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Hello from Zack, hope you’re having a good week. It looks like Phil the groundhog saw his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter. I sure hope he’s wrong, I’ve got some tulips trying to come up.
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Memories and Meals
Most of the time during cooking, you’re not thinking about the memories that you’re making. You are just thinking about food. You’re also probably not thinking about how your food is going to affect others around you. You can never tell how much something is going to affect others, especially something as simple as lunch.
Dean of Marshall named to Fall 2024 Dean’s List in U of A’s Fulbright College
Olivia Dean of Marshall, Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Olivia Dean of Marshall was named to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
Remote Work
This has been a topic in the news lately, and since it affects my family and also Searcy County, I thought I might throw some thoughts around. The president (and before him, Elon Musk at Twitter- now X) have brought all the federal employees in-house to work rather than working from home. The purpose is, as I understand it, two-fold. One, they don’t believe people are as productive working from home. Two, they would like to dislodge federal workers from some cushy contracts that can’t be undone, forcing the federal workforce down and hopefully, streamlining government efficiencies and budget.
Memories, Meals and Mishaps
Food can create exceptional memories. These memories can be sad if you think of a lost family member, fond if you think of a happy memory, or funny if you think of a recipe mishap. My family has had numerous recipe mishaps from 2 cups of rum instead of 2 teaspoons in the rum pie, to adding a tablespoon of baking soda into the pancakes instead of a pinch. These mishaps, although not always funny in the moment, can create happy memories that can bring us back to loved ones we have lost as well as bring up strong feelings of admiration for those we are lucky enough to still have. Here are 3 recipes that bring about these feelings for myself and my family.
Old Town St. Joe
Well, we got our first snow of the season and what snow it was for me. I measured eight inches but when I headed out for dialysis at 5 am on Friday morning it felt like a foot of snow. Rambalt hill was filled with semi’s, one on its side and others jackknifed. But when I came home at noon the roads were clear but the back roads were still very bad. I remember in 1975 the forecast was for flurries and we got 18 inches. 10 years later the forecast was for a chance of snow and another 18 inches came the night before school was to begin after Christmas break. We were out a month both times.