To most cooks just entering the world of food preparation, the thought of homemade pasta is threatening. It congers up glimpses of large dark haired women in ruffled, tomato stained aprons standing for hours in front of a marble topped table endlessly kneading flour, eggs, water and salt into a pliable dough. It would be…
Yesterday Kelly reminded me that we will be flying off to Florence in just 9 weeks! We will share an Italian cooking vacation for seven days at Casa Ombuto near Florence. Paolo, Laura and Franco, our chefs, have returned from Sicily where they sampled several new dishes they will add to our Mediterranean Cooking Class…
Olivia Ann and Thomas Scott, our eight year old twin grandchildren will be celebrating their second sacrament, First Holy Communion on May 1st, 2010. This is a blessed event. At least it is for Olivia, I am not so sure Tommy shares the same level of enthusiasm. First holy communion is the second of seven…
Last Friday was a perfect day. It was the first springlike day we have experienced this year. Our temperatures have not reached eighty in over ninety days. Yes, this is Florida. But this day was warmer, the sun was shining and the birds, recently having returned from the South and nesting over their precious eggs,…
As a Mother, I dreamed of a “…happily ever after” to my “Once upon a time…” Most Fathers dream of an entire baseball team of their miniature selves running bases and hitting balls out of the park. Rarely does the dream-team include offspring of the female gender. God blessed Tom and I with two athletic…
“He guided her to the melody, slowly swaying across the floor like a prince with his Cinderella.”
They say dogs do not go to heaven when they pass away. They say they have no soul. But, I hope there is a dog heaven. We have a dog that truly deserves to go there. Bunker, our beautiful, sweet Yellow Lab turned 14 (98 in dog years) on January 9th, 2010. His once baby…
Last week I was able to check a generally unachievable item off my personal bucket list. Five of my friends and myself were VIP guests of the Oprah Winfrey Show two days in a row! Yes, I said two days consecutively. This gift came from two of the most important people in my life, my…