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Topic ~ Caregiving
Learn to Love to Relax
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care How many of us take the time to relax, reflect, and rejuvenate? All of those "re-" words that we read much about, but we find hard to actually to do. I'm guilty of a lifelong habit of keeping busy. Not so much "keeping busy" in the "I'm...
I See Me in the Mirror
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care A few years ago I was hit with a health crisis that left me severely wondering about why, how, where, what, and when. When you hear the doctor say "she may not come out of surgery, but we'll do our best," there's something about those...
Learn to be Inspired Literally and Figuratively to Get Out!
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care Phew! Day three of 31 Days of Self-care is here! Day three of our wellness journey where you will learn to nourish yourself. As you're probably figuring out, self-care isn't only imbibing in special treats to make us feel better for a...
Topic ~ Human Trafficking
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Topic ~ Food
In 2018 We Googled Magical Unicorn Cakes and Keto Treats
Purveyor of trending searches, Google’s 2018 top ten was all about food. If you think “local food” was of great interest, you would be mistaken and neither was climate change. Food recalls made a fair showing but not as one of the top 10. Although, within that...
Candy and a Castle, and other Christmas Memories
Gramma's 1915 Divinity Pick a dry day to make this heavenly confection. A humid day can make it turn out to be more like taffy, than the light and airy candy that is divinity. Have an airtight container for storing this candy, it doesn’t keep well. That’s...
Part 2: My Unexpected Food Journey Continues
Standing by the kitchen table, the cold pizza in the carryout box looked and smelled so good. Irresistibly good. On my way home from a local consulting job, I had picked up a pizza at a local variety store. (Here in Maine, that's how we roll.) Pizza is normally not...
Topic ~ Spiritual
Autumn Customs Make Right with Relationships
This is the time of year when there is no shortage of things to write about in regard to anything that has to do with food. This week particularly has interesting cultural events. Mabon is officially on September 22, which also marks the Autumnal Equinox. This timing...
Balancing Chakras with Colorful Food Choices
Last week was a tough week. However, much of the fracas with the week could have been spared had we slowed sooner by choice, rather than by necessity. One of the calamities was my coming down with “shingles.” It’s everything that has been said about it. I chose to go...
The Great Latke and the Traditional Hanukkah Doughnut
Hanukkah, known as “festival of lights” begins this year at sunset Saturday, December 24, and goes through Sunday, January 1. It's the first time since 1978 Hanukkah has begun the same night as Christmas Eve. What beautiful, combined, loving energy this can bring to...
Farm to Table Dinner Ministry
There are some evenings out with friends that turn out absolutely, perfect. I experienced one such evening when invited to a farm-to-table dinner at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall in Farmington, Maine. Tickets were limited to 100 and they were sold out weeks in advance....
Topic ~ Building Community
Autumn Customs Make Right with Relationships
This is the time of year when there is no shortage of things to write about in regard to anything that has to do with food. This week particularly has interesting cultural events. Mabon is officially on September 22, which also marks the Autumnal Equinox. This timing...
Balancing Chakras with Colorful Food Choices
Last week was a tough week. However, much of the fracas with the week could have been spared had we slowed sooner by choice, rather than by necessity. One of the calamities was my coming down with “shingles.” It’s everything that has been said about it. I chose to go...
The Great Latke and the Traditional Hanukkah Doughnut
Hanukkah, known as “festival of lights” begins this year at sunset Saturday, December 24, and goes through Sunday, January 1. It's the first time since 1978 Hanukkah has begun the same night as Christmas Eve. What beautiful, combined, loving energy this can bring to...
Farm to Table Dinner Ministry
There are some evenings out with friends that turn out absolutely, perfect. I experienced one such evening when invited to a farm-to-table dinner at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall in Farmington, Maine. Tickets were limited to 100 and they were sold out weeks in advance....