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A Gluten Free Baking Tip

Think you can’t bake gluten free from scratch? You may actually be doing it without realizing. That gluten free mix you are using may be nothing more than a gluten free flour blend. If you are following the directions on the package and adding ingredients such as eggs, milk, oil and baking powder check the ingredients. If allContinue reading “A Gluten Free Baking Tip”

Thought for Today

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” — Dr. Seuss

Grandma’s Butterfly Quilt Finished

I was sure I remembered posting about this quilt as I was getting ready to begin quilting it. I even remembered one of my regular followers leaving a comment. But it must have all been in my imagination, because for the life of me I can’t find it. If someone runs across it please letContinue reading “Grandma’s Butterfly Quilt Finished”

Thought for Today

“He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

Thought for Today

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.” -Mark Twain

Receiving Kindness

We all want to be givers, doing random acts of kindness and paying it forward but being on the receiving end often makes us uncomfortable. What is your reaction to an unexpected kindness or gift? After a string of rejections I looked at how I react to being a receiver. Words like you shouldn’t have,Continue reading “Receiving Kindness”

Celebrating The Small Things: Time

Beauty in a Dying Tree Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins To be honest, when Bob lost his job before he was planning to retire I was not happy. But now I am glad he decided to accept what happened and not fight a wrongful termination. I can see we were really given a gift. TheContinue reading “Celebrating The Small Things: Time”