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Am I the only one who could go for a nice cup of hot chocolate? Good grief it’s cold outside! The “real feel” is 8 degrees! There’s at least a foot of snow on the ground. (Which is quite rare here. I’m so happy!!!!) I’m cold just looking outside. If today isn’t a hot chocolate day, there isn’t one. And…
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Don’t laugh at some of these! Remember we’re still learning. I’m quite pleased with what we’ve been able to do this past year. It’s quite an improvement over 2008 and I’m very hopeful for what we can accomplish during the new year! 1 c. blackberries 20 hazelnuts 3 qts. mulberries 210 lbs. pork, ham, sausage, & bacon 36 lbs. turkey…
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These Glazed Apple Spice Cookies are a wonderfully delicious, made soft and cake-like by the apple, that highlights the warm spicy flavors that embody fall baking. (Especially, if you get bored with pumpkin cookies. But that’s a big “if.”) The spices in these cookies are balanced perfectly by the sweet glaze. Be sure that when you’re done glazing all of…
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Sweet & tart Fresh Blueberry Crisp with homemade streusel topping is so delicious served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! And it’s so simple to prepare, even the kids can make it! You can get me to eat blueberries… but only if each bite is perfectly proportioned with vanilla ice cream AND the blueberries are topped with a…
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Everybody needs a basic berry muffin recipe in their cookbook! And my basic berry muffin recipe works beautifully to make Mulberry Muffins with Apples and Streusel Topping! This year I decided that I didn’t want to let all of the beautiful mulberries that my tree produces go to the birds. Literally. (And what they leave behind ends up rotting on…
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“Four succinct points should be kept in mind when selecting handicrafts and life skills. The end-product should be useful. The children should not “be employed in making futilities such as pea and stick work, paper mats, and the like.” Teach the children “slowly and carefully what they are to do.” Emphasize the habit of best effort. “Slipshod work should not…
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