by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jan 15, 2026 | The Lighter Side
This past Christmas, my childhood friend’s wish finally came true. From the time she was young, she longed for the joy of owning an Easy-Bake Oven. Dreams of producing baked wonders beyond earthly compare filled her imagination. However, it was a wish destined to...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Dec 31, 2025 | Inspirational Blog
Recently, I have been reading The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander, and I came across these words: “standing on the precipice of possibility.” Although not said in the context of the calendar flipping to a new number, it struck me as the...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Dec 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
As I deliberated over the many delectable options for baking for the Christmas season, memories of epic cooking fails began surfacing: the exploding turkey liver, the brownie Pintaster, the cookie lava covering my oven, and more. In retrospect, many of them are...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Dec 1, 2025 | Inspirational Blog
News about political unrest and wars. News about natural disasters. News about tragedies, one after another. At times, it can seem overwhelming and erode our hope. However, Advent begins with the theme of hope, and I can’t think of anything more welcome this year. And...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Nov 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
Do you lie awake at night thinking about the imponderables of life, the questions that seem to have no answer? I don’t, but I do have questions. For example, what if Shakespeare had written like Dr. Seuss? I’ve discovered that ChatGPT.com, an artificial intelligence...
