Corn muffins are notoriously tough as leftover material. Muffins in general are really best the day they are baked, and corn muffins get really dry quickly. A few days ago, after a chili supper with friends, I had five corn muffins leftover. As the corn chips and chili goodness disappeared and it became obvious there Read More

On my first bike ride in about four weeks, I got a flat tire less than two miles in. I pulled over at a small church and assessed the situation under an awning. This was my train of thinking: I had never changed a tire completely by myself. I had never taken a rear tire Read More

I’ve blogged before about the Africa Gospel Church Baby Center in Kenya, a home for abandoned or orphaned babies, including babies with HIV/AIDS. Staci Keter, the director, frequently sends out email updates about new babies or babies that have found adoptive parents. Today, I got one that I felt needed to be shared. “Yesterday, we Read More

There are several reasons why I fell into a complete and utter state of panic when our canoe capsized in Lake Myakka. I try not to panic for no reason at all. Here’s what happened. Steve, our friends Dave and Tara, and I were on spring break in Florida, and we decided to go canoeing Read More

Last Saturday, I made a coffee cake. It was a perfectly good coffee cake, but it was a biggie, and by the middle of the week, it started getting a little stale. Plus, I was a little tired of it. So, one morning as I was contemplating another breakfast of nuking a piece, I had Read More