A year ago, I certainly wouldn't have dreamed that Christmas 2024 would see me at the Cancer Institute, getting radiation therapy. For that matter, even when I was diagnosed back in April, I fully expected to be done with all treatment by now. But...no. LOL. The way...

Did you know that gingerbread actually has no relation to bread, when we talk about the history of the word itself? It's true! The original word from Medieval French was actually gingebrat (also spelled gingembrat), and referred to a ginger paste that people used to...

I have a friend from my P&P group who has shared with us some reflections of her sons, adopted from Nicuragua. When faced with the possibility of putting together some of the famous Shoeboxes, these boys did not react like she thought they would. She thought...

Given the release of Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor this year, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about what sugar plums really are...and what sugar-plums are too. The original sugar plums are exactly what they sound like--sugared plums. You take dried or...