by Leslie Sholly | Nov 14, 2015 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Knoxville, linkups
You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right. – Maya Angelou You can’t go home again isn’t just metaphorical for many people.  The first home I ever knew–the married student housing apartments where...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 29, 2013 | cooking, food, Parenting
The NaBloPoMo wagon, that is. Â But, y’all, this week has been brutal. First there was the all-nighter. Â Jake got his paper done. Â Emily bagged on us around 3 a.m. Â I stayed up and up and up. Â For those of you who have heard me rant about helicopter parenting,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 22, 2012 | cooking, food, recipes
I don’t know about you, but I always get nervous about roasting the Thanksgiving turkey. Â It’s such a big responsibility. Â If your casserole doesn’t turn out exactly right, so what? Â There are about 100 more casseroles on the table. Â But if the...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 20, 2012 | cooking, family, food, Gratitude
That’s my counter, waiting for tomorrow. Â We are hosting Thanksgiving for the first time in several years, and I expect to be cooking all day. Â I hope to have only the turkey to deal with on Thursday. When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was so comforting,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Uncategorized
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 I first encountered that quotation as a child when reading The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.  Corrie and her sister Betsie have been imprisoned in a...