Category: Baking

Saturday night’s dinner

Saturday night’s dinner

                Saturday I was busy with a sewing project and other chores on my to-do list.  Since I’d not written it on my “Chores List”,  I’d forgotten to get something (meat)  out of the freezer for dinner on Saturday night.  I was half-way avoiding the kitchen, as I was feeling stymied about what to cook …

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Sewing class progress

Sewing class progress

          Today is sunny, which I know will please “Floss”.  Over twenty-give years ago on this date, another woman was in labour and giving birth to my youngest step-daughter.  I am grateful that “Floss’s” Mom has not been selfish, but willingly shared “Floss” with me.  Happy Birthday Wonderful Girl!        So, today is …

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Gingerbread Village

Gingerbread Village

This autumn, a young man named David came to vist our Church.  His story of escape from Sudan as a young man reminded me of the amazing power of grace, empowerment and redemption.  David is now in England, obtaining a Masters Degree with the hope of returning to the new nation of South Sudan and working …

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More from the kitchen…

More from the kitchen…

       Life has been a little busy since the first of November…and it’s about to get busier.  Many a year have I walked with My Jesus.  Over and again the principle I’ve experienced is, the more time I spend with Jesus, meditating on His word, the more I seem to accomplish and the less tired I …

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Freshly baked bread and coffee…

Freshly baked bread and coffee…

Last night our flat was filled with the wafting scent of bread—honey, wheat bread specifically.  My Midnight Man was prowling and behaving like a small child on seemingly long road trip.  “Are we there yet?…  Is the bread baked yet?…What do you mean you just turned on the oven?…”  That lovely smell of sweet nuttiness …

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The First Day of…

The First Day of…

It’s the first day of:  the month of April; the first day of the 2nd quarter of 2011; the only day of the month that I can write the first blog of the month.     The alarm went off at 7:00 a.m., as it does everyday.  I got up to take my medicine.  As I …

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