“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkins and snuggle weather, perfect time for pumpkin bread. Here’s the recipe I’m currently using. It is rich, crusty outside, moist inside. This year, I’ve discovered fresh pumpkin. I find it imparts a distinctive fresh and sweet taste to pumpkin bread. Very easy to make– just cut the pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and…
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National Novel Writing Month Coming in November
I saw it just yesterday– November is National Novel Writing Month 2012. I haven’t missed it! Did I want to do it? Really? Go over and take a look at the NaNoWriMo website. It is encouragement to write a novel in a month. The first (second, third, etc.) time I learned of this organization, I…
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Making My Own Journal With Quotes
I have not been able to find a journal with quotes scattered on the pages. The ones with the lovely flourish accents, the pretty typography. I used to come by them fairly easily. Maybe it’s the downturn in the economy. Likely a book with fancy-type quotes–meaning it is more a printed book– are far more…
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day After
To see more gardens from all over the world, visit the dear and generous host of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day–Carol, at May Dreams Gardens.
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Clipped Wings
My dear husband made a lovely fenced corral for the girls. Of course you know what happened. One of the red girls– I call her Lucy, after the famous red-head–quickly flew over the fence. In short order, one of the Golden Girls learned that she enjoyed joining her. It really wasn’t a big deal; neither…
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If Wishes Were Horses
The ancient nursery rhyme is recorded as ‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride,” but as my mother always said it to me in childhood, “If wishes were horses, we’d all ride.” This would be my mother’s response when I would be day-dreaming or plaguing her for something I wanted. “Mama, can I have a…
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~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 