Posted a nice fall Pumpkin Mochi Teacake from my Yoga Journal.  It uses rice flour and unrefined coconut oil.  Rice flour gives the bread a light texture, no heavy bloaty feeling after eating too many pieces when it's still warm from the oven.  Recipes says it serves 15.  Fifteen gnomes maybe! I followed the recipe exactly the first time.  Today when I make two more to freeze, I'll add chopped walnuts, maybe dates or dried fruit.  The temperature is a crisp invigorating 46 this morning on our porch.  Predicted to reach 70 and be sunny all day.

Last Tuesday we played tourist and drove to Gatlinburg, TN for the day.  It's a beautiful drive with lots of pullover parking for picture taking.  The drive will be very popular in October for the leaf-peepers.  Gatlinburg has an Octoberfest which I'd like to experience if Cliff feels like driving back there.

                                                  Not many people taking the lift.

William Ogle settled with his family in what he felt was the "land of paradise" in the early 1800's.  This shopping center and many of the restaurants capture the German atmosphere.  There's no better place to experience Appalachian culture and history than Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains.