Joy of Country Living

Would guess like most folks that live here in Texas, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the fires. And, while the fires in our general area have been nothing to compare to the catastrophic fires in the Bastrop area – any fire or fire threat is to be taken seriously. The air has been [...]

With the weather still too hot to do much outside other than water, there’s not been a lot going on around here. So, thought I’d share a couple of recipes that are good for either brunch or a light supper. One has chicken; the other is meatless – both are delicious. So when is a [...]

I’ve been doing some filing today and came across a cookbook I got somewhere along the way. . . full of recipes using Bisquick. Now while the recipes call for Bisquick – my preferred ‘store bought’ biscuit mix is Pioneer because the things I fix with it seem to have a lighter texture. It really [...]

The last two weeks have been rather interesting – although I think nerve-wracking might be a better choice of words. As you know, we do quite a bit of computer work for ourselves and clients. Some of these files were backed-up on an external hard drive….. which to my horror crashed about two weeks ago. [...]

For those that may be wondering about all the bad weather we’ve been having here in Texas - let me say, we made it through without too much damage – and it could have been a lot worse believe me. Although if you would have asked me about that yesterday,  you probably would have gotten a [...]