Gracious Rain

September 25, 2026September 25, 2026

Such a Good Book

I have had this book on my shelves for nearly 50 years–but never read it. Since Caddie Woodlawn fit snugly into one of the categories in my reading challenge, after alllll these years…I finally picked it up.

Oh, my goodness–was it ever my kind of book. The ending and several other chapters actually made me cry.

Imagine my surprise to find that cute little, red headed Caddie was a real girl…

who lived in a beautiful white house in Wisconsin…

with her father and mother and all her brothers and sisters.

I’m a tactile soul and so I’d love to go to the house and walk through it some day…see it and touch it.

I have no earthly idea why this kind of thing makes me so happy.

It just does.

September 24, 2026September 25, 2026

Coffee Cake Cookies

Well these cute little things were even better than I expected they’d be–and I must say–I expected them to be heavenly.

Oh, they were.

Imagine having a lovely little slice of coffee cake–anytime you like.

Oooh the sheer ridiculous decadence of eating something that feels so fancy-schmancy.

Honestly– just make them and see for yourself.

You can thank me later. Donations accepted.

Hee, hee.

Coffee Cake Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 C butter

3/4 C brown sugar

1/4 C white sugar

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 T vanilla

2-1/4 Cups flour

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp salt

3/4 tsp cinnamon

Crumb Topping

1/2 C flour

1/3 cup brown sugar

1-1/2 tsp cinnamon

5 T butter, softened

Glaze

1 C powdered sugar

2 T butter, melted

3-4 T milk

Directions

Preheat over to 365 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment

In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.

Add egg and egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.

Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until combined.

scoop by tablespoons onto parchment.

Make an indentation in each cookie with a spoon.

Refrigerate cookies while making crumb.

Crumb

Mix together flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.

Mix in softened butter with a fork.

Sprinkle about 1-2 tsps crumb topping in center of each cookie.

Bake 8-10 minutes until golden around the edges.

Let cool.

Glaze

Whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter and milk until smooth.

Drizzle over cooled cookies.

Gobble.

Coffee Cake Cookies

: Launi

Ingredients

¾ C butter
¾ C brown sugar
¼ C white sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 T vanilla
2-1/4 Cups flour
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
Crumb Topping
½ C flour
⅓ cup brown sugar
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
5 T butter, softened
Glaze
1 C powdered sugar
2 T butter, melted
3-4 T milk

Instructions

Preheat over to 365 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment
In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.
Add egg and egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.
Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until combined.
scoop by tablespoons onto parchment.
Make an indentation in each cookie with a spoon.
Refrigerate while making crumb.
Crumb
Mix together flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
Mix in softened butter with a fork.
Sprinkle about 1-2 tsps crumb topping in center of each cookie.
Bake 8-10 minutes until golden around the edges.
Let cool.
Glaze
Whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter and milk until smooth.
Drizzle over cooled cookies.

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

Rainy Days

We’ve had quite a bit of rain around here in the last week or so.

Of course, it’s never exactly enough…

for me.

That is, unless it’s flooding up onto the sidewalk.

Even then, the look of it pouring down…

the sound of it pounding on my metal roof…

and most of all the smell of it–

that makes me want to stand on the porch until I’m soaked–

it just makes me soooooo happy.

I kinda think it makes my yard happy too.

Heh, heh.

September 22, 2026September 22, 2026

My Favorite Season

At last, at last! It’s time to make a few-

–ahem–

subtle changes around here.

Happy First Day of Fall everyone!!

September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

Batman Day!

Because we have a few Batman lovers in our family–of course we know that the third Saturday in September is always–Batman Day.

The date is officially to commemorate the first Batman comic book being released in 1939. No, I wasn’t around for it. Har, har. But I have seen allllll the other versions.