"Life is like a box of chocolates ... you never know what you're gonna get." Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) As much as Americans are obsessed with living longer, it's amazing how many people don't want to be "old." As a group, we will nip and tuck, wear rhinestones all over our backsides, dye our hair… Continue reading Old, wrinkled and happy?
Author: JOY journal
After a long career writing for local newspapers — and, on rare occasions, for publications such as The Washington Post — Nora is enjoying a second wind as an innkeeper. She still blogs and does writing projects of special interest. She lives in Appalachia with her husband and a dog named Finn, who is beside himself with joy when the family's daughters have college breaks.
Bana-no pudding
Continuing an I-miss-creamy-texture theme, this week's recipe is a dairy-free version of banana pudding. It's not much to look at -- even if a better photographer had shot it -- but it tastes as good as the real thing. Enjoy! Bana-no Pudding (dairy free) Mash 3 bananas (fresh or thawed from frozen). Cover tightly and… Continue reading Bana-no pudding
Small towns, here and there
Bringing over the story of a new documentary about the universality of small towns from weelunk.com. Blessings! Nora Edinger WHEELING, W.Va. -- The odds are good you’ll see someone you know on screen if you attend the Friday premiere of a feature documentary focused on Moundsville. Marc Harshman, state poet laureate, is among those… Continue reading Small towns, here and there
I lost baby Jesus!
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 Somewhere in the dank, dark basement is a blue tub. And, in that tub is an abundance of crumpled bits of wrapping paper left over from Christmases past.… Continue reading I lost baby Jesus!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Hanukkah to Jewish readers! May there be light just all over the place.
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 