What would you call the slaughter of 48.5 million innocent babies?
I'm a missionary, freelance writer, web designer, and barista from Level Cross, NC. I'm married with 3 wonderful children (the youngest went to college in the fall!). My hubby and I are ordained ministers & currently informally training to be church planters. I couldn't ask for a better life!
Well - I aspire to be one, anyway.
For years I couldn’t draw a stick figure. Still can’t, really. A ways back I discovered “altered books” and thought it was a terrible idea. Then one day I got the urge to make one. Just … do it. And so I did. A collage artist was born […]
First, learn to shop around. Where do you get the best buys?
Second, try not to buy cookware new! It’s a terrible waste of money. Scour thrift stores, the Salvation Army, etc. for cast-iron cookware. Give it a good scouring… if it’s especially dirty salt, baking soda, or even clean sand can be used. Then “cure” […]
We were in Wal-Mart yesterday, and I happened to spy a huge trash bag with some still-green, but (I thought) obviously dead plants in it. I said to the checkout lady, “Are you throwing that away?” When she said yes, I asked her if I could have it for my compost heap. THAT ALONE would […]
Composting hints:
We compost everything other than meat and outright garbage, really - vegetable and fruit peelings, teabags, eggshells, and the occasional fish stuff. The fish refuse gets buried really deep and covered for a few days with a board, to discourage any wildlife from digging it up. Of course we add all of our yard […]
I made this soup as a “desperation dinner” - we didn’t have much food in the house AND I didn’t feel up to cooking much.
The night before, while cooking our dinner, I took a package of turkey parts out of the fridge. I had the two legs and wings from Christmas dinner, which made for […]