Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies Without Butter
courtesy: the Frugal South
These beauties are made with vegetable oil instead of butter as classic Snickerdoodles are made. The result is a bit lighter cookie without the diet-busting hit of butter. While they may not appeal to everyone, you should try making up a batch and see for yourself.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups A/P flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon s ...
Beginning this week, we will be shortening our curbside hours to 10:00 to 4:00 p.m. We are also offering curbside printing and faxing. Just email us what needs to be printed and drive up to our front steps and we will bring out your copies. Our shipping delays have hit and we had very few books come in this week, so we’ve highlighted some recent titles you might have missed on our shelves.
We have had another week of new normal. I find that I don’t accomplish much. I tell myself every morning that whatever task I need to do will wait another day.
John had an eventful week. He had surgery on Tuesday to get a new aortic heart valve. He came home Wednesday.
In Times of Stress, Rumors Abound
Saying that we've all been living lives far outside our normal experiences would be an understatement. We're cooped up in our homes and offices trying to avoid unnecessary contact. We have turned shopping trips into epic quests, proudly returning home with a 6-pack of name brand paper towels.
Ron Birk’s Column
Just wanted to say how much I look forward to Ron Birks’ column each week. He really hits the nail on the head with kindness and subtle humor. Nuff Said.
Sue Kaan
City Meetings
Dear Gerry,
Last Monday evening, once again, the Mason City Commission Meeting was derailed. When Agenda Item 6 (discussion and action on bids for preliminary work on the new landfill) was introduced, Commissioner Lee digressed from the topic and proceeded to lecture his captive audience on professional ethics, official competency, and the folly of making decisions based on the wrong data.
Open Letter to Commissioner Robin Lee
4/8/2020
Commissioner Lee,
I have never met you in person or spoken with you by telephone. You have never asked me a question. However, you have mentioned my name many times in the Commission’s public meetings and you are sure that I made serious mistakes in the permitting of the new Mason East Landfill.
You are wrong.
The “4% growth rate” that you have mentioned many times is a calculation contained on page 10 of Part II of the permit app ...
A Hill Country Easter Morning
It was Easter Sunday morning. One of those cool, crisp, clear dawnings of a new day for which the Texas Hill Country holds the patent.
The Rancher/Shepherd had arisen before daybreak to check his Angora goats.
The baby goat kids were at that vulnerable stage. During the night they could easily fall prey to various enemies of weather, tooth, or claw.
Classic Baguette
courtesy: epicurous
The French Baguette is famous all over the world in some form or another. The skinny little breads seem to go with everything, and they’re not half bad eaten all by themselves. You can tear off chunks of them; slice them across; slice them sideways; or just bite off big old chunks of them and keep on smiling!
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 ½ cups warm water (105-115 degrees)
4 to 4 ½ cups unbleached all-purpos ...
We are experiencing shipping delays with our new DVDs and books, so we will have fewer new materials than usual in the coming weeks. Many publication dates have also been pushed back, but this is the perfect time to pick up a different book or series or to revisit an old favorite.
