Cinnamon Bun Pie
Courtesy: Christina Tosi
This is so good, but so bad, calorie-wise, that I probably shouldn’t publish it. But, hey, it’s the holiday season! You can start losing weight again in January; or February; March, maybe?
Yields fourteen pieces
Ingredients:
For the dough
2½ tsp. dry active yeast
¾ c. warm water
1½ c. warm milk
6 c.
I want to express special gratitude to all the individuals and organizations who gave memorials, donations, and honorariums and who purchased books, merchandise, and memorial bricks last year! These types of revenues are incredibly helpful to us, and we’ve been very blessed with your generosity-- thank you!
Audiobooks:
Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg (CD F BER)
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber (CD F MAC Blo.5)
Non-Fiction:
The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, et al (294.34 LAM)
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Leave it to beavers
Long-time readers of this column may recall an installment from several years ago about kopi luwak, an Indonesian word which, in English, means ‘kopi luwak,’ or something to that effect. Commonly called ‘civet coffee,’ kopi luwak is coffee made from coffee beans that have been eaten, partially digested, and then egested by Asian palm civet cats.
Mormons in the News…
I don’t know much about the Mormon Church, but I’ve always viewed most adherents as being generous with both their gifts and their time.
They number some 15 million worldwide, and in Utah--where about two million of three million citizens are Mormons--there’s considerable “co-mingling” of issues at both the state house and the church house.
It has been a quiet new year at our house. I need to start removing the Christmas decorations. But, I am retired, so that may wait another day or two. Someone said that the more involved you are, the more you accomplish. I have removed myself from being involved and therefore don’t accomplish much.
Flowers.
And gems.
What a way to start the New Year.
And the perfect way to start each month.
Especially in Mason.
With topaz.
You might see some at Country Collectibles.
Or The Thing Is.
Or Market Square.
January is set off with garnet.
That’s right.
Garnet.
January’s birthstone.
And carnation.
January’s flower.
The Petal Patch might have some.
January’s not all fog and frost.
In fact, the parties have just begun.
In January, Japan celebrates Comin ...
I Resolve That.... Hopes for 2019!
New Year's resolutions are fickle creatures. They pop up in the waning hours of the old year, enticing us to make all sorts of promises and plans for the new year. And then, often within hours of having made those same resolutions, we begin to pick them apart, to find reasons to delay implementation, to discover methods to avoid these promises to ourselves.
And, yet, we continue to make resolutions each year, quite certain in the final hours of the outgo ...
This is the best time of year for sitting by the fireplace, waking to frosty clear mornings, enjoying holiday meals with family and friends, and a sharing a wonderful bottle of wine. We usually think of red wines this time of year, but often forgotten are Port wines and Madeira wines.
Rolo Thumbprint Cookies
courtesy: the recipe clinic
There are a whole lot of “thumbprint” cookie recipes out there for you to try. Basically, with all of them, you just make up the cookie dough, place spoons full of it on cookies sheets, and use your thumb to make a depression in the top of each one.
Ready or not, the New Year has begun, and I wish every one of you a blessed 2019! I’m very excited that we’re starting off the New Year right—the Piatagorsky Concert will be on Jan. 13th at the First United Methodist Church at 2:00 P.M. These world-class musicians are fabulous—see the full article in this issue!
