A Taste of the World: Exploring Global Flavors in Rural America
It is 1964. Imagine, for a moment, being a young student from Korea, Vietnam, or Jamaica. You arrive in an unfamiliar small town in rural America to attend a university…
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Staying Peachy: My Trek to Rendleman Orchards
I count myself blessed to live in the same place my ancestors settled over 200 years ago. Just a short drive south of my hometown are rolling hills and fertile…
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Pimento Cheese Wontons
My girlfriends and I took a weekend trek to Tennessee to visit part of the whiskey trail. On a weekend trek, we only managed to get to two distilleries! We…
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Memorial Day 2015
I wanted to share a few photos from the Memorial Day ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale, Illinois. Woodlawn is our oldest cemetery and is where all of the founding…
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Pumpkin Picking
September in Southern Illinois can be hot or cold … or both on the same day! Autumn approaches, regardless, and pumpkins and apples are ripe for the picking. Noodle, Grandma Debbie,…
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Strawberry Picking Adventure
One of our first adventures this summer was to Blueberry Hill Farm this past weekend where Noodle was able to pick strawberries for the first time! She also took advantage…
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Kid Friendly Summer Photo Project
When Noodle was about 3 years old, we bought her a VTech Kidizoom Camera for Christmas. She loves it. It doesn’t take the best photos, but for a toddler who’s…
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Pleasant Grove Memorial Park
My Grandpa Raines always took care to place flags on grave sites of his veteran ancestors … my mom would handle flowers for the rest. Grandpa’s people are…
