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  • Spelt Banana Bread Recipe

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    This banana bread always gets rave reviews, and today was no exception. The secret likes in the addition of ginger and orange juice to the batter. It’s subtle enough that you don’t notice it in the final product, but it gives a little depth to the flavor making the bread something special. Ingredients 1 cup…

  • How to Dress Your Mantel with Garden Evergreens

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    I don’t have a mantel (yet) in my current home, but in my previous home, I dressed the mantel every year with foliage I clipped from my or my neighbor’s garden (with their kind permission, of course). I’ve found that even indoors without water, most of the foliage would last a week or two, just…

  • Cranberry Sauce with Orange and Port Recipe

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    I have to admit, I’ve never understood the appeal of cranberry sauce. I didn’t grow up eating sweet dressings and sauces, so I didn’t have a taste for it. Plus, the only cranberry sauce we ever had as a kid was that gelatinous stuff that comes out of a can. Definitely not something that I…

  • That Time I Bought A Quilt at the Mall

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    This is my first quilt. I didn’t make it, I bought it at the mall. There’s millions of them around. I had started a rail fence quilt back in college, but bogged down with work, school, life and otherwise, I packed it in a box and stuffed in the attic. That was in 1991. That…

  • Pink & Yellow Antique LeMoyne Star Quilt

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      I am so excited! Look what came in the mail! I splurged and bought an actual 1800’s antique quilt off of eBay. I don’t usually love quilts from this era because they are so BROWN (not my favorite color). But this one is so cheerful with the chrome yellow and double pink fabrics that…