Blueberry Pie and Christmas in July: a sweet summer tradition

POST 24/2025 GOSHEN INDIANA: Blueberry season has started. I searched among our cookbooks--those left after multiple purges in recent years--and found only two recipes for blueberry pie. One of the recipes called for 4 cups fresh berries, 3 T. flour, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1 cup sugar, 1/8 tsp. salt. I wanted to prepare an open-face …

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Remembering Doris

Post 3/2025 Goshen IN. Sister-in-law Doris Mast died 12 days after her 92nd birthday. At the visitation many people remarked on how Doris was the queen of hospitality. Her memorial service took place on January 27. Fifty chairs were needed to seat her children, 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. As a youngster Doris begged her …

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Mystery behind The Green Door

Post 12/2024 Carbis Bay St Ives Cornwall England. With wet, windy weather walloping wellbeing, wistful wayfarers warily wait warmth-waxing wattage waylaying witless waning wintry woes with welcoming whoopee. And in the bargain learning more about The Green Door in St Ives. Wistful. Wary. Whoopee. Expectantly we anticipate brighter days; yet challenges remain, such as two …

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