• alpaca,  grandma,  knitting

    Blogging from A to Z: Knitting

    Über soft scarf knitted from alpaca fiber. My grandmother was a big knitter. She’d knit sweaters and afghans for all of her grandchildren. If you were pregnant, your newborn would receive a knitted sweater, booties and hat, all hand-made by my Grandma. One of my most prized possessions to this day is the collection of knit clothing she made for my Barbie dolls. She made a skirt and blouse combo, a stole (women had those in the 60s and 70s), dresses and many other items. She must have knit them with teeny weeny needles because I’ve never seen such fine stitchery. I thought I was the luckiest girl in the…

  • grandma,  Jell-O®,  recipe

    Blogging from A to Z: Jell-O®

    As soon as I found out about the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, I knew I wanted to write about Jell-O®. My grandma Rose was the first person I knew to use this amazing product wholeheartedly. She’d return from her weekly bridge parties with new recipes from the hostesses. And, she’d create a few of her own tasty wonders. She would make fluffy desserts, beautiful gelatin molds, fruity and aspic-y salads and amazing pies, all with Jell-O®. Jell-O® is one of those amazing brandnomer (genicized trademark) success stories like Xerox® and Kleenex®. You don’t ever say, “I’d like some flavored gelatin.” You say, “Gimme some raspberry Jell-O®!” It was…