Tinker
Cookies
1/2 lb. butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter, add sugar, egg, flavoring and
flour. (Measure flour before sifting)
Put dough in a press. Make
cookies and place on an unbuttered cookie sheet. Bake 5-6 minutes or until light brown.
(These
cookies are called "Tinker Cookies" because my great aunt made them
every time we'd go to Reno. Wendy
Coblentz)
It's Your Fault - Review
by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds;
A Book and A Dish
I had followed the recommendations from the exercise teacher,
physical therapist, yoga instructor, and pain psychologist. My brain
surged into overload with advice. The therapist whose expertise was
human and equine neurofeedback suggested I eliminate dairy, meat, gluten,
sugar, and salt form my diet, dismissing my pleas that I would
starve. A practitioner advised using the $75 water pillow for better
alignment. I spent a week of sleepless nights sloshing around on the
high seas. I began to second-guess myself with every move, ranging
from how I walked to how I picked up a pencil, always wondering if I was doing
anything right. The lure of alternative medicine was leading me into
the bowels of despair. I felt batted around like a tether ball,
dangling in the wind when the game was over - and my back still hurt.
When I picked up this book to read I thought "boy, someone
who has the same problem I have - back pain." Most people
either know someone who has a back problem or have the problem
themselves. If you happen to be someone who doesn't have or
never have had back problems, there is no way you can fully understand what we
go through. There is, of course, tremendous pain that you have
no control over. Then there is the constant moaning that eventually
seems to get on everyone's nerves. We finally learn to live with our
pain but at the expense of our own sanity, which is at times controlled by meds
and tears. Then there are the doctors. I really believe
that one qualification a doctor must have is to experience back pain themselves
before proclaiming to understand or treating our problem.
Fortunately for me, and others who read this book, we now have a
list of just about every treatment that has been created. Wendy
Coblentz takes us through how every treatment is supposed to work and how it
really works. This book will save you so much money by giving you a
choice of what might and might not work for you by following how it worked for
the Author.
It is like a dictionary of back treatments, but it's more
than a book of possible medical treatments for the back. The humor
woven throughout gave me another laugh that I could relate to. The
Author's raising of a son brought back memories of my raising a rebellious
daughter of my own. This book is not just for those who have
back problems, it's actually for everyone. I loved it!