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Chicken Parm with Yellow Tomato Sauce
Yellow tomato sauce: Simmer 8-12 yellow tomatoes in a pot on medium low heat. Add a hot banana pepper or whatever pepper you have in your garden, a clove or two of garlic, fresh basil and oregano. Add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to simmer until tomatoes are broken apart. Strain if you prefer a smooth sauce. The flavor…
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Grief
What is healthy grieving? How can God be honored in a time of grief? These are questions I struggle with during the loss of my second pregnancy in four months. The first, a “chemical pregnancy” was much easier than this one. This one really hurts. On a day I was supposed to be congratulated for entering into the second trimester,…
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When Bellies Don't Grow
When bellies don’t grow, hearts swell tears well lips quiver and sigh. Pull loved ones close draw up the sheets entangle souls and feet. Sip pink lemonade, Kiss cheeks and toes Watch the garden grow
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Faith, Fertility, and Motherhood
For your reading pleasure from 1 Samuel:1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but…
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Potatoes Un-potted
I had one plastic small pot in which I had planted one red skinned potato seed. The seed was about the size of a golf ball. Over the past couple months, this pot has struggled because of it’s tendency to dry out due to its size and the soil content, which was only peat. Several times the plant has wilted…
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Vibrators
Earlier we discussed how bees typically pollinate squash plants by carrying pollen from the male flower to the female flower. The pollination by hand is going well. The flowers I missed earlier fell off along with the ovaries, but the ones I pollinated are nearly ripe for picking. This week my tomato plants have been blossoming, but I have not…