Stake my Claim, Don't Blink, Home-made Sauce

1. The “reserve book” list at the local library.

2. We’re buried up to our ears in home-grown cucumbers. While the piles of them in the kitchen are quite a sight to behold, the really amazing thing is the alacrity with which they disappear, thanks to the creative dishes concocted by my mother.

3. Home-made enchilada sauce that blows the canned stuff out of the water.