If you have ever made homemade cranberry sauce you probably will never go back to the canned stuff again. Homemade cranberry sauce is super easy to make and it’s really, really good. I found this recipe on foodnetwork.com a few years back when I began making cornbread dressing. I get the freshly squeezed OJ from…
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Southern Homemade Cornbread Dressing
Happy Thanksgiving! Probably by now you are either done cooking dinner or the finish line is thankfully in site for you to take a breather and get off of your feet from the hours of grocery shopping, chopping veggies, seasoning meats, and baking desserts. In lieu of today, I thought I would add a couple…
Have a lovely week…
I’ve found myself trying to sort through and settle all of my thoughts and feelings as the year dwindles down. Feelings about what’s most important to me, how I’ve done so far with accomplishing the goals I set back mid-year, motherhood, the wane of time, my relationships, my career, my health, my blog, God, and…
Every Woman: Jasmine
So flashback about 20 years ago in the D (aka Detroit for those unfamiliar). Life was sweet with public school prosperity, community connection, and the best era of formative years (in my opinion). Keep pressing the plus button to zoom in even more and nostalgia will flash glimpses of me and Jasmine Donaldson (aka Jazz…
On my dad turning 80…
Last night we got all dressed up and headed to 220 Merrill in Birmingham, MI to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday. We’ve never thrown him an official party and so it was pretty nice to surprise him with something special. I suspect he had somewhat of a clue something was going down when my mom…
Does my blog matter?
It seems like I’m always a little late to join the party. Whatever that “party” is, I’ll often find myself head tilted, eyes bewildered, and left hand sprawled against my chest in Miss J form like, no one told me this was going on! One of my childhood nicknames, appointed by my dad, is ‘Slow…








