Tales of Traveling, Baking and Memory Making™
Lemon Roll Momma and Daddy had three girls in eight years. Like most men, Daddy desired a son, a version of himself. That wasn’t to be. Momma’s last delivery was a difficult one and she was advised not to have any more children. After a few years, she told me […]
Buckeye Candy As a small child, I was perfectly content to entertain myself. I did not expect otherwise. Why, if I had told Momma “nobody loved me” or that I was sad, I would have been one sorry kid. Her reaction to that foolishness would have been to give me […]
And My First Pumpkin Roll I entered first grade in the late ’50s without any kindergarten classes, early intervention or preparation. I could not read nor write. By today’s standards, that sounds pretty primitive but I believe it was the norm in those days. The only thing I knew about […]
𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐤𝐞 Momma was a practical woman. Living through the Great Depression made her keenly aware of the basic needs of her own family and how to economize, lest this event ever happen again. Her parents were simple farmers whose hard life became even more difficult during that […]
Lemon Layer Cake Recipe for Momma In 1960, I wasn’t really aware that our country was in the midst of presidential debates or that our country would soon be electing our first Catholic President. At eight years old, I was not even sure what a Catholic was. I knew we […]
Magic Coconut Pie from Nancie McDermott After a weekend of helping with my granddaughter, Phoebe’s move to her freshmen dorm, I could not help but reflect on my same experience..could it really be 49 years ago? I look in the mirror and know it to be true. Momma had three […]