Happy Halloween!
Lisa and Moneka had some fun and did a great job carving jack-o-lanterns from the pumpkins we grew this year:
Hobbies
Carola’s Chocolate Coconut Bars
Ingredients 1 C sugar 1/2 C butter 2-3 eggs* (original recipe calls for 2) 1 tsp vanilla 1.3 C shredded coconut 1.5 C flour 2-3 tsp baking powder* (original recipe calls for 3) … Read more
Green Chile
Perhaps not quite as good as that served by the El Rancho Motel in Gallup New Mexico, this green chile recipe is quite tasty in its own right. This fairly mild chile (the … Read more
Seafoam Lodge Redux
In what may become an annual tradition, we spent our second Labor Day weekend up at the Seafoam Lodge on the Mendocino coast. As noted last year, Seafoam is a great place to … Read more
Mike’s Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
What a treat; today I used only carrots from our garden to make this cake! This recipe is my synthesis of many recipes, none of which quite pleased me. Sources included Betty Crocker, … Read more
Endings and Beginnings
Three weeks, 5000 miles and 1200 photos later, we’re back from our visit to Kansas, where we had a great time! As reflected in this journal, we took our time both coming and … Read more