Joy of Country Living

You’ve heard the old expression, “when it rains, it pours”.   Guess this is true for fruit trees as well. Seems everything gets ripe all at once.  And, since this ‘city girl’ never learned how to can OR make preserves, and never will  (can you say botulism?) – we end up either having to eat a lot, [...]

Went grocery shopping in Palestine this week and I continue to be amazed at the increase in food prices – particularly bacon … not much there other than ‘fat’. Breakfast is not a big deal with me – I can take it or leave it – but David has to have a proper breakfast with [...]

There’s a first time for everything – and my first time to drop a carton of eggs as I brought them in to the house from the grocery was last weekend. The bag had a split down the side – so don’t know if I can lay claim to it not being my fault or [...]

One thing I’ve learned about living in the country, since  it’s an hours drive to the store – any store - you learn to think outside the box (OTB). Sometimes these OTB fixes are born of necessity - like running out of milk for the cream sauce so I use powdered creamer (not as tasty but acceptable) – and [...]