My friend Sherry Gore is the editor-in-chief for a wonderful new magazine called Cooking & Such: Adventures in Plain Living. Today, Sherry has shared with us an excerpt from her magazine and a wonderful recipe. In addition, I am very excited to be giving away a year’s subscription to this beautiful magazine that I know you will love as much as I do! Keep reading to find out more.
To me, reader friends are the best part of writing for a living! I don’t say that lightly. When I began writing, I hadn’t expected reader friends to move into my heart as you have. I’ve come to love, cherish, and honor you and your thoughts.
With you in mind, I’m making a few changes to how this Plain Talk Blog works.
Home for the Holidays and giveaway. Read more to enter!
by Susan Meissner, author of A Sound Among the Trees
Home for the Holidays
Christmas has a way of beckoning us home, doesn’t it? We long for our loved ones to be seated at our holiday tables, gathered cozy in our festive living rooms, and posing for family photos at the blazing hearth. Expectations can be high and disappointments can run deep when what we want – everyone home for Christmas – isn’t what we have. We want to be home and we want everyone we love to be home with us.
Cooking & Such by Sherry Gore
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Update: There were over two hundred wonderful participants in this “Win a copy of Taste of Pinecraft by Sherry Gore.” The winner is Sandra Stover! Congratulations, Sandra!
The screen door slams for what seems like the hundredth time as my children brush past the blooming yellow mums, dashing in and out, hopeful for a little taste of something tantalizing from my kitchen.
Later, tummies are stuffed with turkey and trimmings, and the children’s play has wound down to a slower pace. They’ve gathered on the braided-rug-covered floor, taking turns playing checkers, toy cars, and Dutch Blitz. The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg mixed with creamy pumpkin filling wafts through the air as the oven timer signals the pie has baked to perfection.
Reflecting on Thanksgivings past in my home when my children were small fills me with a joy that warms my heart.
As the seasons of the year change, so do circumstances in our lives, especially as we grow older. Some changes are greeted with anticipation and are welcomed, like when our children fall in love and marry, or when a pink or blue blanket gets knitted in celebration for a little one on the way. Other changes are not so welcome and come unexpectedly, such as sickness or even the loss of a loved one.
UPDATE: There were over four hundred wonderful participants in this “Win a copy of The Christmas Singing and an Amish-made wall hanging” giveaway. Thank you to everyone who helped make this book-launch giveaway so much fun! I used Random.org to choose a number, and the winner is Mary Weed! Congratulations, Mary!
The Christmas Singing hits store shelves October 4!
Three years ago, at Christmastime, Mattie Eash’s life was everything she could hope for. That is, until her childhood sweetheart, Gideon, betrayed her.
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