Book Review - Come Rain or Come Shine

Come Rain or Come Shine/ Jan Karon was totally worth the time . It is the story of Dooley and Lace's   getting ready for their wedding and how they wanted it- at Meadowgate with their closest friends and family.
 It seems like this would be a great new series for Jan and with lots of interesting  new characters interspaced along with the old.  If you have not read this one yet , my advice is beg, buy ,or borrow it and read it.  Like all of the others of Jan's books this one will be uplifting .  You will get to the end and want to keep on reading to see what happends next!

Winter is here !

So very cold for the last few days-  finally feels like winter. I got out my winter sweaters just the other day. The menu last night was stuffed shells, salad, and bread. No photo- tasted so good ! We ate it all up.

  I just started reading  Come Rain or Come Shine / Jan Karon. So very I am enjoying it as I have all her other books. I will do a review when I am finished.    I got a new computer light that I am trying out ,  and will make a comment about  also in the near future.

Pioneer Woman Cookies

I got the new Pioneer Woman Cook Book out this year and I am loving it! I also got some of her dishes for my birthday and Christmas! ( will show them later! ) I made the slice and bake cookies in the back and they came out really good- the sugar cookies are excelletnt .

 I did not go out and buy the colored sugar . I made my own . Here is what I did- I took some regualr sugar and dropped several drops of food coloring in the  sugar, then I mixed with a spoon,. After that I put the cover on the container and shook it really hard! It worked- !!

Book Review- Go Set a Watchman

Written in the mid 1950's Go Set a Watchhman is the sequel to to Kill a Mockingbird.    In this novel by Harper Lee, Scout is 26 and returning to Maycombe, Alabama .   She goes back yearly for her 2 week vacation from her job in New York city.

  Jean Louise ( Scout ) returns to find her Father Atticus, and her boy friend Hank (  the boy who  Atticus  took under his wing) , and the town in a bit of  political turmoil.   The negro/ white situation is tense 

  Hank wants to marry Jean Louise, she keeps putting him off. Jean louise  loves Hank but can't see herself living in Maycombe.  Memories  of her childhood ( which are taken from  To Kill A Mockingbird)  keep flooding back. 

  This is a moving story about Scout's journey  into adulthood. The writing is not as polished  as Harper's famous book.Sometimes the transitions  from past to present are not always  easy to discern.  It was hard at times to keep track of where Scout was in time.

  The characters are well developed . The setting helps show the tensions and how the people lived in Maycombe.  

 So this is a story of Scout,  the people who love her, and her hometown.  Without To Kill A Mockingbird this story would   not really make sense.  

Spice Drink

      I went to my homeopath yesterday and got a new 'remedy' to help nourish my bones and body- its called a spice drink.  In their pharmacy ( Wellspring at Himalayan) the pharmacist made the blend  just to suit my needs.

  My has  cumin, fennel, hibiscus, and coriander.  Each morning I take a teaspoon  of the mix and let it seep in hot water for just 5 minutes.  Then I am supposed to sip throughout the morning.    It is really tasty and keeps the hunger pangs at bay.

  Next week or so I will  talk about some of my other  protocols that will help support my body/

Book Alert! Go catch a Watchman

  I am reading it  - just started. Not so sure where it is going. There has been  so much publicity and then criticism  about this book by Harper Lee. I am holding out all comments until I am all finished!

Book Review- The Story Keeper

   The Story  Keeper  by Lisa Wingate( Tysdale  House ,2014)   is a great read. Jen Gibbs, a successful New York city editor, is at a new position at Uda House Publishers. A mysterious manuscript appears on her desk.  Jen finds herself drawn into the manuscript - Sara & Rand and and their troubles in Appalachia.

  She has a hunch about the manuscript's author that leads her back to her hometown ( which she had thought she had left forever) . Shes goes through many twists and turns - some with her estranged family and begins to work out the author of the manuscript that entail a lot of hard feelings to stare out with . When you get to the end you 'll just want more story!