COMMUNITY LIFE DIRECTOR

Mary Marcia
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I learned a lot serving as Community Life Director at *The Fountains at Greenbriar in Independence, Missouri.  The residents had a reputation for being hard to please. The residents of The Fountains, a  senior living center,  went through an average of two activity professionals (community life directors) per year before I was hired. 

My job was to please the residents.  I served as Community Life Director, Transportation Director, and Director of Volunteers.   
I managed budgets, planned all daily activities and special events for the community;  supervised staff;  and created and and edited the community newsletter.   

I interviewed residents, and told their stories in the newsletters.  I used Adobe Pagemaker to create and edit the newsletters.

CLICK on the image to ENLARGE.   COVER PAGE:  The newsletter I designed and created using Adobe Pagemaker.  Copyright 1997 Marcia Norwood

My newsletter for The Fountains evolved to look  more and more like a magazine.  I included a brief message as editor in each publication.  The image (below) of the page inside the cover has a photo of me as a "miniature bride"  at a relative's wedding in 1955.   My mother and father are in the background of the photo.

CLICK on the image to ENLARGE.  EDITOR'S MESSAGE AND CONTENTS PAGE:  The newsletter I designed and created using Adobe Pagemaker.  Copyright 1997 Marcia Norwood

While working at The Fountains, I had the opportunity to take in-house business classes in Missouri, Oklahoma and California.  I took an Art Therapy class in Oklahoma, from Dr. Madeline Rugh (University of Oklahoma), and attended a NAAP seminar in San Diego.  I visited other Fountains' locations in various states.
 

About NAAP 


Founded by Activity Professionals
for 
Activity Professionals...NAAP is the only national group that
represents activity professionals in geriatric
settings exclusively. NAAP serves as a
catalyst for both professional and personal
growth and has come to be recognized by
government officials as the voice of the
activity profession on national issues
concerning long-term care facilities,
retirement living, assisted living, adult day
services, and senior citizen centers. NAAP
is nationwide in scope with a growing
membership in Canada and Bermuda. 

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Employees of The Fountains were encouraged to think out-of-the-box.  I came up with a breakthrough idea, and suggested  The Fountains corporate office  create a national  magazine for seniors - with current events pertaining to senior issues,  fashions for seniors, stories of residents (like my interviews), and inserts for each local community with their individual calendars and special events listed.  National and local advertising could help with the cost of newsletter production.  It's a brilliant idea, and I don't think anyone does anything like it yet.  AARP's publication doesn't come close to my vision.   

There are thousands of untold stories out there - living in the minds of senior citizens just waiting to be told.  I enlisted a team of local high school journalism students to help me interview residents for our newsletter.   The interaction between the high school students and the residents was beneficial to both. 




I was one of  a team of Fountains' employees who wrote a grant to bring  The EDEN ALTERNATIVE,  to our a chain of  senior living centers.

We became a part of the movement of people transforming long term care facilities into what they should be: human habitats with plants, animals and children. 

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CLICK on the image to ENLARGE.   COVER PAGE:  The newsletter I designed and created using Adobe Pagemaker.  Copyright 1997 Marcia Norwood

CLICK on the image to ENLARGE.  EDITOR'S MESSAGE AND CONTENTS PAGE:  The newsletter I designed and created using Adobe Pagemaker.  Copyright 1997 Marcia Norwood

Fountain's resident,  Margaret Richardson, was an incredible woman.  It was a JOY to interview her, and write her previously untold story.  No one at The Fountains knew Margaret's  background  until her story was published in our newsletter.  

Margaret served as secretary to eight Kansas City, Missouri, police chiefs.  She worked alongside Clarence Kelly, the police chief during the riots in Kansas City in 1968.

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"While serving as an acting policewoman and secretary to eight Kansas City, Missouri police chiefs - the world came to Margaret Richardson's door.  The list included Clarence Kelly (KCMO Police Chief and FBI Director), Evangelist Billy Graham, Attorney-General Robert Kennedy, President Lyndon Johnson, stage and screen stars Jeanette McDonald, Bert Parks, Giselle McKenzie and Danny Thomas.  The list also included prostitutes, drunks, deviates...and stray children.  The lofty and the lost.  She treated them all the same.   She may be the kindest person you will ever meet."

  

CLICK on the image to ENLARGE.  "NOW  and THEN" - RESIDENT INTERVIEW COLUMN by M. Norwood.  Copyright 1997 Marcia Norwood

 Not all of the residents were as kind as Margaret.

Some residents at The Fountains were notorious for throwing hot rolls at servers if they were displeased with their service.   Residents would push and shove each other to be first in line at meals and events, using their canes and walkers in the quest for privilege and entitlement.

"I'm old.  I'm rich, and I get whatever I want," a  resident from the Fountain's community in La Jolla, California, told me. 




In contrast -  a friend told me about a senior community where retired missionaries live.  They have minimal staff compared to most retirement communities, because they serve each other.
What a beautiful concept:  helping and serving one another.

I want to be like Margaret Richardson, 

who said:

"I was kind to the high ranking, 

and the low ranking,

because I had no ranking.  

I survived everything 

because the LORD put love in my heart."

Margaret's prayer:

"LORD, Let your love flow through me,

that I might be a blessing to others."  


 

 Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia

America's STORYTELLER

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*David Freshwater, Chairman, founded The Fountains in 1985, and over the next two decades, he developed, owned and operated, for himself, for his investors and for third parties, a wide range of senior housing communities recognized as both innovative and successful. Under David’s leadership and through the efforts of his team, The Fountains grew into one of the nation’s top 25 seniors housing owners and operators.  

David Barnes, President, joined The Fountains in 1989, and ultimately served as Senior Vice President of Operations. Often traveling to Fountains communities to manage onsite programs, Barnes developed the systems, policies and training materials essential for the successful growth of The Fountains. Years later as President of Watermark Retirement Communities, he continues to build upon these models. 

From 1991 through 1997, The Fountains’ portfolio grew from a fractional share of 260 units to 100% ownership of nearly 4,000 units/beds in 14 communities, with reported assets of $220 million, gross revenues of $42 million and a net operating income of nearly $4 million. During this period, The Fountains won numerous awards and accolades, including induction into the Order of Excellence by Contemporary Long Term Care magazine, selection by the American Seniors Housing Association as one of its Case Studies in Success and one of Top Six retirement communities in America by Money.
  

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ANN AND NAT

Marcia Norwood
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ANN AND NAT

Ann and Nat 

were sisters, and best friends.

Ann and Nat 

were daughters of

Albert and Mary Lucille Schwamb. 

  Mary Lucille Culbertson 

married Albert Leo Schwamb

on June 24, 1923.

Albert Leo and Mary Lucille Schwamb, 1923.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Anna O'Dell Schwamb 

was born in Stotesbury, Missouri, 

on January 16, 1926.

She was called Ann.

 Anna at 11 months (1926) and 24 months (1927).  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

 Alberta Natalie Schwamb

was born in Stotesbury, Missouri,

on November 3, 1929.

She was called Natalie, or Nat.

Alberta Natalie at 10 months (1930).  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Ann married Keith Mitchell on July 5, 1946.

Nat married Jewell Bush on October 6, 1947.

Ann and Nat 

were sisters, and best friends.

The newly-weds lived in the same apartment building

that their mom, Mary Lucille, owned 

at 311 Arthur in Liberty, Missouri.

They built houses in the same neighborhood in 1954. 

Nat and Jewell lived on Middlebrook Drive.

Ann and Keith lived just behind them on Cross Lane. 

They never locked their doors.

The foot-path between their houses was well traveled.

Uncle Keith, Ann (Nanny), Mom (Natalie) and Dad (Jewell)  Copyright 1947 Marcia Norwood

 Mary Lucille was my grandmother,

and the single most important person in my life. 

I was named Mary Marcia after her.

Ann was my favorite Aunt.

All of the kids called her "Nanny."

Both Lucille and Ann were successful business women

in the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's.

Lucille owned and operated a dance hall,

restaurants, apartments, and a home for senior citizens.

Ann was a top supervisor for Percy Kent Manufacturing Company.

A factory full of men and women  reported to her.

I worked for both my grandmother and my aunt

in my summer jobs in the 1960's.

I learned how to operate big machinery as a 

 bag "sewer" and "catcher" at Percy Kent,

and I hated it.

Nanny treated me just like the other factory workers.

Truthfully I was a little bit scared of her at work. 

That all changed when were in the car riding to and from work.

She was back to being my favorite aunt.

Granny (Mary) Lucille hired me and my entire cheerleading squad to work at the Highway Barbeque in Liberty, so we could earn money for cheerleading camp.  We learned how to wait on tables, wash dishes, and make change.

Marcia's grandmother and aunt:  Mary Lucille and Nanny.  Circa 1957.  Copyright 1957 Marcia Norwood

  Natalie was my mother. 

I didn't realize how smart my mother was,

or how much I learned from her until I was older.

Mom was creative, hard working and stubborn.

 She stayed home while my siblings and I were in school.

She cooked and cleaned and sewed for all of us.

She took in ironing,  cleaned Granny's houses,

and babysat my cousin, Tandra (Ann's daughter)

for extra money.

She organized the household budget, and paid the family bills.

When my youngest brothers were in high school, 
mom entered the workforce as an office manager 
and bookkeeper for physician groups.   
She reorganized their offices, and discovered employee fraud.

Marcia's mother:  Natalie on her wedding day:  October 6, 1947.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

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Marcia's Parents:  Jewell and Natalie Bush.  Circa 1947.  Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood

From Left:  Natalie and Marcia and (Right) Edith Dale and Debbie.  July 1949.  Copyright 1949 Marcia Norwood

Mother and Daughter:  Natalie and Marcia.  November 1970.  Copyright 1970 Marcia Norwood

 

Natalie, Mary Marcia, Granny (Mary) Lucille & Marcia's daughter Kristin.   Copyright 1976 Marcia Norwood

Before my mother, Natalie, went to Heaven in 2003, I asked her to tell me stories about how she and her sister, Ann, became best friends, and what it was like growing up.  

Natalie's Memories

 "We were both born at home.  Anna O'Dell  was born January 16, 1926.  I was born on November 3, 1929.  We lived with Grandma and Grandpa Schwamb.  Our father, Albert worked on the highway department.  We hardly knew him.  He was never home.  He traveled for work, and shared a trailer with a friend and his wife."

"We lived in Stotesbury, Missouri.  Stotesbury was a railroad place.  When the railroad closed - the bank and town closed.  Mom (your Granny Lucille) rented the bank and opened a restaurant.  The bank moved to Hume, Missouri."

"Grandpa Schwamb was blind.  Grandma Schwamb died after we moved to town.  I was about two years old.  Grandpa build us a child size wagon, and we had a billy goat."

"Ann and I played with Billy Bob Koon.  He was the banker's son, and the same age as Ann.  We were the 'Three Muskateers' until the bank closed.  I must have been in first or second grade."

"There were strip pits - coal mine pits - where they dug for coal.  We swam in them.  Why we didn't drown - I'll never know."

"We walked everywhere just for the fun of it.  We searched for old abandoned houses, and walked to all of them.  We supposed everything was haunted.  We used to sit down in the houses, and listen for sounds.  Once we heard a shot gun.  That scared us off.  A farmer saw us, and shot because he didn't recognize us.  We ran as fast as our legs would carry us."

"We explored.  Everything was haunted to us.   A lovely brick house across the street from us burned down.  Only a garage and a hole full of water remained.  We thought it was haunted."

"There was this house on the other side of town that was left vacant when someone moved.  Our school teacher asked for volunteers to go to that house, and get school books that someone left there. School books were precious back then.  The school books were supposed to be under the house.  The story also goes that if you walked into this dark room you would fall into hell and never come back.  Ann and five other school kids and I walked to the house.  They were three years older than me.  They dared me to go in.  Of course I went in.  I lived to tell about it, didn't I?"

"Stotesbury had a population of about 100.  Everyone had outside toilets (outhouse), and they dug wells for water.  There was no Kindergarten back then.  When the gypsies came to town, Mom (your Granny Lucille) was afraid they would kidnap us.  Parents came to school to pick up their kids:  everyone except the kids who rode a pony to school."

"We lived about two blocks from school in 1935.  We had a living room, two bedrooms and a kitchen...and an outhouse.  There was no electricity, so we burned coal oil lamps.  We cooked on a coal oil stove. I shared a room with Ann.  We slept together on one full bed with a feather mattress that we sank down in.  When it was cold in the winter, Mom (your Granny Lucille) would heat a brick in the oven, then cover it with flannel fabric.  She put the heated brick on our feet:  one for each of us to keep warm."

"In the summer we took one of Granny's handmade quilts outside and slept under a tree.  We put a battery radio on the sidewalk by the tree and listened to the Heavy Weight Championship of the World and the World Series.  I remember Joe Lewis."

"There was a 'cyclone cellar' in the middle of town.  When heavy winds came up everyone that could get there in time came there during a storm."

"We liked to play in the rain.  We made mud pies.  Ann and the kids dared me to eat mud pies, and of course I did."

 "When people died - they were put in a coffin, and the coffin was set on two chairs in the living room of their home.  They were left there for two days, and usually buried on the third day.  I went with Mom (your Granny Lucille) to a neighbor's house when a neighbor died.  The chair that held the coffin fell.  The coffin fell, and the body fell out.  It scared the shit out of me."

"Grandpa owned some land across from our house.  He rented the land to the circus when it came to town.  Ann and I got free tickets to the circus.  The biggest thrill I ever had was when a single engine airplane came to town.  Rides cost 10 cents each.  I begged to ride in that airplane.  A dime was a LOT of money!   Mom (your Granny Lucille) bartered with the man who owned the plane.  She gave the man  a home-cooked meal for lunch,  and I got to ride in the plane.  Ann was scared to death."

"Ann saved my life.  It must have been in 1936, because I was seven and Ann was ten.  We broke open an entire package of firecrackers, and dumped out all the powder.  Everyone was chicken to light the powder - so I did it.  My hair caught on fire, and burned it all off.  It scared my face.  My face was entirely black."

"I was on fire.  Ann grabbed me by the hand, and dragged me to the water pump to put out the fire.  Then she walked me to the restaurant.  Dad took me to Hume, Missouri, to the doctor who  put salve on my face, and wrapped my head in white rags.  The only thing peeking out was my eyes and mouth.  I wore bandages for a good month."

"Dad was mad.  He went to the store and bought me overalls and shoes, and made me dress like a boy until the bandages came off.  I didn't mind.  I would much rather wear overalls than cotton stockings that the girls wore.  Girls wore brown cotton stockings in the winter, and white cotton stockings in the summer, and they were HOT."

"Ann was the prissy one...the smartest.  She pleased everyone.  Ann was the lady of the family.  I was the Tomboy who always got into trouble.  Ann was picked to be the angel in the church play.  I don't remember being chosen to be in the play."

"I loved my sister.  Ann was my best friend, probably my only friend...except for Lorraine.  Lorraine's mother nursed me, when Mom couldn't.  Lorraine's mother would nurse Lorraine on one breast, and me on the other.  Lorraine had an older brother who was Ann's age."

"There was a pecan grove outside Stotesbury.  Ann and I earned money - 5 cents a bushel to pick up pecans."  

"Ann and I took baths in a round tub in the middle of the kitchen.  And went first.  I was second, because Ann was usually cleaner than me.  If the kids made mud pies - I ate them.  If one of the kids got a goldfish, killed it, and fried it: they dared me to eat it.  Of course, I ate it.  That's what I did.  I was Ann's little sister."

Alberta Natalie Schwamb Bush

  

Circa 1930:  Ann (4 years old) and Nat (1 year old).  Copyright 2014 Tandra Burson

  Ann and Nat 

were sisters, and best friends.

Ann was my favorite aunt.

Nat was my mother. 

Mary Lucille was my grandmother.

One day, we will have a glorious reunion in Heaven. 

Until then, I have beautiful stories to tell about them:

like the one about Nat and Ann, 

the Siamese cats.

Oh, yes.

My brother, Bret, named two of his cats:  Nat and Ann.

Somewhere my brother, Bret, has photos 

of Ann and Nat holding  Nat and Ann, the cats.

We couldn't tell them apart:  the cats, that is.

"Nat is the fiesty one," said Bret, just like mom."

Uncle Keith, Ann (Nanny), Mom (Natalie) and Dad (Jewell)  Copyright 1947 Marcia Norwood

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend.

 

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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FAVORITE RECIPES: Festival Cheese Soup, Crockpot Chili, Peach Fritters and Many More!

Marcia Norwood
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RECIPE 

Festival Cheese Soup

  

Here's a great recipe for CHEESE SOUP.

I had to have this recipe for Cheese Soup, 
when I first tasted it

at a monthly staff meeting

at Timothy Lutheran School. 
One of the teachers brought it to our meeting. 

Timothy Lutheran ECC Staff/Teachers.  Copyright 2007 Marcia Norwood  (Marcia is second from the right in the back row - wearing green).

RECIPE 

Crockpot (Slow Cooker) Chili

This recipe for Crockpot Chili

is from my daughter, Kristin.

Kristin is now a wife, mother and teacher.
She likes this recipe because it's
easy to throw it in the crockpot in the morning,
and a chili supper is ready when she and her family get home.

Kristin and Marcia.  Copyright 1976 Marcia Norwood

Kristin and Marcia.  Copyright 1992 Marcia Norwood

My Beautiful Daughter, Kristin.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Kristin's Recipe for

Crockpot (Slow Cooker) Chili

Cook Hamburger Meat (1 pound), drain and store in refrigerator overnight or until needed.

ADD all ingredients to the crockpot and STIR:
Cooked Hamburber Meat (already in fridge)
4 cans Chili Beans
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Tomato Paste
1 Can Diced Tomatoes, Drained
1 Packet Chili Seasoning
Brown Sugar (Kristin didn't say how much - so I add about 1-2 Tablespoons).

Cook on LOW.
 Note:
(Kristin usually starts cooking this about 9 AM, and cooks it on low about 6 hours.  My crockpot heats up faster, and gets hotter than Kristin's - so mine takes less time to cook.  The people I feed can't always wait six hours for their chili.)

RECIPE 

Peach Fritters 

Janice, Christy Joy (her daughter) and Sarah (Marcia's Daughter).  Copyright 2001 Marcia Norwood

 My friend, Janice, 

made Peach and Apple Fritters

 at one of her dinner parties.

Janice got the recipe from Stephenson's Apple Orchard

in Lee's Summit, Missouri. 

 

Dale and Janice.  Copyright 1999 Janice Christopher

 
 PEACH FRITTERS (Fried) Recipe from - Tell Me A Story

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Monday, March 5, 2012. PEACH FRITTERS (Fried) Recipe from: Stephenson's Orchards Marcia Norwood, America's STORYTELLER. This recipe has been one of our family favorites for many years. These fritters are fried in ...

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RECIPE 

Apple Fritters 

1st Mixture

MIX together:

• 1 Cup Flour
• 1 and 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/4 Teaspoon Each:  Ginger, Nutmeg, All-Spice 

2nd Mixture

Mix together:

• 1 Egg
• 1/3 Cup Canned Pumpkin
• 2 Tablespoons Each:  Milk, Melted Butter, Molasses and Apple Butter

ADD 1st and 2nd Mixture together...and then

FOLD IN

• 1/4 Cup Raisins
• 1/4 - 1/2 Cup Chopped Fresh Apples

DROP from teaspoon into HOT OIL about 2 minutes (until brown).

DRAIN on paper towels.

ROLL immediately in Powdered Sugar.

Daughter Sarah and Marcia.  Copyright 2000 Marcia Norwood

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Mar 01, 2012

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Tell Me A Story: RECIPE: CUTIE SMOOTHIE

Mar 13, 2012

RECIPE: CUTIE SMOOTHIE. Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER My granddaughters, Emily Grace and Megan Jewell, asked me to make them a "fruit smoothie." How could I refuse when they added: "Your ...

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Feb 07, 2014

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Copyright 2003 Marcia Norwood

Tell Me A Story: REAL MEN EAT QUICHE

Feb 17, 2012

Marcia Norwood, America's STORYTELLER RECIPES: Quiche Lorraine Confetti Quiche Quiche is great to serve for breakfast or brunch. These are two recipes from an old KRAFT recipe book that I've used for many years.

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Mar 05, 2012

The original old southern recipe came from our local Stephenson's Orchards, and was served at the Stephenson's Restaurant when it was open. Stephenson's Orchards is a fourth-generation, family owned and operated fruit ...

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Feb 25, 2012

A wartime edition of the American Woman's Cook Book contained revised recipes and gave advice on dealing with food shortages. My Granny Lucille canned her home grown fruits and vegetables before, during and after ...

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Tell Me A Story: CANDIED CARROTS AND WALNUTS

Feb 24, 2012

CANDIED CARROTS AND WALNUTS. Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER Slow Cooker/Crock Pot Recipe for... CANDIED CARROTS AND WALNUTS Ingredients: 2 (16-Ounce) Packages Frozen Sliced Carrots

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Feb 13, 2012

Here are two recipes that will make a. wonderful breakfast for your Valentine! HOLIDAY BRUNCH EGGS. Ingredients: 3 Cans (14 ounces each) stewed tomatoes, well-drained. 1 Tablespoon Chopped Fresh Basil. 8 Eggs.

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Tell Me A Story: S'MORE BARS

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RECIPES - Tell Me A Story - Blogger

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RECIPES: BAKED POTATO BAR and SPECIAL BAKED CHICKEN. Marcia Norwood America's STORYTELLER Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking. TELL ME A STORY.

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Granddaughter Emily Grace (Young Author Award at Missouri Central University) and Daughter Kristin.  Copyright 2000. 

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 Mar 12, 2012

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RECIPE: CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARK. Marcia Norwood America's STORYTELLER Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking. RECIPE. VALENTINE'S DAY COUNTDOWN: 2 Days.

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Tell Me A Story: RECIPE: MEMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

 Jan 24, 2014

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Banana Praline Sundaes

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Grandson Joshua, Granddaughter Emily, Santa, Grandson Caleb, Son-in-law David, and Daughter Kristin.  Copyright 2013 Kristin Stovall

PEANUT BUTTER JUMBO COOKIES

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PEACH FRITTERS

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FLAMING BUTTERBRICKLE CAKE

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Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking