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Herring and Hillbilly Hummus for the New Year

I’m celebrating the New Year with creamed herring (traditional) and Hillbilly Hummus (new to me).

The herring was for tonight (New Year’s Eve). I served it with boiled Yukon Gold potatoes and pan-roasted broccoli with garlic. Simple, but tasty.

I’ll have the Hillbilly Hummus on New Year’s Day. It’s a spread of black-eyed peas, peanut [...]

On Christmas Remembered

On this joyous yet bittersweet holiday, I remember those who have passed on so close to Christmas.

Gladys Dabbert, Family Friend

Fred H. Kammeyer, Maternal Grandfather

Erwin Plass, Father

Julie Blackwell, Librarian and Colleague

Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice; Now ye need [...]

Thanksgiving Holiday

The Thanksgiving holiday included glorious weather on Friday and Saturday, bookended by two dreary, rainy days on Thursday and Sunday (including a surprise hailstorm on Sunday morning!).

I’m grateful to have spent Thanksgiving with family, both those present in body and those present in spirit and in memory.