Never have been a box type dry cake person, probably because Polish cakes are heavy yeast roll cakes filled with poppy seeds or prune butter which I’m positive were designed in Heaven! And Polish jelly filled donuts have no match, they are sooooo delectably delicious, well ok… Wally’s Pastry Shop on North Oak in Kansas Read more about #212…Best Ever punkinapplejellostrawberrydumpupsidedownmeringuepie ![…]
How we miss you. It must be that the two of you were such class acts because you were originated in New York. We had such wonderful times with you at the Eagles Lodge dancing the night away. You saw me thru all my single years with sooo many stories about me you DIDN’T share…and Read more about #211…Dancing the Night Away…With Elaine & John Chirieleison[…]
I’m having my coffee right now and reflecting on “The Church Experience!” We attend Grace Calvary Church in St. Joseph MO. Let me explain exactly what “church” is…a typical Sunday. Almost to the door of church, “Oh Russ, we left our bags of groceries in the car for the food drive”. He immediately turns around Read more about #210…The Truth About Church…The Real Truth[…]
I am not normal. I do things differently then others. My New Year starts Tuesday after Labor Day. Listen, when you have 5 children, you live for that 1st day of school. Now I have grandchildren who have teenagers and I still celebrate New Year’s on Tuesday after Labor Day! FREEDOM! ! ! No one Read more about #207…A Jolly Holly Time…Run, Holly, RUN![…]
I was 20 years old when I attended my 1st funeral…grandfather in law, Joe Davault. People stood in line for 3 city blocks for the visitation. At 25, I buried my 3 month old son. At 32, I flew to LA to bury an uncle in law. I was 1 of 4 people at the Read more about #206..There IS Beauty in Ashes[…]
There has to be a word beyond extreme…Maybe grueling. There has been so much work outside unlike ever before. Day after day of 100+ heat index with enough rain to keep that grass growing and everything else non-stop growing, and then seriously growing. Most generally by the end of July the grass is parched and Read more about #204…Dog Days of an Extreme Summer[…]
It is very simple to explain. It is ALL Shirley and Sue’s fault! What to do in July, when day after day is over 100 degrees heat index? All gardening has to be done betwixt 5:30 and 7:00 AM, followed by a shower. The Christmas music is playing, IT IS Christmas in July, people. There’s Read more about #203…That led to This…This to That…and Then…[…]
If there’s something to find at a garage sale to paint, to repurpose, I, of course have to decor the garden plots too. Everything has a story, everything tells who I am, it is all me. My surroundings tell my story and the beautiful plants reveal how great God is. Even the rocks in my Read more about #202…Garden Decor of Course…if You are Me[…]
Never in a million years have there been more then 4 people in a FAMILY picture of where I came from, ok there was one with 1 person extra, another time an extra 2, but I had to travel to Poland to get those pictures except the original 4 had become only 2 and so Read more about #201…The FACTS…change[…]
Spring is my happy time. NEW beginnings, new growth, new hope that things will be different…better this year. And that always involves people and relationships. I learned long ago that the only person I can control is myself, and good luck with me as sometimes I can be out of control. It’s so sad, IT Read more about #198…Forgiving Others Births Spring Flowers, Jump Starts Life[…]
