Adelaide’s Queen Cakes Recipe
“I am quite sure Mamma won’t mind, as long as we are home in time to bake the Queen Cakes.” “Are we having Queen Cakes?” cried Gail, with a skip…
Read moreHearts at Home
What does it really mean to have hearts at home? Several years ago I was listening to my minister’s wife as she talked to a group of young women about…
Read moreTimeless Tips from Mentors of the Past
Timeless tips. They sound pretty durable, anyway. The kind of thing your mother or grandmother would pass on to you, as you sit on the porch some lazy afternoon, with…
Read moreIs Home Ec Just for High School?
Is Home Ec just for high school? If you have ever seen a little child up to their elbows in rice crispy square batter (or dough, or whatever you call…
Read moreWhere Do You Find a Homemaking Role Model?
I don’t know how to be thankful enough for the homemaking role model I had growing up. Sure, my mother didn’t know everything—many things she was still figuring out for…
Read moreHow to Keep Kids Busy in the Summer
“So then I told them they could have free time—and they went and weeded the garden!” Yes, I actually heard a mom making the above remark, one week after school…
Read more26 Ways to Serve Plain Old Vegetables
Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past is an ongoing series highlighting useful and thought provoking tidbits from the generations of homemakers who have gone before us. Our goal at…
Read moreWhy Is Kitchen Dust Sticky?
I used to keep my teacup collection on top of the kitchen cupboards. I don’t anymore. I used to have to thoroughly wash each teacup before I used it—now I…
Read moreHow to Make Dusting Beautiful
Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past is an ongoing series highlighting useful and thought provoking tidbits from the generations of homemakers who have gone before us. Our goal at…
Read moreHow to Memorize When You Don’t Have Time
Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past is an ongoing series highlighting useful and thought provoking tidbits from the generations of homemakers who have gone before us. Our goal at…
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