Three Pepper Glaze

I love this meat glaze. It can be used for pork (shown above), chicken, or beef. It is mighty tasty no matter the meat and so simple. I generally mix the glaze, pour over meat in a slow cooker, and cook on high for five hours. The following recipe is enough for a 3-4...

Raccoon Power Outage

My eyes popped open at 5:22 this morning just like they do every morning. An alarm is not to blame. It’s just nature calling my name. For the second time in less than three weeks, the toilet gurgled after I flushed it instead of refilling with water. A very...

Getting Inside the MC’s Head

Yesterday when I had stacks of dishes to do, a little flutter of excitement ran through me. There was a story I wanted to get back to reading to see how it turned out. Then I realized it was my manuscript I was thinking about. Crazy! I know how that story ends–I...

Chickens and Corn: Not an Ideal Combo

About now my husband and I are rethinking our put-the-chickens-in-the-corn-surrounded-by-the-electric-fence-strategy. It seemed like the perfect solution. A creek  passes  through our property which we love for all kinds of reasons. However, it is also the raccoon...