“Peanuts! Popcorn! Cotton Candy! Corndogs!, getum while they’re hot.” Now that is what I use to hear at our county fair. Our small town in Southern Missouri (Caruthersville) was the county seat and we had a county fair every year. President Truman even went one year for the festivities. (I was a baby then, of course.). [...]

I don’t think I ever met a potato I didn’t like. I was laying in bed this morning watching one of my favorite FoodTv chefs, Giada and she was making everything with lemons. I sit out on my deck each evening admiring all the blooms on my Myer Lemon Tree and I swear there are [...]

I love making things from my herb garden and it is so beautiful this year. There’s just nothing like going out to your own herb garden and cutting some fresh herbs to use in a dish you are preparing. Our herb garden seems to grow bigger each year, and this year I have planted three [...]

M-I-SS-I-SS-I-PP-I, that is the way I learned to spell Mississippi! Funny how some things stick in your head. I remember learning to spell Mississippi saying it kind of like a rhyme M-i-ss-i-ss-i-ppi and also h-i-p-po-pot-amus. Kind of like skipping rope to a tune, something that just sticks in your head and you don’t forget. I grew up [...]

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? (Juliet) Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. Romeo: [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? Juliet: ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy: Thou art [...]