…notes about life
The latest in adventures of gluten-free baking involved experimenting with various vanilla cupcake recipes. After much tweaking and several trials (see this post), the cupcakes tasted good, but the consistency was strange. I figured this was the result of trying to make a thick cake without eggs or gluten. I tried using my chocolate cake… Continue reading Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake
After coming up with a delicious gluten-free vanilla cake (see post here), I needed an equally delicious dairy and egg free icing to go on it. This is it. And I don't even like the taste of coconut all that much. I sure do with this icing though. Maybe it's all the sugar. Seriously, it's… Continue reading Coconut-Vanilla Icing
Jesus! what a friend for sinners! Jesus! lover of my soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole. Jesus! what a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in Him; Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my strength, my vict'ry wins. Jesus! what a help in sorrow! While the… Continue reading Saturday Song: Jesus What a Friend for Sinners
The struggle was real, but educational. And I did end up with a delicious cake! Recipes for cake and icing to follow. Who knows, I may even try cupcakes again. But not anytime soon... 😉
How was your week? Was it long? Busy? How about just plain rough? One of those weeks that seems like its only purpose is to remind a person how many things could go awry. Sin. Temptations. Bad attitudes. Sickness. Car trouble. Plumbing trouble. Hurt. Relational drama. Forgiveness withheld. Bitterness. Stress. Expectations. Fear. Anxiety. In the… Continue reading Saturday Song: It Is Well
Tonight I started thinking about the phrase "choose kind". More specifically, the linguistics of the phrase. It's not grammatically correct. The grammatically correct imperative would be "choose kindness". Part of the power, to me at least, is in its ungrammaticality. Using an adjective instead of a noun shakes us gently from grammatical complacency to ask… Continue reading Choose Kind: the perfectly grammatically incorrect imperative
The temperature outside is 70F and the windows are open... time to take down the tree! Real housekeeping, y'all.
thoughts and songs 