January/February 2012
Happy New Year!
To help deal with the season's chills and shivers, YVLM brings you some simple yet nutritional and satisfying slow cooker recipes, a crash course on Soup and not just one, but two Best Yadkin Valley Cooks plus lots more of our foodsandflavors regular features.
Staying healthy when we're forced to stay indoors during the winter season can be more challenging but our health experts offer some useful tips.
Winter doesn't have to bleak and flowerless...Craig tells us how to force blooms from our favorite tree branches and there are always houseplants waiting to be adopted and cared for.
The cozy, warm feeling that defines a home depends on many factors though at the very top of the list is simply an abundance of love. No matter if it's an adult or a child, love supercedes all the unpleasantness and impatience that can occur during a day. Who ever would have thought the shrouded mystery surrounding one 5th century saint, Valentine, that is, would result in over 141 million "I love you" cards being sent? Why limit your devotion, romance and thoughtful deeds to just one day in February...
the love bite
when we were small children, my parents were kept very busy. It was hard for them to spend time together or have any type of relationship. my mother was good at doing little things to make my father remember her. as she made his lunch, she would put in special things or write him a note on his napkin. my favorite was his sandwich. sometimes she just took a bite out of my father’s sandwich. I asked my mother why she did that. she said since she couldn’t be with my father for lunch, it was a “love bite.” so when time gets short and i think there is nothing special i can do, i remember there’s always time...
at least for a “love bite.”— — katie martin—
See you in two months with our music issue and lots on spring
and gardening to read about. Happy reading!
Barbara
barbara@yadkinvalleyliving.com
On the cover: Oatmeal pound cake!
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