For a couple of days now I have stared blankly at the computer screen trying to think up an amusing and entertaining New Year's post. I talked about the traditional foods a couple of years ago and I don't have much truck with resolutions, so for the first time in a great long while I … Continue reading You can’t fake funny – OR – The New Year’s blog post that wasn’t
Year: 2013
Get on the Christmas Train
Even though the railroad tracks through Citronelle have long since been taken up, once a year the Train still rolls through town. It is a phenomenon I've heard about for years from Mama's friend Annie Bell. You see, the Train stops at her house, just like it stopped at her mother's house, every Christmas morning. … Continue reading Get on the Christmas Train
Pam’s Apple Cake with Praline Glaze
There is a certain type of Southern cook who is the envy of us all. You know her. She is the queen of the covered dish. The preacher never refuses an invitation to her house for Sunday dinner. When a relative dies, the silver lining for the mourners is that she will bring a casserole. … Continue reading Pam’s Apple Cake with Praline Glaze
When life gives you phlegm, make phlegmonade!
The cold and flu season is upon us — at least it's upon me in all it's snotty, wheezing, hacking glory. As I snuffle about trying to think of something, anything to make me feel better, I can't help but remember some of the home remedies Mama and Granny inflicted on me as a child. … Continue reading When life gives you phlegm, make phlegmonade!
Creamed things on toast
With Thanksgiving looming before us, it's time we had a little cooking lesson. I am going to share with you the the first thing Mama taught me to cook. With this recipe she gave me the key to making most anything reasonably palatable, using up leftovers, and making the perfect gravy. Just this one basic … Continue reading Creamed things on toast
Things I am thankful for – OR – My life is better than your life so nanny nanny boo boo
November had become the month to tell the world all the things one is thankful for. A singular day of thanksgiving is no longer enough. Now we have Thirty Days of Thanks, which takes over Facebook, Twitter, the blogosphere, and most all other social media outlets. And the masses, as if living out the good … Continue reading Things I am thankful for – OR – My life is better than your life so nanny nanny boo boo
Sweet Potato Cobbler and a Lesson in Love
If it’s true that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then my husband’s heart belongs to another woman. Since we’ve been married, he has sung the praises of her pinto beans, her cornbread, her fried pies. She had the culinary Midas touch. At her hand the most common ingredients turned into … Continue reading Sweet Potato Cobbler and a Lesson in Love
The day I realized I was crazy -OR- Dammit, my hair is uneven
Apparently I'm crazy. Or at least I think I am. It all started with a haircut. You see, I got a perfectly wonderful new 'do from my hairdresser, whom I just love to pieces. (Chase Abston-McGriff at C'est Bon in Crestline, in case you are wondering.) It was a very chic bob with a point … Continue reading The day I realized I was crazy -OR- Dammit, my hair is uneven
It’s that time of year – the time for gingerbread
I’ve got gingerbread on the mind. It’s just that time of year. The time of year when fall’s chilly winds begin to blow and the leaves begin their lazy descent to the earth. The time of year for sweaters, and hot toddies, and pumpkin carving. The time of year scented by clove, cinnamon, and spicy … Continue reading It’s that time of year – the time for gingerbread
The Lilly House
It rained the day I was born. And it has rained most every year on my birthday since then. That's what you get when you have a late September birthday. Rain. What else do you get? Spider lilies. The more rain, the more spider lilies. As a child, I spent many an hour swinging by … Continue reading The Lilly House