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Excuses, Excuses…

My color coded calendar is lit up like the Vegas strip with verifiable excuses. Purple family events like travel and doctor visits. Yellow business deadlines. Green dates set aside for friends. Trying to be a godly wife, raise a teenager, run a business, manage a household, teach, write, speak and...

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Jean’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Jean held onto this recipe for 20 years before she made it. It was worth the wait! Jean’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake Cream until light and fluffy: 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 sticks of butter (well, that explains a lot!) Add: 2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt Fold in: 1 cup sour...

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Nan’s Zucchini Bread Recipe

Ladies, here's the recipe for Nan's delicious Zucchini Bread! This recipe came from a friend of her mother. Don't you love how women share all the good stuff?! Enjoy! Zucchini Bread (Makes TWO loaves) 3 eggs well beaten 2 cups sugar 1 cup oil 2 cups peeled and grated zucchini 2 tbs vanilla (I...

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Morning by Morning

Blame your pituitary. The reason you wake up one minute before your alarm clock, scientists say, is that your pituitary gland pumps you up with stress hormones right before the time you told your body you wanted to awaken. And here I always thought it was God. He wakens me morning by morning,...

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Meet Prudence

Long before Lancaster Community Church became part of my routine, I used to have my own version of “L.C.C.”: the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, coffee and cigarettes. Each Sunday morning I could be found on the patio doing the local newspaper’s crossword puzzle – in pen! I did this religiously for many...

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Sandy’s Grape Salad Recipe

Sandy served the brown sugar and the nuts in separate bowls on the side to sprinkle before eating. This was yum! Sandy’s Grape Salad Combine in a large bowl: 8 ounces sour cream 8 ounces cream cheese 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Add: 2 pounds seedless green grapes 2 pounds seedless red grapes...

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