Showing posts with label trust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trust. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Golden Girl - Mary Kennedy, Author



Oatmeal bars(Mary Kennedy's own special recipe)

Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 and 1/2 cups oats, either quick cook or regular
1 cup brown sugar (I use light brown)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
8 oz of jam (I usually use 14 oz)
1 and 3/4 sticks butter

Directions:
Mix dry ingredients. Cut in chilled butter. Place half the mixture in a 9 x 13 inch pan. Press down with fingertips. Spread jam on top. Spread the remaining oatmeal mixture on top. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes. Cool and cut into squares or bars.


Golden Girl - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat, Think With Your Taste Buds: A Book and A Dish

Amber Fielding may be young but that doesn't stop her from enjoying a life of luxury to its fullest.  Her father, who owns one of the best hotels in South Beach, has made sure she wants for nothing but also that a price comes with everything which includes her working for what she has.

Her beauty won her a feature in Teen Vogue and she has now become an item of publicity but the publicity manager her father found for her isn't quite what she had dreamed of.  Then she meets Nick Crawford who is doing a documentary on the architect of South Beach.  Not only is Nick 'hot' he also seems to have an attraction to Amber and has promised to include shots of she and her best friends in his documentary.  But... there is something not quite right.  He seems to be attracted to her friend Shay too.  And when he sends a beautiful arrangement of flowers to her friend Zia, that really struck a note with Amber.  He was becoming her boyfriend, wasn't he?

Being the owner of a hotel like the Fielding often has its perks.  One of the perks turned out to be Johnny Wilde and his band The Changelings booking the whole 11th floor of the hotel.  So when Amber is invited to the after party she can't wait.  This was going to be fun, or was it?

Author Mary Kennedy has written a book that follows Amber Fielding and her best friends through good times as well as bad.  She has given Amber character with morals as she takes her through trust and believing in people, but also shows how that trust can sometimes be deceiving.  This book is one that I feel most young ladies would enjoy reading and even learn a little from.


Sunday, July 15, 2012

Whispering Cypress, B. J. Robinson, Author


Southern Fried Catfish B. J. Robinson Style
(Hackett and Spring enjoy catfish caught from Whispering Cypress River)

Crisco Oil, a pan full, usually one bottle
5 lbs. Catfish filet for two-three people
Yellow cornmeal or Zatarain's Fish Fry
One egg
One cup of milk

Coat catfish with a mixture of egg and milk. Roll in cornmeal or fish fry. Pan fry once grease is hot until crispy golden brown. You may wish to add lemon, Tony Chachere's or other seasonings to taste. You may also cook catfish nuggets in the same manner. Drain on paper towels.

If you're like Hackett and Spring, you might have catfish for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. You will need to increase ingredients for more people if they enjoy eating fish like these characters. Depending upon your taste, golden brown homemade french fries and a garden salad can complete the meal.

Homemade French Fries Spring Style

Five pounds of red potatoes peeled and sliced and a separate pan of Crisco, so you will need another bottle of Crisco. You don't want to cook the potatoes in the same grease. You can choose to leave the red skin on and slice or peel. Wash potatoes before and after slicing. Drain on paper towels.

Whispering Cypress – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

“Breaking news, just in.  A young woman was found beaten near Whispering Cypress Campground early this morning.  She’s listed in critical condition in Pines Lake Hospital.  Details are pending notification of the family, but we’ll have more at noon.”  Hackett’s mouth fell wide open, and he dropped the spatula he used to flip the pancakes.  “I think I just lost my appetite.”  Spring gasped.  “Oh no, you don’t think it was Logan, do you?  She wouldn’t have committed suicide would she?”  Before he could answer, she rasped, “Near Whispering Cypress Campground.  That’s all we need for new business.”  “That’s all I need is for it to be her.”  His eyes met hers and his face was chalk white.  “I don’t think she would’ve killed herself, though she was afraid to tell her daddy and the father of the baby.”  She ran her palm over her heart.  “This can’t be happening.  Of all things.  Not now.  Not this.”  Her mind spun and froze on a point.  “What about the baby?  Do you think it’s dead?” 

After ten years away from the place and the person she loves most in the world, Spring Showers has returned to Whispering Cypress Campground as its new owner.  A decade earlier she had left the love of her life Hackett Woods without even saying goodbye.  She had left the campgrounds the two had spent many days loving each other and enjoying the beauty created by God.  But he had left her first while trying to fit in with his friends.  After a night of drinking and a morning hangover, Hackett discovered his friends weren’t what he really wanted.  It was Spring, not them.

Now she’s back, just as God had planned it.  They would be given a second chance to make up for their lost years and to unite in their love for each other.  Or would they?  Someone is trying to, if not run her off, at least persuade Spring to stay away from Hackett.  Could it be Logan who claims to be pregnant with Hackett’s baby?  Or is it Barrett,  a friend of Springs who has come down for a visit and hopes to talk her into returning to the city with him?  When she refuses to leave he does become an enemy out for revenge.  Or could it be someone that wants the camp for themself? 

I will give a hint and say that things always work out the way God has planned them, even if it takes a few years to happen.  He always has a reason for events and happenings, even though we may not understand or even know his reasons.  What we may see as a tragedy happens for a reason known only to Him.  But in the end, it always comes together and we find understanding and comfort in His superior ways.  This all made sense to me as I read Whispering Cypress.  As I followed each event/tragedy as it unfolded, at first I didn’t understand why God would allow some of them to happen, then the reason came and it all made sense.  Good people have bad times but instead of making them weaker, if they believe in God, it will make them stronger in their beliefs and bring them more joy than they could ever imagine money or good times bringing.  Whispering Cypress is a very warming story of true faith.  I love it.

 
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