“Hurrah for the Pumpkin Pie!” Lydia Maria Child 1844 — Novelist, Journalist, Poet I remember Libby’s jingle from when I was a kid — If it says Libby’s, Libby’s, Libby’s on the label, label, label — You will like it, like it, like it on your table, table, table, and as Americans, we have loved […]
An Irish Christmas Blessing May you be blessed with the spirit of the season Which is peace, The gladness of the season Which is hope, And the heart of the season Which is love. ~Unknown The Tradition While preparing oyster stew for my family some years ago, I called my mother and asked why we […]
A century ago parents had the same concerns for their children’s health and nutrition as parents of today. Printed in the October 1921 volume of The Farmer’s Wife – A Magazine for Farm Women is an article sharing a community’s success in providing a warm noon meal for their school children through the help and […]
A century ago parents had the same concerns for their children’s health and nutrition as parents of today. Printed in the October 1921 volume of The Farmer’s Wife – A Magazine for Farm Women is an article sharing a community’s success in providing a warm noon meal for their school children through the help and […]
June 14, 2022June 12, 2022 ~ Syringa Hello, again History Lovers, In an effort to help struggling farm women supplement their farm income, Home Demonstration Agents encouraged women to not only grow gardens for their own sustenance but to grow more than what the family needed. The excess could then be marketed in a new […]