My eldest child and only daughter will be eight tomorrow. She wants a pumpkin pie with eight candles. No cake. I am going to make it happen, somehow. I will have to consult my friends, Mrs. Smith and Marie Callender, for assistance since there are no fresh pumpkins flooding the store fronts yet. I don’t […]

It is very early on Father’s Day. The kids are still sleeping, and so is their daddy.

Tradition mandates that I make huevos rancheros for hubby’s breakfast in bed, served to him by his squabbling, eager fans. Huevos rancheros is not a good food to eat in bed, but we overlook the practicalities […]