Dear Readers, good morning! I hope you all are well. In her introduction of her book (below), Tamelia calls herself a catastrophic looper. I had to figure out what that meant--and then recognized myself. Oops! I've always assumed myself to be a planner, so that's what I do--my husband's late getting home? What is he's been in an accident, do I know the password to his computer, what about the wills, do I know where those are? All I can say is, I have to work at trusting the L

Dear Readers, I just hosted my daughter's bridal shower this past weekend. Of course, I made some of her favorites for brunch. But I'm also me--so I tried some new (to me) recipes. This is a super easy candy that harkens back to my childhood. Not that my mom made these, but that's how old the recipe is. I did change it up (see below). Blessings, Christina Chocolate Velvets Ingredients: 12 ounces milk chocolate (such as Hershey's) 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream 1/4 cup unsalted

A Fallen Sparrow: A Novel of the American Revolution by Lynne Tagawa I’m so excited! I have birthdays too, but at my age, well… But for our nation, I can let loose and pull out the stops. I even have special red, white, and blue earrings. We’re going to be 250 years old! The sesquicentennial! I can remember the bicentennial, something that was much easier to say. Maybe we can just say the supercentennial and be done with it. A Fallen Sparrow was released several years ago,