Colorado’s state motto is Latin. What does it mean? It depends upon who you ask. Most say Nothing Without Providence, while others claim Nothing Without God. There is evidence that those who chose the motto meant Nothing Without the Deity, a general translation without a reference to a particular god. Now that could be a reference to Colorado’s Garden of the Gods with its beauty beyond compare.
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I'm a wife, mother, grandmother and avid home cook.I believe in eating healthy whenever possible, while still managing to indulge in life's pleasures.
Chorizo Benedict Breakfast with Pan-Fried Potatoes
Way back when the pandemic first hit and the world had to hunker down, I thought that would mean every day could be treated like a Sunday. Quality family time. While we couldn’t attend church, we could read scripture together and sit down to a beautiful breakfast.
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So, did you dye a few dozen eggs to hide in the yard for the children to seek out? As a girl, I remember two things so vividly. The first was all the fun we had coloring eggs. The second was the smell of those undiscovered eggs when summer finally arrived. Thank goodness for plastic eggs!
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Happy Friday Everyone! Yeah, I know we’re over Lent. And while the Church does not strictly adhere to the No Meat on Fridays rule of old, it does subscribe to the practice of penance on Fridays throughout the year.
Continue reading “Oh Yum – Alfredo Tuna Skillet”Embrace the Day with Home-made Hot Pockets
Last year, Empanada Day fell on Holy Wednesday of Holy Week. This year, it’s the Thursday after Easter. On the Church calendar, we are now officially into the Easter Season, also known as Eastertide. In the Church, the Easer Season are the 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. Easter Season is celebrated as a single, joyful feast called the Great Lord’s Day.
Continue reading “Embrace the Day with Home-made Hot Pockets”Put Down That Broom!
Today is National No Housework Day. Yep, that one day a year when we can say no to mopping, dusting or anything else housework related. I couldn’t find anything about not cooking today, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
Continue reading “Put Down That Broom!”Yum – Springtime Carbonara
Spring is in the air. When asked to pick a season, I always struggle with picking just one as my favorite. I love the colors of springtime. I love the pastels of the season, and the freshness at the table.
Continue reading “Yum – Springtime Carbonara”Celebrating Nebraska from the Grill
Welcome to Nebraska, the 37th state to join the Union. Nebraska is unique in that it is the only state which does not officially recognizes party affiliation within its Legislative body. There are 49 members of the Nebraska Legislation, making it the smallest legislative body of any state. Yet when you look at population, Nebraska ranks 25th in the country.
Continue reading “Celebrating Nebraska from the Grill”An Easter to Break Tradition
Last year, Easter was so difficult on so many levels. The world was a scary place. People were dying and the only answer seemed to be to isolate from one another. We’ll never know how many more might have died had the world not shut down.
Continue reading “An Easter to Break Tradition”Keeping Our Easter Vigil Simple
Many of the traditions we associate with Easter are not actually found in the Bible. An egg-laying rabbit is a great example of traditions not based in scripture. Eggs are a symbol of fertility and new life. Rabbits are prolific procreators, another ancient symbol of fertility and new life. And Easter is the promise of life after death.
Continue reading “Keeping Our Easter Vigil Simple”The Perfect Easter Supper for Four
Earlier this week, while sitting in the observation area after receiving my second dose of the Moderna Vaccine, I was thumbing through April’s Food Network Magazine. That’s when I came across a recipe I knew I had to share.
Continue reading “The Perfect Easter Supper for Four”Embracing the Goodness of Good Friday
Today is Good Friday. Like Ash Wednesday, it is the only other day in the Church calendar that requires adults, 18 to 59, to fast. As the Church has evolved, so too has the definition of fasting. Today it means eating no more than one full meal and two smaller meals that combined do not equal another meal. It’s not starvation by any stretch of the imagination.
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Today is April Fool’s Day. Under any other circumstance, we’d be having all sorts of fun today with crazy posting and the like. But not this year. This year April Fool’s Day happens to fall during Holy Week. That take precedence in my book.
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The Events of Holy Wednesday
While the Gospel of Luke tells us that, “every day he was teaching in the temple,” Holy Wednesday is referred to as a day of rest for Jesus. While in Bethany, a woman anointed Jesus’ feet with perfume. This angered Judas. He felt the perfume should have been sold, and the money put to good use.
Holy Tuesday and a Walk in the Park
The Events of Holy Tuesday
The next day, Peter noticed the fully withered fig tree Jesus had cursed, to which Jesus admonished a lesson in what it means to have faith and recognize the power of forgiveness.
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