How to make the best chicken tenders – gluten-free option, too!

November 17, 2025
Looking for something easy but tasty before the big holiday cooking spree? I've got ya! I got addicted to these a few months ago and I do enjoy them with a sweet and hot spicy sriracha sauce. And now, my husband's into them, too! They really are the best chicken tenders....so here are a few...

Let go, let it go, let them go…and you fly!

April 22, 2022
I know this is going to help someone. I didn't write it, but I could have. It's attributed to Anonymous right now, since I don't know its origin.  It's how I live...

How recounting the stories keeps them alive long after they...

April 19, 2022
A story about a bison in Yellowstone. And all about the remembering. Found among her personal effects When my late girlfriend's husband emailed me a photo of mementoes...

Why do you use a travel agent?

April 13, 2022
Why use a travel agent? That was the question a friend posed the other day and my answer came easily. I have better things to do than to spend hours perusing...

How easy avocado toast ideas can spice up your mornings

April 12, 2022
I am an avocado toast purist. But that doesn't mean I don't love me some good avocado toast ideas! Usually, though, I like to slice a ripe avocado, toast a good...

It’s time to stop making overworking a virtue

April 6, 2022
Back in the day, overworking was a virtue. "Bedchecks"--the 7pm grand tour execs would make to see who was still at work that late--were common in Silicon Valley...

How did customer-centric behavior become obsolete?

April 5, 2022
Ever feel like tearing out your hair after trying to reach "customer service?" Or after an interaction with a business that left you feeling unheard? There was a day...

When you don’t feel of this world

March 30, 2022
Just sitting the other day I had this realization that I did not feel of this world. I know, I know, Jesus says in John 18:36  My Kingdom is not of this world. And I...

When people think you are strong & resilient

March 29, 2022
When people think you are strong and resilient, it usually means you are. But what comes with that is also the belief that you are not at all vulnerable. That you do...

Celebrate the coming of spring with our spring candles

March 28, 2022
Spring is a season of rebirth, bringing  new hope. And that's something to celebrate, so why not do that with my beautiful 16-ounce spring candles! Yes, twice as big...

What does it mean to be the black sheep?

March 23, 2022
Black sheep syndrome. It's that feeling that you don't belong. That you are different. That one of these people in your group is not like the others and it's...

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