This episode is a repeat from last year #015….but have had so many requests for it. I thought I would post it again.  Greatest cake recipe…Merry Christmas to everyone and all the best in the New Year.  p.s.  make this cake when you won’t be going out… Liz Underhill

I showered and shaved, I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat in a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer, as I closed my eyes. I saw the shoe of the man next to me..touching my own, I sighed. With plenty of room on either side.I thought, “Why must our soles […]

Her hair was up in a pony tail, Her favourite dress tied with a bow. Today was Daddy’s Day at school, And she couldn’t wait to go. But her mommy tried to tell her, That she probably should stay home. Why the kids might not understand, If she went to school alone. But she was […]

I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee and wasn’t sure I wanted one. I wasn’t sure how my customers would react to Stevie. He was short, […]

The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents’ bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy, I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were […]

Hallowe’en is quite the thing in our household.  Old Clem has a sweet tooth, so he goes door-to-door every Hallowe’en with his scary get-up on, and drags Cranky Cat along on her leash. I do play along with him with his get-up because he thinks it’s downright scary. I don’t think scary is quite the […]

A funny memory came to mind as I was sitting reminiscing about the past. I was giving thanks for the beautiful summer and knew soon it would be over and the glorious fall would start. My memory recalled a humorous Thanksgiving Day many years ago. Soon this most important date in our history will be […]

You’d think after all these years I could be writing how-to books instead of reading them.  They tell me these books are booming in sales. How to lose weight and keep it off in only 12 weeks and no dieting.  Sounded real easy to me. I figured I could eat what I wanted and the […]

Have you ever been invited, or uninvited, to someone’s house and made a visit to their bathroom? Come on now, be honest. That insatiable urge to visit the bathroom does not come from the urinary tract, it comes from the snoopy tract – that protrusion in the middle of your face. And I’ll just bet […]

Now here is a little note about how your weight can be jimmied around the healthy professionals. I went for my yearly physical. The nurse starts with certain basics. How much do you weigh?” she asks. “115,” I say. The nurse puts me on the scale. It turns out my weight is 150. The nurse […]