Archive for December, 2008

Dear Friends,
Happy Holidays! 
I hope you are all ready for Christmas—or at least feeling at peace about your current level of “readiness.”  We here at Echowood are ready and very excited (the kids especially, of course).  This is actually something of an oddity for us—to feel and be ready for Christmas when it comes.  Ever since [...]

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Recipe: Cranberry Coffee Cake

My mom shared this recipe with me years ago.  It’s perfect to make around the holidays, when cranberries are so readily available at all the grocery stores.  I like to stock up and freeze them, so I can make this wonderful coffee cake year-round.  It’s a special treat for breakfast—or anytime!—and definitely goes great with [...]

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On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Dear Friends,
I greet you with nerves in knots.  It’s been so long since I posted anything here, you’ve all likely given up on me.
I confess I’ve been enjoying my time away from the ‘net.  I’ve even considered never coming back to Epistles from Echowood.
But today in the Catholic Church we celebrate the Feast of the [...]

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