Writing and Rambling

Do You Remember Bev and Peg were sisters.  They had lived together all their lives, like two little elves, in the little green house they were born in.  Their home was a most magical place. Both of the sisters were…
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Learning to Cook Someone asked me one day, “How did you learn to cook?” I stopped and thought about that for a moment. “What’s the matter?” she chuckled.  “Don’t you know?” “Oh I know,” I answered, “But it’s not a…
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Every year at Apple Butter season, my mind remembers the taste of it– the warm, rich, caramelized taste of apple butter stirred outside over an open fire, with the scarlet leaves falling in the last symphony of the season before…
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Hmm My Pennsylvania grandparents didn’t talk much. That’s not to say that they didn’t communicate– far from it.  They just found words to be superfluous. One word that they did use more than most was “Hmm.”  I learned that hmm…
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“Those round, pinkish red things that are available in the stores bear no resemblance at all to the real tomato.”  ― Craig Lehoullier For the Love of Tomatoes You never forget your very first lie. I was 5 years old.  The…
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Pennsylvania Manners Mr. Bingley: It’s a fair prospect. Mr. Darcey: Pretty enough, I grant you. Mr. Bingley: Oh, it’s nothing to Pemberley, I know, but I must settle somewhere. Have I your approval? Mr. Darcy: You’ll find the society something…
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I’ll Be There My dad and I didn’t always get along perfectly.   We argued sometimes, just like any father and daughter will do.  He scolded me for coming in late and went over my dates with a fine tooth comb….
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