Messing about with empathy
I love beer bread. I hadn’t had any for awhile, so I pulled out the recipe my Aunt Patti gave me over twenty-five years ago and made a tasty loaf. Have you ever made beer bread? You can buy mixes, (hubby got one for Christmas that was good,) but the recipe only has five ingredients…
It’s National Spaghetti Day. Saturday is a great day to make spaghetti. The sauce can simmer longer, and everyone can linger around the dinner table. Or you can go out to eat and have unlimited breadsticks and salad before you stuff yourself with pasta. I prefer medium shells to spaghetti noodles, but I’m fond of…
Day 18 – Tonight, call someone you haven’t talked to in a while. Wish them a Merry Christmas and tell them to do the same to someone else. I do not like talking on the phone, so if I was writing this activity today, I would suggest connecting with someone in whatever way works for…
Day 15 – Try something old. Is there something you used to do as a child that you don’t do anymore? Do it again. Revive an old tradition and feel young again. I can’t think of anything to suggest. Much of what I do at Christmastime is the same as what I did when I…
I’m having two Thanksgivings this year. Since my moms-in-law are visiting us this week, we had turkey with all the fixings yesterday. We’ll do it again on Thanksgiving with friends. What I forget every year, until I do it again, is how much I like cooking a turkey. It’s simple, hands-off, and the results are…