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Day 3 North Carolina Bus Tour

The North Carolina Bus Tour continues, and we are now on Day 3.  We stayed at the very modern “millennial” hotel in Asheville called TRU.  We started the day with great hot breakfast and our daily devotion.  Next, we visited Grandfather Mountain, which towers 5,…

North Carolina Bus Tour, 2023

Each year in the month of September the North District Assembly of God organization in the state of MO., offer an 8-day bus tour to various places in the US.  This past September 9 through 16 we boarded a large transit coach bus to hold…

My Mother, Ann

Ann Castrogiovanni Fiorino was born in 1905 in Palermo, Sicily.  She married William Fiorino, my dad, in 1927.  After two children, and 15 years later she had me, Rosalie, her third and last child.  She was a great seamstress, and sewed most all of our…

The Book Signing Kiss

Carrying my cookbooks all over the place to book sign has always been an adventure for me. Rosalie Serving Italian, Rosalie Serving Country, and Rosalie Serving Best Loved Italian, all written in that order, have proved to give me much joy, connect me to the…

Mr. Pepper’s Comes Along

Hello Everyone!  To inform you of Mr. Peppers, I must first tell you that we have moved from our home in Troy, Missouri, to Brazil, Indiana.  This move will no doubt be the last move in the Chapter of our lives.  We have two sons…

Mr. Peppers Rises High.

Newsletter, February 6, 2022 – Mr. Peppers Rises High. Mr. Peppers, as many of you know by now, will be 2 years old on February 7 of this year. We plan to have a birthday party for him with his favorite food which is anything…

Mr. Peppers Settles In

Mr. Peppers, our Havanese puppy, is now 16 months old. I have blogged about him since we brought him home at 9 weeks. Some of you have followed him along with me, so you know he was quite a challenge. Chewing everything in sight, stashing…

Mr. Peppers Entertains

Mr. Peppers, our Havanese puppy, is now 15 months old.  As I have stated in previous updates, Mr. Peppers is quite the energetic puppy.  He is rarely still, except to nap occasionally during the day, and partially sleeping at night.  I say partially, because some…

Mr. Peppers Repents

Mr. Peppers, our Havanese puppy, was a year-old last February 6, 2021.  Some of you that have been following Mr. Peppers, have inquired about his behavior, since that has been an issue for the last year.   So, let me further explain our puppy, Mr. Peppers. …

Mr. Peppers Goes to Prison

Mr. Peppers, our registered Havanese puppy is now almost 9 months old.  He has accomplished “playing the piano,” “rolling over” and listening to me “pray” for his food before eating. We also thought he had fully conquered the habit of going outside to relieve himself. …