Joyfully Retired

Back in the early 1940’s my mom bought the Humpty Dumpty cookie jar you see above. It has been cracked several times and mended but is still a beloved member of the family. My mother’s generation believed that a good homemaker always had a full cookie jar.  So, of course, my mom made cookies often [...]

One of the nice neighbors here in Windsor came over just before Thanksgiving with a big box of homegrown Meyer lemons. My ambitious d-i-l, Genevieve, had all sorts of ideas for these beauties. Right away she put them in glass vases and set them among greenery on the Thanksgiving table. Beautiful!.
Meyer lemons are a [...]

You know how some days are just right for making soup? Well, today is one of those days. I have my big pot out and I’m thinking about what I have that can go in that pot.
Ever wonder who made that first pot of soup? It has to have been several thousands of years ago, [...]

Lots of cooks are very uncomfortable about putting their hands in or on the food they are preparing. I’m not one of them. I don’t stick my fingers into a boiling soup pot nor do I cook with dirty hands. But I like to get personal with the food I’m fixing.
I know John Steinbeck wasn’t [...]

Last week I was telling you about making muffins for Christmas morning. I did just that this week for a big multi-family celebration. They all turned out fine and earned the multi-yummm award. I made cherry lemon, a cranberry pecan, and an apple-oatmeal-walnut-raisin-date-multi-flour muffin. It’s the last one I want to tell you about.
I’ve been [...]