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The Girlies Days of Summer: on raising grandchildren through a difficult time
Follow me While our sweet daughter-in-law Sonia undergoes treatment for her Hodgkin’s lymphoma (recently– distressingly–returned, after eight years’ absence), we frequently have her two little girls for house guests. Raising…
Read moreSummer Squash Abundance Lasagna: a desperation recipe
Follow me You can choose one of three tacks on that moment (during which you are gazing out at your bountiful patch of summer squash) that you are hit (as…
Read moreSlipping past the Summer Solstice . . . What’s Going On At Our Place, part 1
Follow me Gentle Readers, it has been a good long time since I’ve connected with you. The gardens are growing very quickly; the weeds are amazingly lush; AND (I’m not…
Read moreLemon meringue cupcakes from Mom’s kitchen & a bit about insomnia
Follow me What a lovely sight: my mom standing in my kitchen, with an experiment from hers: a plate of meringue-topped cupcakes! This is the way every day should begin,…
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