Dad’s Shrimp Dip

Dad’s Shrimp Dip

Dad’s Quick and Easy Shrimp Dip With summer fast approaching, here is a tasty shrimp dip that is easy to make and is always popular with a crowd. Ingredients: 2 cans of tiny shrimp 16 ounce container of sour cream 1 package of dry onion soup mix salt and pepper...
Adam’s Return From Japan

Adam’s Return From Japan

  Parents want to know their children are safe, happy and healthy, and we are no exception. Having Adam in Japan has been difficult for us – first it was the realization that he was living and working 6700 miles away and we would rarely see our son. As time...
The Story of the Easter Lamb Cake

The Story of the Easter Lamb Cake

The Easter Cake Disaster   When I was a child, one of my grandmother’s Easter traditions was to make adorable butter lambs for our Easter table. Grandmother prepared several of these lambs – pressing softened butter into fragile plastic molds that she later decorated...
My first Passover Seder

My first Passover Seder

Reflections on Seder Earlier this week I attended my first Passover Seder and it was a memorable experience. I was raised Catholic and until adulthood I had never heard of a Seder.   For those of you who are not Jewish, this is a ritual dinner that marks the beginning...
Views from my window –  Where is home?

Views from my window – Where is home?

I sit here writing away, looking across a parking lot and surrounded by high rise apartments. I believe that home is where the family is and that’s all that is truly important. At the same time I know it is next to impossible not to become attached to certain places...