Have you ever been saved by the love of an animal? Saved by a Cat? I was. I really was…I’m alive today because of a stray grey cat (Simon the Cat). It was 1983. I was just out of college and living on Abbott Avenue, just up the road from SMU. I had my first miserable […]
Chocolate Fix Cured by a Blender
That’s right, with only four ingredients you can get your Chocolate Fix from a Blender—or in my case, a Vitamix. It’s delicious, easy and usable in assorted ways. Serve warm as a dipping sauce with fruit or ice cream. You can also grab a mixing bowl, pour in the chocolate and stir-in anything you like in […]
Elderberry Syrup Recipe and a Few Other Cold and Flu Fighting Tips
So, it’s after Thanksgiving and into the holidays. Uncle Alfred and Aunt Gracie showed up sick for their holiday visit, didn’t they? Today you went over to your brother’s house, and he, his wife and three kids had drippy noses. They did, didn’t they? They told you it was allergies, didn’t they? And you, well, […]
All Things Pumpkin for GMT
All Things Pumpkin…that’s what this weekend became, as I prepared recipes for Good Morning Texas (GMT) to remind you how wonderful this Fall season can be. Pumpkin sustained our American colonists. As one colonist said in 1683: “We had pumpkin in the morning and pumpkin at noon. If it were not for pumpkins we’d be […]