July 24, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
When I was in high school, our family spent a week with my mother’s side of the family on my great-aunt Marilyn’s cotton farm in Wichita Falls, Texas. One night, Marilyn and my great-uncle Wendel hosted a big family potluck. Everyone brought something. There were the usual suspects: fried chicken… Read story
July 17, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life
Many years ago I attended a “knitters and natters” knitting circle at a friend’s house. It was a lively group of creative, clever and accomplished women. We’d bring a potluck dinner and the host would make cocktails. The cocktails did not help with the knitting, but they sure helped with… Read story
July 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
Sometimes readers ask me how I can write so much and keep thinking of (allegedly) funny things to say, so I will tell you: It’s a struggle. I don’t mean that it’s a struggle in the same way as actual problems, like a hospitalization, forest fire or running out of… Read story
July 3, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
I was going to make a citrusy beverage to welcome the official start of summer but instead I have reached back into my childhood to make the most comforting dessert I could think of: a deep-dish summer fruit crisp. It’s a crisp and not a crumble because it has oats… Read story
June 26, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life
I have such a wonderful story to tell you! Read story
June 19, 2024, 6:01am Clark County Life
I think I’ve lost my touch. Read story
June 12, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life
Our daughter will be home from college in just a few weeks. I’m amazed that time has flown by so quickly. I’m doubly amazed at how she’s grown from someone who couldn’t pick a sock up off the floor to someone who goes grocery shopping and makes her own dinner… Read story
June 6, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life
What do journalism and barbecue have in common? It’s Rick Browne, The Columbian’s photo editor from 1998 to 2003, who was recently granted barbecue’s highest honor: induction into Kansas City’s American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame. Browne, who was also The Columbian’s restaurant reviewer from 2019 to 2020, shares the… Read story
June 5, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life
I first tasted rhubarb on a dare. The family next door to my childhood home had a son my age and sometimes we’d talk to each other through the fence between our yards. One day I went outside and there was Adam, holding what looked like a super-sized stalk of… Read story
May 29, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life
I don’t jump on every internet food fad but I occasionally see something that piques my interest. I’m skeptical of any recipe that claims to be the easiest, quickest, most mouth-watering dish ever devised. Most things on YouTube aren’t as life-changing as promised (like the gloopy crock pot cobbler I… Read story