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Topic ~ Caregiving
Be Present in the Moment. It Will Not Come This Way Again
As 2019, all too quickly draws to a close, I stop and reflect on how well I treated the opportunities it presented. A few years ago, all of our kids were home for Christmas over college break. For these occasions, like so many parents, I try to make as many of their...
In Every Ending the Beginning is Already There
It is said that we can learn much from nature. I’ve found this to be particularly true of this year’s season of autumn. I’ve taken the opportunity for more walks and biking adventures and have better noted the etchings on leaves. The vibrant colors of reds and golds,...
Reflecting this Mother’s Day on Mother Mary
I always have mixed feelings about "holidays" such as Mother's Day but I went to bed last night thinking of Mother Mary. I thought about how much she went through as a mother of which we can choose to identify. First, she was pregnant without being married, then she...
Topic ~ Human Trafficking
Sustainable Seafood Summer Grilling
I’m sitting on my deck writing and working on a new product line. Words cannot adequately describe the commotion that is going on in my backyard! For several days blackbirds have been taking over the bird feeder. Only yesterday morning did I see them back down to a...
6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help End Human Trafficking
What is human trafficking? According to the United States National Trafficking Hotline website, the legal definition of human trafficking: Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for...
The Hand that Milks the Cow
I continue to think of how results of Fairtrade practices filter down to farm laborers. Fairtrade considers fairness to farm owners but often leaves out fairness to laborers. This is often reflective of the need for awareness, education and a change in cultural...
Topic ~ Food
Sending Joy in a Brown Paper Package
“Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things,” I remember as a child singing the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music as I twirled around our yard. Often this happened when I was hanging the laundry out to dry. My...
Be Present in the Moment. It Will Not Come This Way Again
As 2019, all too quickly draws to a close, I stop and reflect on how well I treated the opportunities it presented. A few years ago, all of our kids were home for Christmas over college break. For these occasions, like so many parents, I try to make as many of their...
Golden, Dark Brown, and Demerara Sugar – Is There a Difference?
The world would be just as sweet with one variety of brown sugar but with variety comes the many options to take a recipe to another level! All brown sugars can be used to sweeten beverages but when it comes to baking, the effect we want for the final product dictates...
Topic ~ Spiritual
In Every Ending the Beginning is Already There
It is said that we can learn much from nature. I’ve found this to be particularly true of this year’s season of autumn. I’ve taken the opportunity for more walks and biking adventures and have better noted the etchings on leaves. The vibrant colors of reds and golds,...
Reflecting this Mother’s Day on Mother Mary
I always have mixed feelings about "holidays" such as Mother's Day but I went to bed last night thinking of Mother Mary. I thought about how much she went through as a mother of which we can choose to identify. First, she was pregnant without being married, then she...
Shatter Old Beliefs
Shatter old beliefs that don't feel true. Ask: Do I know that's true? How do I know? Can I apply love to my relationship with this belief? When presenting a belief, how is it received? Many of our beliefs are generational. "We learn what we live" is said of beliefs...
Blanketing the World with Denmark’s Hygge
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...
Topic ~ Building Community
In Every Ending the Beginning is Already There
It is said that we can learn much from nature. I’ve found this to be particularly true of this year’s season of autumn. I’ve taken the opportunity for more walks and biking adventures and have better noted the etchings on leaves. The vibrant colors of reds and golds,...
Reflecting this Mother’s Day on Mother Mary
I always have mixed feelings about "holidays" such as Mother's Day but I went to bed last night thinking of Mother Mary. I thought about how much she went through as a mother of which we can choose to identify. First, she was pregnant without being married, then she...
Shatter Old Beliefs
Shatter old beliefs that don't feel true. Ask: Do I know that's true? How do I know? Can I apply love to my relationship with this belief? When presenting a belief, how is it received? Many of our beliefs are generational. "We learn what we live" is said of beliefs...
Blanketing the World with Denmark’s Hygge
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...