Here’s a good one.  Somebody figured out private school educated, college trained and Harvard law school graduate Barack Obama is an elitist.  Like he’s not poor and has a partisan outlook that doesn’t suffer fools lightly.  What can you do.  It takes more than a village, it takes all kinds. It... read more

As I sit here, typing and dunking my cookies into tea at the same time (as voiced by my articles in “A Love/Hate Affair with Tea” early this month and “It’s Always Somethin” n October) I found myself wondering about people’s favorite Christmas or Holiday cookies. My mother... read more

Tea is somewhat of an enigma in my life. I don’t feel the same way about coffee, so today’s question is, “What is it about tea?” My first memory of tea was when I about 7. My uncle was visiting. In my house, no one drank tea, so when I saw a pitcher of something dark in the refrigerator, I... read more

As if we don’t have enough parameters that separate and divide us, there is the difference between those who carefully follow recipes and those who just throw an unspecified amount of any old thing into a pot…guess into which category I fall? The other night, we had a guest over and my husband asked... read more

Let me just say, I love orange juice. I always have and always will. To me, it’s so much better than that over-sweet apple juice, too-thick tomato juice, and nasty-bite pineapple juice. You’d think it would be a simple matter to buy OJ, but of course nothing is easy. A few nights ago I ran into... read more

Mudd is simple and easy to make and is a great summer treat.  This will be featured at www.pattianncolt.com, in a section of this romance writer’s website that showcases characters and their recipes!  P.S. Patti is my husband’s aunt, but even if she weren’t family, I’d still... read more

One of the first books I ever read about investing around the time it originally came out was called “The Money Game,” by “Adam Smith,” a pseudonym for a man named George Goodman, who has had a quite nice career as a financial commentator, a book, by the way, that is still being... read more

There are thousands of chili recipes from around the world using a vast variety of ingredients and suited towards any taste.  For those with simpler tastes, try my original recipe, made easy in your favorite slow-cooker or crockpot.  True Texas-style chili has no beans added, but experimentation is... read more

I was recently tasked with bringing a breakfast casserole to a morning meeting, but wasn’t sure what to include to entice everyone’s appetites.  I decided to create on my own recipe - with my adventuous husband’s help, of course! The result was a casserole that was quickly devoured. ... read more

The men that New Zealand and Australia sent to fight at Gallipoli in World War I were collectively known as the Australia-New Zealand Army Corp, or ANZACS. Both of these countries honor the men who fought for us with an annual public holiday which falls on April 25. In New Zealand this day also officially... read more