It’s my first post of 2020!  I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to start a new decade 🙂 For me, 2019 was marked by soul-warming visits with friends and family, countless hours and dollars refurbishing our ’74 VW bus, awesome rides in that bus we named “Luna,” learning how to play the bass…
authentic florida
Corn Pone with Swiss Chard
I first read The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings when I was 12 years old.  I just read it again, ending in a puddle of tears.  This story about a family of early settlers in Florida after the Civil War really pulls at the heartstrings! Jody was the only surviving child of Penny & Ora Baxter….
Bay Scallops Casserole
My friend Karen, along with her family and friends, recently went on a scalloping trip to Crystal River, Florida. During scallop season, a steady stream of folks head there to snorkel and collect as many scallops as they’re allowed to get.  Apparently there was a bumper crop this year, ’cause the Johnson clan came home…