by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 22 I inherited my mom’s cookbooks. In the stack is a spiral bound cookbook she had purchased from one of my children’s school fund raisers: Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Cookbook. Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Cookbook I like to read cookbooks,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 21 Baking an apple pie? Which apples should you choose? One afternoon — when I was a novice at all things baking — I stood in front of the bins of apples in our grocery store’s fresh produce section, totally confused...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 19 On Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day, in the spirit of the Irish, I decided we would write limericks. “We” refers to my daughter’s three youngest children, teenagers who school at home, and me. I teach their writing...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 18 It was a lovely day by the sea. I.We started the day with a cup of coffee perked in our hotel room. It was not just any cup of coffee; it was Oregon Fog, a special blend from Sleepy Monk Coffee Roasters. As they say, “It’s...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 17 In the tradition of the Irish, I had a delicious lunch of corn beef, boiled potatoes and carrots, and a braised cabbage wedge at the MarKum Inn with my husband. Irish Dinner Corn Beef, Potatoes, Carrots, Cabbage MarKum Inn Mt. Angel,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 16 In celebration of the Irish, I share this limerick slice. Limericks first appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century and were popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. They were combined and sung as traditional...
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