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My heart is shattered. Charlotte the Great moved to Heaven on Mother’s Day (5.12.19). (It’s a beautiful thing–my Grandpa passed on a Father’s Day many years ago.) This post will …

A family visit to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia, including the historic house, gardens, family cemetery, Mulberry Row, architecture, and Fourth of July history.

Do not knock it until you try it. This easy three-ingredient peanut butter and pickle sandwich combines creamy peanut butter, crisp dill pickles, and soft bread for a salty, tangy, sweet lunch with a story from Charlotte the Great’s recipe box.

The Dish copycat chicken and dumplings combine butter-roasted chicken, homemade broth, tender rolled egg dumplings, and rich gravy. This from-scratch comfort food recipe was inspired by the Charlotte restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

My grandmother never forgot the day a car drove through her Missouri town announcing that Pretty Boy Floyd was dead. Years later, she learned of a surprising connection to the family she had married into.