Mom was a great cook and she loved to fill our farm table with country cooking. When Mom passed, I inherited a wealth that can never be replaced: her recipe folder. Good Food and Family shares some of the recipes she wrote down as well as a few of my personal favorites from some of my siblings. I have also thrown in some of the antics that I, as the oldest of 8, can get by with sharing! I hope you enjoy trying the recipes; I have left a blank page in front of each so you can fine tune anything that Mom left out. Walk with me down memory lane as we explore good food and family memories. ...
Posted by Sheila Llewellyn on 11/01/2024
Our God Is Bigger Than That! begins as the sun rises on the farm, and baby farm animals face their individual fears throughout the day. All discover a simple truth―God’s much bigger than their fears. As the sun sets on the farm, the farmer’s little daughter is headed to bed, yet she is afraid of the dark. She faces her fear, too. The same repeated stanza: “God’s greater than your greatest fear. He knows just where you’re at. No matter what you face in life― Our God is bigger than that!” continues throughout the book, with only “the source of the...
Posted by Michelle Medlock Adams on 01/17/2024
paperback Summer on Grandma’s Farm is another enlightening adventure for Tim and Gerald Ray! It is summer break and the boys are going to their grandma's farm for a couple of weeks. During their adventure of taking care of the cows, chickens and gardens they get chased by a rooster, they discover the answer to another question about God. "How can three be in one? God the Father, God the Son “Jesus Christ” and God the Holy Spirit are one yet three separate. How can that be?" Go to grandma's farm along with the boys and discover the answer! ...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 06/22/2023
Within “Dancing with Lewy”, readers meet two individuals, Lee and Nancy. Lee was born into a large farming family just before the Great Depression. He was a World War II Veteran, self-made businessman, artist, poet, and a man who would give a stranger his last nickel. Lee’s third daughter, Nancy, is practical, organized, pragmatic, a writer, and equals her father in a passion for life. Nancy was determined to take the helm when Lee’s mind began “dancing” with Lewy body dementia even though he resolved to remain independent while his mind slipped away. Within...
Posted by Nancy Poland on 12/05/2020
Farm Days is a collection of stories and adventures of a Midwestern family farm in the 20th Century. It’s a remembrance of a simpler time without distractions of satellite television, personal computers, and cell phones. It’s a reflection of a time when working together as a family was essential for accomplishing a day’s work, yet experiencing adventures together was commonplace. As you turn the pages of Farm Days, you’ll breathe in the sweet smell of freshly-baled hay, glide across an icy pond, cry as favorite pets die, feel the rush of the wind as you soar from...
Posted by Susan Lawrence on 09/24/2018
The title of this study starts off with the word “cultivate” as does each of the chapter titles. “Cultivate” is a word used a lot in farming or agriculture and it means to prepare the land or the ground for use. It means to loosen or break up the soil. It further means to improve by labor, care or study. The heart is that ground that initially needs to be prepared by God to receive the seed of His Word. https://www.amazon.com/Cultivate-Heart-Vera-Leray-Warner/dp/0741458675/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493132900&sr=8-1&keywords=Cultivate+My+Heart...
Posted by Vera LeRay Warner on 04/25/2017
