Family | Book, Line, and Sinker - Part 3

From My (Gingerbread) House to Yours

December 23, 2010 By Natalie

My sister and nephew working on their Gingy House

I’m sending wishes for the happiest of holidays and a healthy and prosperous 2011 to all of my blogging friends and visitors! Your friendship, comments, kindness, and support were really appreciated during this trying year. I’m looking forward to wonderful things in 2011 on your blogs and mine! Merry Holidays and Happy New Year! I’ll [...]

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Review: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

December 16, 2010 By Natalie

Title: Mudbound Author: Hillary Jordan Genre/Pages: Fiction/340 Publisher: March 17, 2009; Algonquin Books Rating: 3.5 Bookmarks Source: Purchased Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: It’s 1946 in the Mississippi Delta region and life is a trial for the six narrators who tell of their own struggles with internal and external demons as they try to get ahead, get [...]

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At a Loss For Words

December 8, 2010 By Natalie

My sister and me--she's the blondie--Christmas morning, 1979 or so.

I’ve been staring at a blank piece of paper on and off for two days and can’t quite come up with adequate words to thank a stranger for selflessly donating her bone marrow to my little sister. I haven’t written about my 33-year-old sister’s diagnosis of ALL, a type of leukemia, back in late February [...]

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TV Therapy

March 7, 2010 By Natalie

I’ve always turned to books as a vehicle of choice for escape. In fact, my husband and I are such avid readers that when we moved into our house 10 years ago, we made a conscious decision not to hook up the cable. We do have a TV with a DVD/VCR combo to watch movies–which [...]

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Weekend Cooking: Cream Puffs

February 21, 2010 By Natalie

puffs powdered

I’ve made (and posted about) these cream puffs before–they are always a crowd pleaser. Though a bit time consuming (baking the shells, cooling the shells, piping in the filling), they are worth the effort. In a fresh twist for my nephew’s birthday yesterday, I made a chocolate ganache (chocolate mixed with heavy cream) to cover [...]

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