Chocolate Bombs are something I came across lately that looked intriguing. They are a sort of all-in-one container for hot chocolate lovers. Drop a bomb in your mug and add hot water or milk. Watch your bomb explode with cocoa, marshmallows, peppermint, or whatever you choose to add to your drink!
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I was looking for something new to add to my Halloween recipe collection when a friend gave me the idea of a scary eyeball cake, after I made a yogurt and berry cake that ended up looking rather...bloody. I started experimenting with a way to create one. I had the berry cake portion that makes the exterior of the eyeball figured out. It was the interior part of the eyeball that was causing me problems. Deviled Peeps You've probably seen the cute Easter snacks you can make that don't exactly resemble the picture. These peeps really do turn out like the picture and are super easy to make. Boil your eggs the way you normally would. Peel the eggs and dip in dyes like you would an Easter egg (make sure you use a dye that doesn't require vinegar. Ick!). You can cut them in half and remove the yolks first, but it isn't necessary. I did it that way so that I could make the filling while the eggs soaked in dye. Make your deviled egg filling and stuff the colored shells, putting a cap on each peep. I used tiny slivers of carrot for the noses and black olives for the eyes. See? Simple! When the holidays arrive, I tend to forget about anything but baking cookies and making fun holiday edibles. This year is no different. I started first with my favorite, sugar cookies. Last year, while visiting an Amish store, I ran across some nice cookie cutters that I thought would be a great addition to my collection, which consisted of some very small cookie cutters and some giant cookie cutters. The giant cookie cutters I used when I was a library supervisor of college work-study students years ago. I used to make each student one giant cookie complete with all the fancy decorations. The new cookie cutters were a medium size, a mitten and a snowflake. I figured that even when Christmas was over and the winter lingered, I could still use them and they wouldn't be inappropriate. I made these cookies to eat at home. Maybe I'd let my husband have one or two. |
I remember the excitement of visiting the public library as a child. The magic and suspense of reading favorites like The Velvet Room and The Secret Garden tugged at my imagination. Biographies of George Washington Carver and Betsy Ross allowed me to see the lives of those who came before me and to appreciate their accomplishments. Poetry collections like my favorite The Tall Book of Poems, which I took with me on sleepovers, introduced me to a range of poetry where I could consider how the placement and rhythm of words affected your mood – sometimes bouncy, other times melancholy. Plus, I really loved the way that book felt in my small hands. My goal in writing children’s books, I think, is an attempt to recreate those feelings, those early years of reading books where everything seemed possible.
I received an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and won the Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award from SCBWI. I worked as a Children's Librarian for 20 years and still prefer to read books written for young people. I have two Cavapoo dogs named Prince Albert and Daisy Wu, and a black kitten named Mortimer. I am married and split time between homes with my husband Rod in Dayton, OH and in Cadiz, KY where we enjoy our pontoon boat on Lake Barkley.
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