I’ve cooked a lot of turkeys over the course of my life and the carcass of every one of them has ended up in a soup pot. Now that Christmas is behind us and we’ve had (more than) our fill of turkey leftovers it’s time to repeat the tradition. This year our son provided a…
Month: December 2014
2014 Reading List
(Please note that this post contains affiliate links to Amazon.com.) There are a lot of lists about books showing up on blogs this week. Literary sites are listing the best or most notable (whatever that means) books of the year and some bloggers are listing the books that made the greatest impression on them this…
Merry Christmas
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold,…
Canning – Cranberry Jelly
I don’t know about you but I’m finding it hard to believe that it’s Christmas week already. Tomorrow we will celebrate with part of our family, then on Christmas Eve day the rest of the crew arrives to spend Christmas with us. It’s a special year, and the first time in seven years that we…
Christmas Magic
Once upon a time I believed there was something magical about Christmas Day that went beyond anything that Santa Claus could bring. I distinctly remember looking out the window on a cold Saskatchewan Christmas morning when I was a child and seeing sparkles in the air. I realize now that it was likely ice crystals…