Spicy Tomato Soup {with a hint of blue cheese} don’t let the blue cheese scare you. this is the best tomato soup recipe i’ve ever eaten. ever. just ask stevie. he won’t lie for me just to promote my tomato soup. Now, if I’ve already offended you with the suggestion of blue cheese, don’t get [...]
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This weekend, I plan to: 1. Embark on a new bread baking adventure with my newest book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. The luscious loaf that graces the screen above needs a little less salt—-otherwise, it is nearly perfection. More to come on that next week. 2. Ponder the wonderful ladies I met [...]
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This is a public service announcement. Following this advice will ensure that your car rides to and fro, from soccer to dance to the dentist, etc. will be nothing but pure family harmony and bliss. I don’t know about you but my children will argue about almost anything in the car. So it’s come [...]
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i enjoyed my brief media fast. if you’ve never ‘unplugged’ for a few days, you should try it. it’s harder and easier than you think. i kept a paper journal–which was kinda fun. i wrote down 7 or 8 ideas for new blog posts. you can take the girl away from her blog but [...]
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The following is taken from the Ash Wednesday liturgy used at our church today. It was presented in litany form but I’m sharing it with you as a prayer. Let us confess our sins before God and in the presence of one another. Most merciful God, we confess to You that by our own [...]
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Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday and lasts 40 days with it’s culmination in Easter. The church we attend, Our Savior Lutheran Church, will be observing a traditional Ash Wednesday service at noon on Wednesday and we invite any of you who are local to attend. This is a repost from last February and [...]
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My lovely daughter and I went to see Brandi Carlile at the historic Bijou Theatre in Knoxville on Wednesday. We ate at Nama Sushi—which is todiefor—- and then sat numbstruck at the raw talent of Ms. Brandi. She claims country western roots and is a self-proclaimed super-fan of Elton John. Her lyrics are timeless [...]
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She’s got a way about her I don’t know what it is But I know that I can’t live without her She’s got a way of pleasin’ I don’t know why it is But there doesn’t have to be a reason anywhere She’s got a smile that heals me I don’t know what it is [...]
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When I left Opryland Hotel on Saturday, I was full to the brim with emotion. I couldn’t speak and I fought back tears for forty miles. It was much harder to leave my friends than I thought. This online community that I find myself in is incredible and Blissdom is the perfect chance to blur the [...]
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I am exhaused from the weekend, thrilled to be home with my family and anxious to share my thoughts about Blissdom. I have so much to ‘show and tell’ that I think it’ll take more than one post. But since today is Super Bowl day, I just had to share my little video of Harry [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
