In honor of today's weather, I thought I'd let my blog posts act like the weather. One day it's 60 degrees and sunny; the next, we're playing in snow. One day, I share a recipe for Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies; the next, I review a cookbook about healthy Southern cooking. Mississippi - we're just full of surprises. I received a review copy of Southern Living's new cookbook, Southern ...
HOORAY for Books!
Notes from Nana & HOORAY for Books: Sons
Mississippi Mom’s poignant post “BRAVE” was sheer poetry as she wrote about her young energetic son’s fearless actions and how courageous she must be raising him. Please DO take time to read "Five Minute Friday.” Nana was reminded of that time in our young son’s life that I called the “more courage than sense stage!” He tried to jump into the deep end of the Sun Villa swimming pool ...
Notes from Nana: HOORAY for Books: Dr. Seuss from Now to Then and Back Again!
Today Dr. Seuss is known and honored worldwide though he died in 1991. Reading is celebrated all across America on the March 2nd birthday of Ted Geisel! What a legacy. Dr. Seuss was actually the middle name of Theodor Seuss Geisel! Dr. Seuss NOW Every Spring all across the United States a promotion called “Read Across America” honors the memory of Dr. Seuss on his ...
Southern Living Home Cooking Basics…AKA My New Go-To Wedding Shower Gift!
After I finished college, I spent two years living in Nairobi, Kenya, which is East Africa's largest city and a hub of sorts for the region. It's the place to shop, eat, visit doctors, everything...especially if you live in the bush (i.e. anywhere you can't get anything). One of the things you often become when you live in Nairobi is host or hostess to everyone who doesn't live in Nairobi. You ...