by Lillian Lake | | Food, Restaurant Reviews
As I write, I am vacationing in the warmer climate of two of America’s great Southern states, North Carolina and Georgia. My husband and I have discovered that taking a vacation in March to where we can escape the snow and cold of a Maine winter is an alluring elixir...
by Lillian Lake | | Coffee, Food
Some of the best things in life really do come in small sizes. I was reminded of this when my friend Theresa posted a photo of the utensils left for her use at her temporary home in Australia. She posted a comparative photo of her utensils back home in Maine,...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Climate Change, Food
In spite of the several Northeasters we’ve recently had here in New England, I noticed when I was out for walks between storms; tree buds were beginning to swell. I’m pretty sure I saw a pregnant doe. Out in my backyard, birds are showing signs of being twitter-pated....
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Spiritual
How to survive the rest of winter is today’s question. Mainers know that winter has a way of causing us to be snow schlepping around in fur-lined boots at a time when April showers are elsewhere. In the quest to find something interesting and innovating to take me...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Recipes
Next week is Valentine’s Day, and this makes it a perfect time to introduce you to Erica Archer and her business, Wine Wise. I met Erica when working on a food event in Portland to raise money to eradicate Maine child hunger. At that time, Erica was working at Idexx...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Recipes
How has your week gone? I have staged a personal protest against the cold by getting out to run four times last week. It is said, “if you can’t beat them, join them.” Although, as I asked last week, can spring be far away? Truthfully, I like winter and the change of...
by Lillian Lake | | 31 Days of Self-care, Caregiving
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care We Feel Because We are Alive! This morning the words “como se siente” were in my head. I had barely opened my eyes to greet the day. A good time indeed to get my attention before my head clutters with other news of the day....
by Lillian Lake | | 31 Days of Self-care, Caregiving
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care I knew that I wanted to do this exact post today before today even began. I can’t tell you where I got the notion it wanted to be written, but somewhere. I can only presume, the universe decided long before the idea even...
by Lillian Lake | | 31 Days of Self-care, Caregiving
Welcome to 31 Days of Selfcare We are well past the middle of this month-long 31 days of our self-care journey. By reading the posts each day and doing the exercises, we’ve had an opportunity to really take this self-care idea seriously. Taking notes and...
