Deborah S. Tukua

"My Grandmama is My Grandmama," is a story I wrote about the exciting day two of our grandchildren were officially adopted by our son and his wife. The true account is featured...

The second half of December was quiet, and productive. While recuperating from surgery, I made use of my “still” time, writing a children’s story I started a few years ago. The...

The month of November was all about decorating for Thanksgiving and celebrating the anniversary of our beloved Pastor and family. There wasn’t just one table to decorate. So, it...

It’s no surprise, cheerful daffodil blooms symbolize new beginnings, birth, joy, and happiness. Their presence in the bleakness of winter reminds us to have hope. Daffodils are sometimes called jonquils, narcissus, and buttercups.

Here’s a list of 10 things we love about growing daffodils, our favorite, late winter, early spring flowers.

1. It’s the first bright, cheerful flower to burst forth on the winter landscape, reminding us that spring will come sooner than later. No wonder it’s the...

Mini chocolate and peanut butter cups are the perfect size to pop in your mouth. I love chocolate peanut butter cups, but I also love dark chocolate. Since I can't find any peanut butter cups with dark chocolate at the stores, I make my own melt in your mouth, sweet treats. While I was at it, I tweaked the ingredients, giving it a healthy, yet luscious makeover. Here's my recipe.

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Recipe

Yield: 1 dozen mini cups

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unrefined, virgin coconut oil

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If you build a cabin in the country, groundhogs will build burrows underneath and move in. When you aren’t looking, the sneaky critters will steal the leaf mulch from your flower beds and line their beds underground.

Before you know it, spring will arrive. Mama groundhog and her babies will run around your yard, nibbling on this and that. They’ll eat all the sunflower seeds from the dish you set out for the adorable chipmunk.

Then one of Mama’s young’uns...