1 c grated or finely chopped cheese (any kinds, dried out odds and ends) ½ 8-ounce package of cream cheese (plain or herb flavored), softened 1 T mayo or sour cream or the last bit of any non-sweet, creamy salad dressing ½ t garlic powder Dash cayenne ½ t Worcestershire Read more
I am more like Jonah than I often recognize. He sat under a volunteer vine, glad of its shade and God’s apparent favor, waiting for God to “keep His word” and destroy the city of his enemies. How quickly he had forgotten his own experience of God’s rescue of him Read more
I have spent over six decades learning. I’m still learning! And one of my favorite things to learn is how to do what needs to be done for less money. From the time I was a small child, I observed my mother… Inventing new things from what was on Read more
This morning’s post (along with my breakfast) is brought to you by SALT. Yes, you read that correctly: salt. Try to imagine the world without salt…can’t do it, can you? No salt water to surf in? No sauerkraut or pastrami? Chicken without salt? No thank you. It is so Read more
Most of what we have eaten from the garden in the last few months came from things I did not plant! Little orange bell peppers, butternut squash, tiny tomatoes, mint for garnish and upset tummies, and everywhere-you-look succulent superfood purslane! All volunteer! I have watered and tended them, picked or Read more
I have been under the pruning shears for my whole life, but the last year and a half have been pretty severe. This morning I have a little more insight into what Jesus was saying when He said the Father prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it may Read more
The rat that was taken down (see last week’s post) had been doing more damage than I realized. Only three days after its demise, I began to see fruit in the garden again. Tiny cucumbers, little melons, dozens of the foot-long Asian green beans appeared where there had been none Read more
Following Jesus every day in the everyday includes music at my house. I grew up singing and playing. The language of my soul is melody and rhyme, and I take literally the instructions to “sing and make music in your hearts toward God.” It is a primary way He and Read more
I am so glad you visited. I hope that you will drop in regularly and come to consider me a friend. First, introductions: My folks called me Christi; my classmates called me Chris; my given name is a call to be a follower of Jesus: Christine means Christ-like! It reflects Read more
We have had a rat… for several months…in the house and in the yard.I have been attempting defensive and deterrent maneuvers: placing chicken-wire frames over young seedlings, harvesting the late fruit from the orange tree, encouraging our dog to hunt the thing, moving the potatoes to another cupboard, all the Read more