Posted on June 1st, 2010 by Carol
My knowledge of what constitutes good beef is not from being raised on a farm, but from educating myself about what to look for in a good cut of beef all the way from the farm to the dinner table. Mom taught me to recognize a good looking roast or steak by checking for marbling [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2010 by Carol
How many of your ancestors endured cold cabin floors and would have been oh-so-happy to have warm floors with radiant floor insulation? I know many of mine would have! Some of my Moline family lived in cold and snowy (part of the year) Sweden before coming to the United States. And where did they settle? [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2009 by Carol
In 1939, breast cancer took the life of my great aunt, Elizabeth Yates Johnston at the young age of forty-nine. We’ve come a long way in treating breast cancer in the 70 years since her death, but there’s still more to do. Cryo-Cell International will be partnering with the National Institutes of Health to explore [...]
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