#ChristmasInJuly #writingprompt Originally posted in 2010 I made myself a tisane (“tea” not made with tea leaves). It tasted good, but I waited too long to make it. If I drink some when I first get the sniffles, it’s usually efficacious, but I thought the…

#freeshortstory #ChristmasInJuly #writingprompt This story appeared in the Southern Indiana Writers Group’s anthology, NOVEL INGREDIENTS, now out of print. THE GIFT by Marian Allen “Where is it?” My father roars from the living room. Good thing I’m not baking something that might fall. “Where’s what,…

#ChristmasInJuly #writingprompt #recipe I just took about a cup of the butternut spread I made for Christmas (squash cooked till it’s soft, a little butter, a little nutmeg, a little honey, some toasted chopped pecans), stirred in a slightly beaten egg and about two tablespoons…