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A good laugh is like medicine.

My girl friends and I figure we added about five years to our lives last weekend during our trip to Nashville.  At one point, we were laughing so hard we had to stop the car.  I had tears running down my face.

In this scary, swine flu infested world, a ray of hope has worked its way through the puny ozone layer. (more…)

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Joyce Boone of Baton Rouge grows day lilies and already has many different colors in bloom.  She prepared a platter of her current harvest that looks good enough to eat! (more…)

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All this talk about swine flu and fear that it will burst into a global pandemic has me a little nervous. I’m reviewing my options to stay healthy.

Everyone seems to agree the best thing we can do for ourselves is to beef up the hand washing – that’s what Mother said way back before the term pandemic was coined.  For the life of me I can’t remember the song I was taught to sing while washing  up.  Was it “Happy Birthday” or “Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star.”  If anyone knows, please let me know.  (more…)

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Cynthia Cross and Ann Gilbert wrote to let me know Wal-Mart sells SACO Buttermilk Powder. Yippee.  Sorry Hidden Valley, I won’t be buying your expensive dressing mix any longer.

“It’s great for making biscuits and cornbread without having to buy a quart of buttermilk,” wrote Cynthia.

That makes me happy because I can’t tell you have many quarts of buttermilk have died in my fridge after I use the cup or so I need for a specific recipe.  Now I can keep it on hand in powdered form.  I did read it probably should be refrigerated after opening. (more…)

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