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...

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...

The legendary band of “Four Thieves” of centuries long ago, were said to give the world an effective way to ward off illness despite their ill deeds. While we don’t consult a band of thieves for wellness advice, this method is a well-known exception.

But first, the Legend of the “Four Thieves.”

During a Bubonic Plague outbreak in France in the early 1400s, a band of thieves robbed anything of value from people dying of the plague. The precautions they took before robbing kept them from...