Author: Christy

After graduating from Eupora High School, I attended Mississippi State University where I majored in Social Studies Education. In 2004, I completed my Master of Education from Belhaven University and became National Board Certified in 2005. In May 2020, I completed my Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from Belhaven University. I retired after 25 years of teaching. In my spare time, I love to garden, read, and take care of my ducks and chickens and now bees!

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager : article – Thomas Jefferson/Dr. Benjamin Rush, maple sugar, and the abolition of slavery

  The setting of this book takes place in Vermont. It is a struggle to find unique recipes of books with settings in the United […]

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The Death of Mrs Westaway and Orange Doughnut Bites (from Poldark Cookbook)

  Poldark.  Need I say more!  I have been waiting for Amazon to release the last season to no avail!!!!  I came across this cookbook, […]

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Trials of the Earth – Part 3: Homeward Bound

  Last year, I read a rather fascinating read about a pioneering family that settled in the Mississippi Delta (in Mississippi – not Arkansas).  Here […]

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The Chestnut Man and chicken noodle soup (Hønsekødssuppe)

  Above: Walnut man (Mississippi version of a chestnut man)…a gift from bookclub 😀 Ok…so if you have been reading my blogs, you know that […]

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

Sorry, no recipe.  Since this book takes place in the United States (and today is Thanksgiving), there is not much of anything unique I want […]

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The Breakdown and Devilled Eggs (apparently spelled with two “l”s in British recipes)

 Recipe link Surely you do not need a recipe for deviled eggs but just in case you do, I have included one.  I actually like […]

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Forty Autumns: A Family’s Story of Courage and Old German Banana Bread

  Recipe link Honestly, I had some bananas I needed to use so found this recipe. To the book… I loved this book.  How many […]

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