Alva Review-Courier -

Occasionally we fix oatmeal for breakfast. Not your favorite thing to eat of a morning? Me neither. So doctor it up. Cinnamon, sugar, and raisins can make even shoe leather pretty tolerable.

One morning we were busy working and talking in the kitchen together. Renie was slamming the toast and juice on the table, Andy manning the stove where the oatmeal bubbled away. Our conversation drew his attention enough that he forgot to add the cinnamon. When we sat down to eat, we were still engrossed in our discussion, so Renie absentmindly pulled out the shaker of cinnamon and liberally doused her bow...