I’ve never added books I’ve read during my morning devotions to the books I’ve reviewed, but this year that quiet time I have in the mornings was very special to me, and I wanted to share with you some of the books I read that made it so.
Jesus Calling by Sarah Young is a tremendously popular book in my area. I don’t know if it has the notoriety across the US it has in Atlanta, but if so, then you may have already heard of it. It is a daily …
I do hate that I had to keep this post until after Christmas, but today’s Things I Love Thursday is what I gave my parents, and since my mom has a habit of stopping by Lit&Leisure, I couldn’t spoil their surprise.
Raise your hand if your parents are hard to buy for. [Looking at all the hands raised.] Mine aren’t always – often they help us out with ideas – but let’s face it, most of us buy for ourselves the things we need (or want) so sometimes coming up with …
I know it has been forever since I’ve posted, but I couldn’t resist jumping on here & sharing a quick recipe. These are super easy, super delicious and super impressive appetizers. Since we’re in the season when that’s just what ladies like me are looking for, I thought I’d share.
Easy Crab Puffs
16 oz. lump crab meat
4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup chives, chopped (with some reserved for garnish)
sea salt & fresh ground pepper to taste
1 pkg. puff pastry (2 sheets)
cupcake/muffin papers
Cut each sheet of puff pastry into …
In October I’ve been focusing on table manners in order for us all to “up our game” during the holiday season which is right around the corner. As is typical during the season, we all are hosting and being hosted at one another’s homes more frequently, so now we should be ready to be on their best behavior at the table.
Today’s lesson isn’t about table manners, but more about honoring your host when you’ve been invited to someone’s home for dinner or a party. Bring a gift. It can be …
Wolfe may be right that you can’t go home again, but re-reading Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road took me right back to Dr. Hitchcock’s Southern Lit class at Auburn. Caldwell’s 1932 novel portrays the life of a poor, white sharecropper family near Augusta, Georgia (which happens to be very close to my mother’s people’s land), and at the same time lays the thematic foundation for a genre that will follow.
The Lesters’ lives are intrinsically tied to the earth, so much so that the patriarch, Jeeter, can’t consider the opportunity that could afford …
