Sweet Saturdays and Masada

Diana has just started Sweet Saturdays and I think it's a wonderful idea. It's easy to participate as you can see, I just got her note this morning. I happened to make buttermilk pancakes this morning and took this photo to share long distance with my daughter . I decided to share with you as well today. Here is the simple recipe that I hope you'll try. I don't add oil to the pan by the way.

Hope you'll join us for Sweet Saturdays!




One of my sisters is currently on vacation with a couple of girlfriends. The husbands have been left behind. I have another girlfriend who does the same thing. It must be a middle-aged trend! Anyway, they are visiting Israel, Jordan and Spain I think. My sister is fortunate to have a couple of friends in Israel and they have helped her plan what seems to be the vacation of a lifetime. Apparently the food there is really delicious and fresh tasting. Their host refused to let them eat anything at McDonald's there, tempted as they were.

They visited the Dead Sea (where they had mud baths), then to a place called Masada. According to my sister's friend, "It is a flat topped mountain on the shores of the Dead Sea where King Herod built a winter palace. Then during the Jewish revolt against the Roman occupation, over 900 Jews fled there from Jerusalem and held out for 3 years against a Roman siege. The night before the Romans finally finished building a ramp up the mountain to burn down down the gates, they committed mass suicide in order not to be taken as slaves of the Romans. As you can imagine, it occupies a pretty important place in Jewish history and hearts, as well as being a World Heritage site and an awesome archaeological site."

What a story!



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