Patti Callahan Henry was among the first authors I reviewed when I started this blog way back when. I had the opportunity to sit with her at dinner when she spoke to my mom’s literary club a few years back and was enthralled by her. She’s sweet, down to earth, and an Auburn grad – what’s not to love?
Coming Up for Air is her latest and eighth novel (in as many years), and it’s the best I’ve read so far.
Ellie Calvin is mourning the loss of her mother at too …

I’m always on the lookout for excellent side dishes. I get tired of the same old thing, and while I feel like there are an endless ways of cooking chicken, pork tenderloin or shrimp, veggies seem to be a stretch for me. When I found this recipe on Pinterest, I was intrigued. I changed it up just a little, loved it, so I’m sharing it with you.
Chopped Brussels Sprouts
16 oz. brussels sprouts
1/2 cup sliced almonds
3 T. olive oil
1/4 cup capers
juice one lemon
several splashes (~2 Tablespoons?) balsamic or red wine vinegar
Kosher …

I love games, but especially card games. Last year when we moved into our home, our new neighbors taught us a card game that we were immediately addicted to. We started teaching it to everyone we knew, and quickly the running joke became, knowing this game is a prerequisite of friendship. (Not really, but we may see you more often if you play!)
Over the recent holidays we had one such couple over. They couldn’t remember all the rules and had tried to find it on the internet, but couldn’t find …

Boiled custard is an old-fashioned Southern recipe and was a favorite treat of mine that Mom saved for very special occasions. I hadn’t had it for years when I up & married someone who loves it as much as I do. Mom wasn’t sure of her recipe (she quit making it when one of her friends starting bringing a superior version to Dad as a treat), so I’ve been on a quest for several years now to replicate that delicious, creamy egg-nectar from my childhood.
If you’re not familiar with boiled …

S.J. Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep is not the sort of book our book club typically selects, but for October (yes, sorry, I’m late) we wanted to read something a little different. None of us were disappointed.
This psychological thriller centers on a Christine – a woman who, because of a severe trauma she experienced, suffers from amnesia, and her sleep erases her memory. The book opens with Christine getting out of bed with someone who doesn’t seem familiar and looking into a bathroom mirror at a much older than …