All good things must end so that new beginnings can take their place. After ten years of writing and sharing recipes, it is time to close the book on my column. I tremendously enjoyed working in the Advertiser office after I retired from teaching. It gave me an opportunity to meet new people from the […]

Based on recent information from the United Nations, since May, global food prices have risen 18%, which is a six-year high and expected to keep climbing. Already stretched food budgets will feel increased pressures. In 2019, US households’ poorest spent 36% of their income on food, compared to 9% by the wealthiest, which is in […]

NO. LIVERMORE — North Livermore Baptist Church January 10 service: The congregation was welcome in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service.   The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “To God Be the Glory”, “Amazing Grace”, and “How Great […]

In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens penned, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season […]

NO. LIVERMORE — North Livermore Baptist Church January 3, service: The congregation was welcome in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us”, “O God, Our Help in […]

Happy Final Goodbye to 2020! Do you believe it, the year of our discontent is in the books and now on to 2021! I read that this is the longest and the shortest year we have experienced. I feel that way, weird would be a better word though. It has been a very WEIRD year! Returning […]

Merry Christmas to all of our readers! It certainly is a different holiday but we can all make the best of it and enjoy our immediate families and podmates! Who knew that the word “pod” would be spoken outside the garden, as in two peas? Cooking is a distraction during these times so add a little […]

NO. LIVERMORE — The North Livermore Baptist Church Dec. 27, service: The congregation was welcomed in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You”, “What Child Is This?”, and […]

I awakened in the middle of a recent night, thinking about how 2020 had a nearly palpable veil of continuous uncertainty. Compared to some years, we had it hard. Compared to others, we didn’t. The best thing to do, of course, is not to compare. “Comparison is the thief of joy,” claimed Theodore Roosevelt. Well, […]

For the last few weeks, I have seen the hashtags #christmasiscancelled and #christmasisnotcancelled. Of course, the Christmas spirit isn’t something that can be canceled or not canceled. Remember in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas when the Grinch puzzled over the fact that Christmas came without ribbons or tags, packages, boxes, or bags? Possible solutions to […]