by Lillian Lake | | Coffee, Food, GMO
With the coming of January, New England has finally had cold weather. It’s an excuse (like I needed one!) for an extra mug of java, burrowing down under my comforter, while holding my coffee mug in one hand and flipping through pages with the other. Cold weather means...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Spiritual
With their families in tow, all of my children were home for Christmas 2016. There were eleven of us in total sharing yelling matches, giggling, littlest ones racing around the tables to get away from a chaser, or taunt someone into chasing them and putting away more...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Spiritual
I look forward to December 21st, the shortest day of the year. You can have your countdown to Christmas, but I count down to longer days of daylight. I’m solar powered and revel in abundant light. I love to work and play from dawn to dusk, and the later dusk arrives,...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Grief, Spiritual
Christmastime, for many, is a time of dealing with loss. For me, one such Christmastime was the one following my father’s passing when I was a little girl. He had a fatal heart attack just a couple of months earlier. My mother moved through the Thanksgiving holiday by...
