Warm Greetings Dear Readers,

From the desk of Sage Sweetwater wishing you a very prosperous New Year
2007.

I am highly honored and proud to be associated with all of your names. What's in a name? I'll tell you what's in a name: In 1852, Texas surveyors discovered covers on some bushes. A Native American family had
left them there to dry---never suspecting they were naming the town of Blanket. It's one of the warmest towns around.

Dear fans, your names are all warm to me. I kindly forward my appreciation to you all for supporting Sage Sweetwater Creative Properties this past year and I look forward to keeping my readers well-read into the
year 2007. I love you all. Have a warm Pork and Apple supper.

1-1/2 pounds boneless pork, cubed
1 tablespoon canola oil
4 cups water
1 tablespoon chicken bouillon granules
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 bay leaf
10 to 12 small red potatoes
(about 2 pounds), quartered
4 medium tart apples, peeled
and cut into wedges
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water

In a Dutch oven, brown pork
in oil. Add water, bouillon,
thyme, pepper, and bay leaf;
bring to a boil. Reduce heat;
cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2
hours or until pork is almost
tender. Add potatoes; cover
and cook for 15 minutes Add
apples. Cook and cover for
10 minutes until crisp. Discard
bay leaf. Combine cornstarch
and cold water until smooth;
stir in pork mixture. Bring
to a boil; cook and stir for
2 minutes until thickened.
Serves 6-8. This recipe is
popular here in Colorado near
where I live in high country
Colorado where the apple
orchards thrive...Blessed Be.

Until we meet again, be well, be warm. I love you all!

Warmly,

~~~~Sage Sweetwater, Firebrand Lesbian Novelist, brainchild of Sage Sweetwater Creative Properties, flagship of Stone Creek Woman~~~~