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Topic ~ Caregiving
Compassion is the Food of the Soul
Compassion is the food of the soul. Certain foods are especially good for nurturing our souls. In order for this to happen most effectively, we should strive to apply a compassionate approach to all aspects of growing, preparing, and sharing food compassionately,...
The Value-added Health Characteristics of Onions Enhance Mom’s Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is definitely good for the soul. And for fighting colds and flu. When my mother lived in a walk-up apartment in New York City, she had neighbors from all over the world when women largely stayed home and took care of their homes. One advantage of this...
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...
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
The Best Rich, Tangy, Chocolatey Sourdough Brownies Ever!
This week I’m sharing my favorite Sourdough Brownie recipe. This is a great way of using the "discard". This recipe produces the best, most chocolate-craving, satisfying brownie ever. Remember the days of making Betty Crocker brownies from a box mix? How many times...
Compassion is the Food of the Soul
Compassion is the food of the soul. Certain foods are especially good for nurturing our souls. In order for this to happen most effectively, we should strive to apply a compassionate approach to all aspects of growing, preparing, and sharing food compassionately,...
Dukkah: An Addictive Blend of Aromatic Egyptian Spices
“True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest.” (Claudia Roden) Roden brings together recipes to create cultural stories of the people who live them. In “A Book of Middle Eastern Food” (1968) she writes dukkah is “a very personal and...
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...