Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting
For years my brother and I competed for the honor of “Best Carrot Cake.” Eventually I gave in and told him “You win! You make the Thanksgiving carrot cake from now to eternity.” He tried to get me to take on that task after a few years, but I declined. I must say, I...
East of Katrina
The slow motion train wreck of a hurricane has passed west of us. Two tornado warnings this afternoon sent us all into an interior hall in the library. It didn't hit so close, but the funnel clouds have been hanging around the neighborhood all afternoon. The air is...
North East of Katrina
We've been watching the weather channel a lot today. As this monster storm approaches landfall it's rather like watching a train wreck in slow motion. This morning as I was about to get up John had already turned on the weather channel. I knew something was up when I...
25th Anniversary Celebration
25 years ago the Cursillo movement came to life in the Archdiocese of Mobile. That was after I left Auburn at the end of my undergraduate career, and before I returned as wife of a graduate student and mother of 2, with a 3rd on the way. But the seeds were being...
Travel, travel, travel
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The pups are moving on
It's been interesting, this process of sending my pups away to new homes. I have one left, not yet spoken for. Grazie (named after her mama Grace) has gone home with a new family. I should be so lucky as to have a family to love me like these folks love her. Wow! This...