As the world burns, bleeds, and weeps - a ten year old finishes his first week of the fifth grade. Pencils litter geography lessons and long division. I begin gathering loose papers and stacking books. A journal falls open. Prompts mark the pages: “Things I’m grateful for...” and “Things I’m praying for...”. There, scrawled in [...]
Author: Emmy Goulet
King Ahaz
Have you heard the story of King Ahaz?He became king of Judah when he was twenty years old (in approximately 732 BC) and reigned for sixteen years. Some of the first words written about him state that he did not do what was right. He copied the evil acts of other kings around him. The [...]
The wild and rolling summer
Give me all the wild, rolling storm clouds colliding with giant tufts of cotton candy in the sky. I will hold a cold mason jar of tea to my flushed face while early afternoon glides down my neck. But I know that, like a train chugging up to the station, the storm will come. It [...]
To My Daughter, on her first birthday
I know there are many jokes about how by the third child, no one takes pictures or records milestones anymore. And though I learned long before your arrival not to concern myself with silly metrics like height and weight; I have to say that a decade of motherhood has only taught me to record more. [...]
Baked Blueberry Oatmeal
This is one of the recipes that friends ask for the most frequently. I generally send them a screenshot of my notes. How nice to have an actual post to direct everyone to now! Ha! I hope you enjoy this not-too-sweet, soul-warming, tummy-satisfying breakfast treat. Ingredients: Blueberries (don't measure, see below) 3 cups oats 2 [...]
Hot Brown Bake
I have been making this casserole version of a traditional Kentucky Hot Brown on Derby Day for years now. So this is a long overdue recipe post! The Hot Brown is traditionally an open face turkey and bacon sandwich with Mornay sauce and tomato. It was invented in 1926 at the Brown Hotel (hence the [...]
Sourdough Focaccia
I'm working on gradually expanding my sourdough repertoire. This week I made focaccia. You can certainly make focaccia with active dry yeast, but I'm not concerned with trying to make things faster. Though for sourdough this recipe is pretty quick! I made it from combining elements of a few recipes and changing the ferment times [...]
Easter
It is well documented that Jesus was killed during the time of Passover. The connection between these events is deeply woven. It spans centuries, languages, and cultures. During the first Passover, lambs blood was used to mark the homes of Gods people while they were still held in slavery. Prophecies written centuries before the crucifixion [...]
He never fails.
Just after 1:00 o’clock in the morning, a three year old boy cried out in the dark. Flailing and shouting that he was scared. He was frantic and kicking and pleading to be held. I tried my best to contain his fear. Then I heard the cry of a baby who could only feel nearby [...]
Creamy Fennel Sausage Rigatoni
My three-year-old told me this meal was good enough for a dinner party, gave me a high five, and cleaned his plate. If that's not a convincing enough reason to give it a try then I don't know what is... Serves: 4 Total Time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 1lb. Rigatoni pasta 4 tablespoons butter 1 yellow [...]
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