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This is something of a public service announcement. Bread is pretty special. If you get even halfway decent at making it, you will never have to wonder what to bring to family gatherings and such because it’s special. It is also easy. There is a single big pitfall that is easy to avoid— killing the yeast. The yeast is what makes those marvelous air bubbles that make the bread poof up. It’s rugged, reliable stuff and about the only thing I know of that you can do to kill it is to add something that is too hot.

Hello to all of you. I hope you are all well and about ready for Christmas. It won’t be long until it will be here. We are having our family get together this Saturday at the Chimes Community Center then on Christmas day we will be going to Clinton to my sister, Nettie’s home for the four sibling’s Christmas time together. There will be a few extras there, but I don’t know for sure just who.

Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. Although it has been really chilly in the mornings, even frosty one might say. Winter has really not yet begun. I really love living in the Ozarks this time of year, when it is cool and warm then cool again. We have had the loveliest Fall weather and some just glorious days of sunshine the sunrises and sunsets have been magnificent with a lot of brilliant magenta and deep purple hues. There have been a couple of days that started out kind of gloomy, but the sun burst through clouds as if heaven had opened its gates.

The weather has been pretty variable the past week. At least the snow went past us. We could use some rain however. Last Friday I pruned the holly bushes way down. They were coming out from the bottom. The top was still growing, and way over the porch rail.

Hope everyone is doing well. The weather is cool but we are having some sunshine.

It has been two weeks or so since I’ve got any news in. I have been in the hospital or staying at Kids to make sure everything stays okay. My kids have been extra good at taking care of everything I needed in the hospital or out. The last thing I remember writing was at Thanksgiving. Hope everyone had a good one and now it is almost Christmas time. We are going to have our Christmas this year at Kim’s. Can’t believe 2023 is almost gone and Christmas is once again to be celebrated. Jesus is the Reason for the Season. This year I won’t be putting up or taking down Christmas decorations…but I do miss putting them up.

Hello and Merry Christmas from all of us on Zack Ridge. Won’t be long till the day has arrived.

Finished on the Christmas shopping I’m going to do. Yeah! Hope all of you can say the same.

Good morning friends and neighbors. Well, this morning we definitely woke up to winter! I hate to be too cold, but, like Baby Bear, I want the temperature just right. Low 60s, high 80s...perfect temperature!

Hi everyone. Today is Thursday.