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Month: October 2013

Favorite Halloween Treats

Favorite Halloween Treats

By Emily Hester Posted on October 31, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things Tagged with Holidays

In honor of Halloween we wanted to share some of our favorite treats of the season. Some are homemade and others are must haves for the candy cauldron. Candy Cauldron Must Haves: Bite sized Snicker bars Kraft Carmels Candy corns …

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Spooks From My Childhood – Miss Helen

Spooks From My Childhood – Miss Helen

By Emily Hester Posted on October 29, 2013 Posted in Journeys & Conversations Tagged with Childhood

Jennifer and I were playing on the living room floor. As I was pushing a shoe with a perfume bottle in it, which to me was car and its driver, I heard a knock at the front door. I felt …

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Gracie Claudia Pierce – On This Date October 22, 1887

By Emily Hester Posted on October 22, 2013 Posted in The Kinfolk Tagged with Dee LaPrarie Wright Bass

On this date the 22nd of October in 1887, our maternal great Grandma Wright with birth name Gracie Claudia Pierce was born in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. Interesting Facts: Her mother Gracie Bozone Pierce died in 1890, when she was only around …

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“Everything’s going MY way”…hopefully not!

“Everything’s going MY way”…hopefully not!

By Emily Hester Posted on October 20, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things

“Oh what a beautiful morning. Oh what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling. Everything’s going my way!” I love this chorus by Rodgers & Hammerstein from the musical Oklahoma. Do you think if I sing it three times …

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Emily’s Thirteen Favorite “Boo” Movies

By Emily Hester Posted on October 15, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things Tagged with Movies

It’s that time of year when we turn off all the lights and watch our favorite “boo” movies. Those kind of movies that make us jump when an unexpected flash of scary comes across our television screen. Here are my …

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I Come To The Garden

I Come To The Garden

By Emily Hester Posted on October 13, 2013 Posted in Journeys & Conversations Tagged with shopping

Now available, just in time for the holiday season, three original works for the book lover in your life! I Come to the Garden is now available at Amazon’s Createspace bookstore! This is a collection of poems by Lucy Dee Wright …

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Tea Cakes in a Cookie Jar

Tea Cakes in a Cookie Jar

By Emily Hester Posted on October 11, 2013 Posted in Recipes & More Tagged with Recipe

I have memories from when I was a little girl, anticipating the moment when my great grandma Wright would allow me to climb up to get the cookie jar. It was usually kept on top of the kitchen hutch, and …

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Saying Grace

By Emily Hester Posted on October 3, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things

A Child’s Mealtime Blessing God is Great, God is Good; Let us thank Him for our food. By His hands we all are fed, Give us Lord our Daily Bread. Amen. –Author Unknown How many of us know this prayer …

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