“Senile Degeneration of the Brain”. That is the technical term for my mother’s cause of death on the morning of January 22nd, 2025. To fully appreciate the term, it’s helpful to have some background on Mary Isabel Frazier Myrick, her mind and her life, on what would have been her 85th birthday today. Mom graduated […]
As I was driving down the road the other day, somewhat mindlessly following an eighteen wheeler, I noticed it nearly clipped a low hanging limb stretched across the lane. When it did, a leaf above came detached, fell, and got caught in the slipstream behind the trailer. The aerodynamics around the trailer kept the leaf […]
*One of Mary Myrick’s best recipes* Ingredients: Combine, cover and chill until ready to use. The nicely minced garlic in a small jar in the produce section of the grocery store can be substituted where called for.
A 35 year friend of mine passed away a couple of weeks ago. I just found out he was buried today. Larry Lemont Ross and I met in 1989, I believe. Larry was a favored and loved employee of Papa Joe Hendrick. He was fondly thought of by many Hendrick employees, both at Hendrick Motorsports, […]
*Quick Summary: The author lays out his understanding of ego, how it affects Christians, and how they can more clearly see it in their every day lives.* Ego. We all think we understand what it is. It’s that thing in other people that offends us when they’re brash, cocky, arrogant, or otherwise disrespectful, right? What […]
*One of Mary Myrick’s best recipes* Ingredients: Combine all ingredients except ice cubes in a blender. Blend for 15 seconds. Add the ice cubes and blend for about 20 more seconds to crush the ice. Serve immediately. Makes 2. You could, of course, make it with skim milk and low-fat yogurt. Either way, especially if […]
*One of Mary Myrick’s best recipes* Ingredients: Sprinkle brown sugar over strawberries and set aside for ten minutes. Fold the marshmallows and sour cream into the strawberries. Add dash of salt and mix altogether gently. Cover and refrigerate overnight. To serve, spoon into six dessert dishes and top each with a whole strawberry. This is […]
*One of Mary Myrick’s best recipes* Ingredients: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin pans with paper cupcake liners and place one vanilla wafer in each cup. Set aside. Beat well the cream cheese, eggs, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla and divide among the wafer-lined cups. Bake about 15 mins. Cool. Top with cherry pie […]
My Grandmother Helen Myrick has passed away. She was 97. “Grandma” was very well loved by so many people. Chief among those were her daughter Linda Hendrick and son Bill Myrick. Additionally, her granddaughter Lynn Carlson was certainly one of her favorite people, and Lynn always went the extra mile for our grandmother. Their love […]
*One of Mary Myrick’s best recipes* Ingredients: (You will need the following for each sandwich.) Spread the peanut butter on one side of each slice of bread. Place the banana slices on one slice of bread. Top with slices of cooked bacon and drizzle with the honey. Top with the remaining slice of bread. Spread […]