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I get a fair number of questions about how I get it all done. The canning and the cooking and the gardening may well seem like never-ending drudgery to some.

One of my favorite “must haves” for the holiday season is Cherry Bread. The bread is much like a banana bread–a super easy quick bread, but with a punch.

We’ve changed!! Winter 2013 operating hours at our Kidron store: Monday – Thursday: 9 am to 5 pm; Friday & Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm.

Think about paring down though January 6, the celebration of Epiphany, when the Wise Men visited and gave gifts to the infant Jesus, with no thought of return. Gather your own ‘gifts’, things that will help those less fortunate.

Start to cook with good lard and you will wonder how you ever managed without it. I can guarantee people will be asking for you secret ingredient!

So it is important that no matter how self-sufficient you want to become that you remember you really are part of a larger world. Getting out and meeting people is vital, especially in farming communities which have been hit by the economic downturn.

This recipe is a favorite in my family. It’s simple to make – no flour or messy dough. Plus, it will please the chocolate lovers in any crowd. The secret ingredient? Saltine crackers.

Add a touch of nostalgia and joyful toe-tapping music to your holiday. Bring out the epic, the madrigal, the joyful, and the majestic in replacement for the jazzy, shallow Christmas music of today.