tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68093564850902375812024-03-13T16:14:02.020-04:00The Days Fashioned For MeAnnemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809356485090237581.post-45115487175127848342023-07-07T11:30:00.002-04:002023-07-07T11:34:28.746-04:00Wisdom From C.S. Lewis<div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: medium;"></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: medium;">Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that the basic assumptions have been quite different in different periods and that much which seems certain to the uneducated is merely temporary fashion. A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village: the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age.</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525;"> —C.S. Lewis, “Learning in War-Time,” </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Essential-C-S-Lewis/dp/0684823748/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: white; text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.15em;" target="_blank">The Essential C.S. Lewis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525;">, 374–375</span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525;"></span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "Crimson Text"; font-size: 27.5px;"></span></div>Annemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809356485090237581.post-327545709068296212023-07-07T11:28:00.002-04:002023-07-07T11:34:45.756-04:00Debate and a Fever Pitch of Emotion<p></p><blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Merriweather Web", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"></span><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sometimes the early Christian thinkers made mistakes; sometimes they realized their statements were inadequate to safeguard the church. And when you believe, as they did, that martyrdom can never destroy the church but false teaching always will, it is understandable that sometimes discussion and debate reached a fever pitch of emotion, and occasionally harsh actions and reactions followed. It was said that it was impossible to go to the public baths without overhearing debates about the divinity of Christ!</span></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> -Sinclair </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span>Ferguson, <a href="https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/chalcedon" target="_blank">Chalcedon: A Defining Moment For The Doctrine of Christ</a></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather Web, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></span></blockquote><p></p>Annemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809356485090237581.post-89884015141090951152014-07-11T17:12:00.000-04:002014-07-11T17:12:43.858-04:00Aunt Spiffy's Spectacular Sugar CookiesHere's another great cookie recipe. I don't create the recipe, I just bake the cookies!<br />
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- 1 cup butter (softened)<br />
- 1 1/2 cups sugar<br />
- 2 eggs<br />
- 2 3/4 cups flour<br />
- 2 tsp cream of tartar<br />
- 1 tsp salt<br />
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<br />
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1. Beat together the butter, sugar, and eggs.<br />
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2. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.<br />
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3. Blend the dry ingredients into the butter/sugar/egg mixture.<br />
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4. Chill for 2 hours.<br />
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5. Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 10 minutes. (They will be puffy with cracks on top when they are done)<br />
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6. Enjoy! They are seriously yummy and highly addictive.Annemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809356485090237581.post-40363256525518286322011-11-02T14:06:00.002-04:002011-11-02T14:19:54.866-04:00Aunt Spiffy's Peanut Butter Gems<div style="text-align: center;"><u>Aunt Spiffy's Peanut Butter Gems</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>1/2 cup margarine</li><li>3/4 cup peanut butter</li><li>1/3 cup granulated sugar</li><li>1/3 cup brown sugar, packed</li><li>1 egg</li><li>2 tablespoons milk</li><li>1 teaspoon vanilla</li><li>1-1/2 cups flour</li><li>1 teaspoon baking soda</li><li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li></ul><div><ol><li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</li><li>Beat margarine and peanut butter until fluffy.</li><li>Add sugars and beat well.</li><li>Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.</li><li>Combine flour, baking soda and salt in separate bowl.</li><li>Gradually add to peanut butter mixture.</li><li>Shape into 1" balls and roll in granulated sugar.</li><li>Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.</li></ol></div></div>Annemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809356485090237581.post-35861347531255440302011-11-02T12:26:00.004-04:002011-11-02T13:15:46.286-04:00Aunt Spiffy's Blue Ribbon Oatmeal Cookies<div style="text-align: center;">Aunt Spiffy's Blue Ribbon Oatmeal Cookies</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>1 cup margarine or butter</li><li>1 cup firmly packed brown sugar</li><li>1/2 granulated sugar</li><li>2 eggs</li><li>1 teaspoon vanilla</li><li>1 -1/2 cups all purpose flour</li><li>1 teaspoon baking soda</li><li>1 teaspoon cinnamon</li><li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li>3 cups oatmeal (quick or old fashioned)</li><li>1 cup raisins</li></ul><div><ol><li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</li><li>Beat together margarine, sugars, eggs, and vanilla until creamy.</li><li>Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.</li><li>Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.</li><li>Drop by rounded tablespoons on ungreased cookie sheet.</li><li>Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.</li><li>Cool on wire rack.</li></ol></div></div>Annemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809356485090237581.post-11137716975012748872011-11-02T10:40:00.003-04:002011-11-02T13:16:47.015-04:00Aunt Spiffy's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Aunt Spiffy's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies</span></div><ul><li>1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks)</li><li>1/4 cup granulated sugar</li><li>3/4 cup brown sugar</li><li>2 eggs</li><li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract</li><li>2 1/4 cups flour</li><li>1 teaspoon baking soda</li><li>1/4 teaspoon salt</li><li>1 box instant french vanilla pudding (4.4 ounce box)*</li><li>12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips</li></ul><div><ol><li>Preheat oven to 375 degrees.</li><li>Cream butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla in large bowl.</li><li>In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt and pudding mix. Use a wire whisk to completely incorporate ingredients.</li><li>Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Beat at medium speed.</li><li>Stir in chocolate chips.</li><li>Drop by rounded tablespoons on ungreased cookie sheet.</li><li>Bake for 9 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown.</li><li>Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.</li></ol><div>*This ingredient is optional apparently, because I accidentally left it out of the ones I made for the garage sale at church and the cookies turned out fine.</div><br /></div>Annemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.com0