Just finished "Autumn Winds" by Charlotte Hubbard. And it gets 5 stars from me.This is the 2nd story in Seasons of the Heart series and I liked it better than the first " Summer Of Secrets" In this book The bishop is stilling trying to get Miriam to marry him. A storm brings a new man into the to...
Out of curiosity he’d passed through Higher Ground on his way home from taking Bishop Tom’s donations to the Mennonites’ missionary center in Morning Star. When he’d seen Yonnie’s sleek blue car idling in front of this new brick building—and then gliding around behind it—something had prompted hi...
Makes a wonderful accompaniment to just about any meal! 2¼ C. warm water, divided C. yellow cornmeal ¼ C. sugar 3 T. oil 2 tsp. salt 2 pkgs. (2 T.) dry yeast 2 eggs 5 to 5½ C. all-purpose flour melted butter or margarine additional cornmeal In a saucepan, combine 1¾ C. water, cornmeal, sugar,...
I prefer to use the old-fashioned rolled oats in everything I bake, but the quick-cooking version will work fine, too. This recipe is a lifelong favorite of my nieces and nephews, always moist and chewy, with lots of raisins, nuts, and cinnamon. 1 C...
She gripped her sisters’ hands—refused to let go when Tiffany tried to pull away. It was one thing to behave as a bishop, who took charge of keeping his flock on the path toward salvation; it was downright rude to talk about Tiffany as though she weren’t sitting right in front of him. “And just w...
Millie remarked as she scanned the folks coming out of Micah and Rachel Brenneman’s house after the church service. It was a bit cooler on this August Sunday, so the women had suggested putting blankets and lawn chairs between the apple trees in the orchard and serving the common meal as a picnic...
Bishop Floyd had allowed her and her sisters and renters to keep the phone in the lodge kitchen because so many people shared it. Even so, it was silly to think Truman might return the message she’d left him only ten minutes earlier, because he often took his mother to afternoon activities at the...
Being seated among the younger women—Annie Mae Wagler, Millie Glick, Rachel, and Rhoda—had made the long morning pass more quickly, and she’d been able to watch Rachel handling baby Amelia, who’d made her first appearance in church today. Isaiah was with Miriam because Nurse Andy had instructed t...
Dat had left after breakfast for an estate sale in Morning Star, where he’d read that several old clocks were being auctioned off. Loretta had gone to Simple Gifts first thing to tell Nora she wouldn’t be working there—but she’d come home with a big bag of fabric remnants she’d bought at the Will...
While Noah was at work, she painted inside two more cabins. As she helped Rosetta prepare the evening meal, she began a list of baking staples to buy at the mercantile in Forest Grove. “I’ve been thinking I could sell breads and goodies at the produce stand,” she explained. “I can put the money t...