Editor’s Note: You were warned. TMI. Back when I began my spring break saga last year, I told you that I was going to write that story in several different ways. I wrote some pages on how to visit the national park and attractions that we stopped at along the way. All Rated G kind…
As I was fixing up some of the Creamy Lemon Zinger Sweet Potato Soup a few weeks ago, I realized I hadn’t shared with you one of my favorite pieces of metal in the kitchen and I’m not talking about my Microplane or pizza cutter. A few years ago I was diagnosed anemic and when…
Don’t you love technology today? And how most clinics now have these great things called “portals” where you can look up your medical records and such. Because goodness knows, the doctor doesn’t tell you anything. Mine just says things like, “You are healing on schedule.” or “I don’t see anything that needs surgery.” Blah. So,…
The latest catch phrase is “Nature Bathing“. The term comes from Japan (always so in tune with the natural world) in the 1990’s and is now taking hold in America. Somehow we are now discovering that time spent in nature works like medicine to not only refresh our spirit but it actually improves your physical health…
It is 2:30 on a Saturday and the only thing I have managed to complete today is taking a shower. And with any luck, I’ll finish this post. Staring out the window in my laundry room at the back yard all littered with yellow leaves, the wind swaying the raspberry canes to and fro, and…
This is one of my favorite quotes from the author Barbara Kingsolver in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. She is best known for her book the Poisonwood Bible but of all her books I have read, this quote is the one that sticks with me the most. “Cooking is the great divide between good eating…