June « 2011 « A Small Town Girl's Guide

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’m a runner and a baker. Both of these hobbies help me relieve stress.
My running, I pound my frustrations into the pavement, have long talks with myself and wear myself out so much that there’s not enough energy left to use on worry.
Baking is my creative therapy – it allows me to create new things, [...]

Healthy Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Baking my third-ever pie was just as much fun as baking the first two. This time I waited until I got to the supermarket to decide what kind of pie to bake. I based my decision on the fruit that looked the freshest at the best price, and strawberries won out.
Once I decided on strawberries, [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Vacation Preparation

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Missouri Writers’ Guild Supports Joplin Libraries

I received the following call for submissions today from the Missouri Writers’ Guild via the Missouri Arts Council. The Guild is partnering with the Joplin Writers’ Guild to raise money to help buy books for Joplin school libraries damaged or destroyed by the May 22nd tornado.
If you are a Midwestern writer of fiction, nonfiction or poetry, this [...]

Grace in Small Things (GiST): 6/20/2011

I finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn last week, and I loved this line, found near the end of the book:
“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing,” thought Francie, “something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains – a [...]

Blueberry Pie

One of my favorite foods is a simple one – the blueberry. You can eat blueberries so many different ways; baked into muffins, mixed into pancakes, chilled with yogurt and granola, or my top choice – in blueberry pie.
Although I love to bake, I only started baking pies recently, and my attempt at a homemade [...]

Wordless Wednesday: 6/8/2011

Bananas for the Elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand (2006)

$1.35 a Scoop Asian Express

Ambiguous marketing is always good for a laugh, right?
Straying from Missouri but sticking with small towns, I spotted this sign in a small(ish) town in Colorado recently. I was – and still am – perplexed by the meaning of this sign. I’m fairly certain that this established sells liquors, but what exactly are they selling [...]

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