Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies

Little Buddy and I were making our Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe the other day when I confessed to him, “I’m really not wanting cookies. Are you?” His reply made me a very happy Mama. He said, “not really, I just like making them with you.” Since the dough was ready for serious cookie making Read More

Long Walks and Rosemary Shrimp

As the sun begins to set, we head out. It’s the perfect time of day for Little Buddy to hop on his bike and for me to lace up my tennis shoes and get some exercise. It’s the first time of the day we have been able to bear it. Well, we could go out Read More

As Southern as Sweet Tea

“Say something else,” requested the lady at the table behind us. My drawled reply of “Ma’am?” brought hysterical laughter followed by, “I’ve never heard a little girl speak with such a Southern dialect before.” We were traveling that summer to visit family well beyond the Mason-Dixon line where my manner of speaking was obviously somewhat Read More