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Nothing Fancy

I Just Need a Cracker….

March 23, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

I am fortunate, I have plenty of good food in my fridge, pantry, and freezer.  Living on the farm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Recipe, Social Distancing Tagged With: cheese, crackers, easy, FOODIES, goldfish crackers, healthy, herb crackers, herbs, homesteading, money-saving recipe, Recipe, Rosemary, Rosemary cracker, saltine crackers

Podcast: Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner

February 28, 2019 By Mary 1 Comment

Resources Martzahn's Farm Poultry Processing Healthy Harvest of North Iowa Iowa State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Church Cookbook, family, farm, Recipe Tagged With: broilers, chicken, homegrown, homesteading, raising chickens

Gordon

Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: Gordon’s Winter Project

February 17, 2018 By Mary 9 Comments

Like many a dad, my father was handy.  He could fix things.  As a farmer and father of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, homesteading, Human Interest, Humor, Marriage Tagged With: dad, dad stories, DIY, father, fixing things, mom, mom stories, mother

4 leaf clover

Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: An Irish Blessing

February 9, 2018 By Mary 14 Comments

“CLEARLY, MARY, WE ARE NOT LUCKY!”, wailed my sister Sue in her best Dirty Harry voice, whipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, Health, Humor Tagged With: Dogs, Erma Bombeck, family, funny, human interest, iowa, Irish Blessings, Lucky, sad, sisters, Tragic story

Woot, Woot – I Made French Baguettes..Thanks, King Arthur Flour!

August 22, 2017 By Mary 8 Comments

I have always wanted to make French Baguettes.  For me nothing is as delicious as a slice of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breads, family, farm, French Cusine, Recipe Tagged With: baguette, bakealong, baking, Bread, bread flour, classic baguettes, farm life, flour, french, french baguette, french bread, homemade, homesteading, King Arthur Flour, Paul Hollywood, The Great British Bake Off, yeast

Stories of My Mother…Episode #623: The Great Escape

August 6, 2017 By Mary 10 Comments

A few weeks ago my sisters and I flew out to Washington for a visit with two of my older brothers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, Home, Humor, Midlife Tagged With: brothers, crazy family stories, family stories, father, Humor, mom, mom stories, mother, sisters

Awkward 4th of July Memories and Homemade Potato Salad

June 27, 2017 By Mary 15 Comments

Almost every American family has its favorite memories of the 4th of July.  Maybe it's fireworks in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Holiday, Home, Recipe, Salad Tagged With: 4th of July, American Cuisine, church ladies, Classic Potato Salad, eggs, farm, FOODIES, iowa, Picnic, Potato Salad, Potatoes, Recipe, Summer Salad

What Scarlett O’Hara and I Have in Common….

March 4, 2017 By Mary 6 Comments

...and it is NOT an 18 inch waist! Part 1:   The Land From this picture you may think that Katie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, family, farm, homesteading Tagged With: barn, bathroom remodel, bedroom remodel, Christmas Decorating, family, fire, historic rennovation, home, house, iowa, remodel, renovate

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