Category Archives: Kitchen

By Deb Johnson I am a retired computer programmer; yes, as in “computer nerds” who appear in the popular comic strip “Dilbert.” In my “former life,” I used to write or “code” sets of instructions or “programs” that were interpreted and executed by computers at a much higher speed and level of accuracy than if those...

Picking sweet corn for our stands is made all the sweeter when I have this smiley helper with me! August 2020 will definitely go down in the history books. I certainly missed the Iowa State Fair! For us, going to the fair is our chance to take a couple of days of vacation.  Not to mention...

Hello, friends! I hope everyone stayed safe during the storm last week. I didn’t realize how much I relied on electricity until we went without it. I learned multiple, valuable lessons last week – one of them being I need to invest in more candles and flashlights. Blake prides himself in being prepared for almost...

I have always been fascinated by bees. This preoccupation may have started when I was a little girl, when I remember having to pass through two hedgerows of bushes flanking the walkway between our house and the street in order to leave the yard to walk to school. Unfortunately for me at certain times of...