Bu++ Bites Build Gristle

It’s like this – the gander that was flapping my face, back and legs . . . . . . while simultaneously biting blood blisters on my little three-year-old derriere didn’t know he was contributing to my future confidence factor. Being left alone in trees by older cousins...

Just Clowning Around

Rodeo clowns are real heroes. A suspendered dude with a barrel for britches who keeps a 2,000-pound bull from stomping a mud hole in you certainly gets my accolades! But where are the clowns if you’re not a rodeo star? I sure didn’t see any a couple of desperate times...

Texas Hot Chili Popcorn

Popcorn ½ cup uncooked popcorn 3 Tbls. cooking oil (grapeseed or peanut oil works great) Add 3 or 4 kernels of uncooked popcorn to heated oil and cover with a lid. When kernels pop, add rest of popcorn kernels in an even layer. Cover, remove from heat and count 30...

Clearing out Cobwebs

Spring has erupted with an outbreak of green buds, insanely happy twittering birds and a sales surge in allergy meds. Synonymous with spring is spring cleaning, that time when we attack every inch of our lives with renewed determination to clear out the cobwebs....

Series: Soups On! ~ Homemade Chicken Soup

Wikipedia says Americans consume approximately 2.5 billion bowls of Campbell’s canned Tomato, Cream of mushroom and Chicken Noodle Soup each year. Canned soup . . . really? Perhaps it’s because they never tasted really delicious homemade soup? My mission, if I...