My sister and I had this recipe book when we were kids, Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book. My mom still had it in her house before the Camp Fire. One of my favorite recipes is in this book, "Apple-nut Coffee Cake". I recently remembered that I really like this coffee cake and … Continue reading Apple 🍏 Coffee Cake Recipe
After thoroughly enjoying a memoir and a novel in March: I decided to step it up a notch with a heavier title, Drawing with Children by Mona Brooks. It seems like a good time to tackle learning something new! I anticipate that this book will take at least a full month to get through. I … Continue reading Grown-up Book of the Month (April 2020)
We could’ve spent so much more time at Yosemite National Park. We are grateful that we were able to visit this amazing place before COVID-19 was spreading here in the US and the Shelter-in-Place directives were in effect. Yosemite is a really crowded park and I don’t think it would be possible to practice social … Continue reading Mirror Lake – Yosemite National Park – California
I recently read an interesting article on “chunking”. In psychology, chunking refers to grouping small chunks of information so you can remember larger pieces of information when you put the chunks together. The most common example of this is phone numbers. While it is very difficult to remember a 10 digit number, most people can … Continue reading Shelter at Home Chunking
heavens to betty 