"Peeling, Slicing and Cleaning Tomatoes fresh from the Garden"

Cooking with Ghosts
I felt them today. The ghosts of my mother, my grandmother, my great-grandmother, and my great-great grandmother. Women who have cooked for their families on this farm, established in 1837 by my great-great-great grandfather James C. Hamer. Gordon and Unc had gone to town to run a few errands, and I was alone in the kitchen ...probably alone on the whole farm.  I was cooking Southern fried chicken in Grandma's cast iron skillet a

Doesn't Your Dentist Sell Tires in His Waiting Room?
Gordon's root canal was scheduled for 10 a.m. this morning. However, at 10 a.m. this morning we were sitting in THIS waiting room.I still had about three hours of uninterrupted time to stitch on my applique block this morning. This waiting room was cleaner than most medical waiting rooms I have been in. It smelled better, and Gordon could bring me an ice cold diet soda to sip on as I stitched! You can't do THAT in a doctor's waiting room (can you?).So what hap

Tomato Jam Recipe!
This recipe comes from Anina of Tiddletails ( http://twiddletails.blogspot.com/ ) Anina translated the recipe and converted it from metric measurement for me. Thank you, Anina! We LOVE this Tomato Jam!! --------------- Pick small, firm, ripe tomatoes. Wash and weigh them.**We used a low acid cherry tomato, small and sweet. Yellow tomatoes would be fantastic for this recipe too!** Pierce skins with a thick needle.

My Tea Party Mini Quilt Design now on T-shirts, etc!
I've been so moved at the response to my new design, Tea Party Mini Quilt Pattern! At least one of you has told me that your husband will be carrying a big flag/banner made from my design in Monday's Labor Day Parade. Oh, I HOPE to see a picture of that! Others of you are making items to sell. You graciously asked permission first because my pat