, isn’t it a surprise (actually, kind of a shock) when you raise your precious children and teach them (nearly) everything you know, and you feel pretty good about…
Read moreJuicing for Idiots (and backwards country types–like you-know-who . . .)
My sister recently gave me a juicer–a rash move on her part–as she was packing up for her move to the country. Poor Anne. She is probably missing her juicer…
Read moreSpicy pumpkin pie coconut coffee!
The very early morning is a halcyon time for me. I roll out of bed very early, pad through the dark (and quiet) house, make a fire in the living…
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