Hands At Work
Pull up a chair. There’s always room to make something together.
Whether it’s stirred, stitched, planted, baked, woven, or grown, every project begins with a willingness to try. Some are simple. Some take patience. All of them remind us that creating something with our own hands is still one of life’s quiet joys.
Here are a few things we’ve been making.
The Stories in the Recipe Box
I don’t know about your family, but ours has never owned an ordinary recipe box. Oh, it may have looked ordinary sitting there on the kitchen counter, but if you opened it, you quickly discovered it was holding much more than recipes. There were recipe cards written in three different handwritings. Newspaper clippings that had… (keep reading…)
Share the Load Basket
Every now and then, someone will share something with us that catches us completely off guard. Like when a friend quietly mentions that her husband lost his job, or a neighbor tells us they’re caring for an aging parent. Sometimes, when we’re at church, we hear about someone who’s recovering from surgery, or we find… (keep reading…)
A Pitcher of Southern Sweet Tea
Well…we’ve talked enough about the pitcher in the refrigerator. I suppose it’s only fair that I show you how I make a pitcher of Southern sweet tea. Now, before anyone writes to tell me their grandmother did it differently, let me just say this: there are probably as many sweet tea recipes as there are… (keep reading…)
Conversations Smell Like Cinnamon
There are certain smells that seem to slow the world down. Fresh bread is one of them. A pot of soup simmering on the stove is another. But if you ask me, cinnamon has a way of working its own quiet kind of magic. You can almost hear it. The oven hums along. Someone opens… (keep reading…)