My favorite recipe for scones a kind of biscuit-y texture and is a slightly sweet pastry. It is a little crisp on the bottom…
Margie Haack
Say, “Thank you.”
Community / Hospitality / Ordinary Life / Visual Art
“Choose whatever you like!” We were sitting in the Bustard’s living room looking through a stack of original prints and the artist was making…
Make Me Find Joy
Community / Creation / Ordinary Life / Safe Place
Drought – now there’s a word. Drought. Like California. Like now as I try to write. It’s been like trying to cough up fish…
Little Ways and Secret Sins
Ordinary Life / Safe Place / Spirituality
In 1873 a twenty-three-year-old French woman died of tuberculosis. It was a common disease back then and many died from this incurable pulmonary wasting…
Calm down!
Creation / Ordinary Life / Safe Place / Work and Rest
If it were up to me I’d be blasting judgment from my throne. I would wipe out – the Zika virus, the ex-president of…
Gift Couch
Community / Hospitality / Ordinary Life / Safe Place
Camelback couch needs a new look From the moment it was hauled through the front door, I hated that pine-green naugahyde couch. It stank…
What if Your Treasure Was Worth a Billion
Creation / Ordinary Life / Safe Place
Last month Harper’s Magazine (April 2016) published a fascinating report about a Jay Miscovich, who found what he claimed were hundreds of emeralds from…
Gnocchi
*Recipe for Gnocchi 2 1/4 pounds potatoes 1 3/4 cups flour (about) pinch of salt 1 egg Steam potatoes until tender but firm. Peel…
MaryJane’s Granola
Mary Jane’s Granola 12 C. regular (thick-cut or long-cooking kind) oatmeal 1 C. of each of the following: Sesame seeds Oat Bran Powdered Soy…
Margie’s Meatloaf
Margie’s Meatloaf 1 pound lean ground beef 1 egg ½ c. oatmeal, (or substitute 3 slices of bread torn to tiny bits) 1/3 c.…