Legacy of Faith, My Pioneer Heritage
There are many ancestors… generations upon generations who have come before me. Today is a day of reflection. Looking in the mirror I see my Grandma Cannon’s blue eyes. I see my mom’s callick in my brown hair. I feel the fervor of faith gifted from my Grandma Joy. The the golden embers of Italian skin after an afternoon bathing under the golden sun, which comes from my paternal Grandpa Rizzo who immigrated to New...
For Our Time
This week has been monumental and historic. Here is just a taste of this national and international news stories: Planned Parenthood executive is recorded to be selling the remains of human babies for the highest bidder. The United States, along with many other world leaders lifted its sanctions on Iran in a deal to prevent the longtime known terrorist country to making nuclear weapons. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has been...
Love, Daddy
Today my brother and I sat around his kitchen table, scattered about in piles of old papers. As I perused the documents, dating back to the early 1950s, a chalky dust covered my fingers. We sifted through hand written letters, school report cards, government request letters and divorce decrees. We read through condolence messages and funeral programs. The weight of choices rested heavy on my soul. There are always alternating...
DIY Garden Grow Boxes
There is something to be said about renewal, the chance to start again. Whether the previous attempts were amazing, yielding fruit and harvest, or a dismal failure. Springtime is always a new beginning, starting over and planning life. This year we have been working on some new grow boxes. We have to move our back fence back several feet, and so we will be losing about 8 feet of our garden. We have a ton of grass in the back, and so...
I almost ran a 5K
In the journey of life there are many highs and lows. The ultimate test of our humanity is to see what we will actually do with the opportunities afforded to us with our time, resources, passions and emotions. Each person is born into a circumstance, a father, and a mother, a lineage of fore bearers, and possibilities of posterity. Some are given more ease and comforts than others, while some are faced with great challenges from the...
Tsunami Brookies
My new sister in law is one of my favorite people!! We made these yummy cookies for her and my brother’s wedding last year. They are super moist and so tasty. I have modified her recipe a bit to make a brookie (part brownie + part cookie!) Who wouldn’t like an extra bit of chocolatey goodness to their chocolate chip cookie? I also played with creating the magical swirl that you can see in the photo. Not all of my cookies...