by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food
“The road goes ever on and on. Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone…” (J.R.R.Tolkien) Before I sat down to the computer this morning to do my daily writing, I sat pondering how far we’ve come from the days of living in a cave to the...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food
I’m at the end of a tough week that included facilitating family caregiving groups twice a week and reuniting a lost four-year-old with her father. The child had wandered away in the grocery store. Because he kept apologizing, I had a distinct impression the father...
by Lillian Lake | | 21 Day Self-care Tune-up, Food
Father’s Day is June 20th. So I asked my Twitter followers if they remember their dad doing any cooking. As most men responded, I think there must be a special bond between dads and sons when it comes to cooking. Responses ranged from pancakes to barbeques. One man...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Recipes, Uncategorized
Casseroles are an American classic. In the 1950s the American homemaker designed casseroles to be easy, budget-friendly, and nutritious and often used leftovers. Food shortages existed during World War l and ll. These shortages taught homemakers to be thrifty and the...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Recipes
This girl had a flu virus for eleven days, so now she’s addressing the need to catch up. I prefer to be ahead, but now that I’m behind, I may just accept that I’m not going to catch up. Like in high school how I dealt with the old math problem about...
by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving, Food
Valentine’s Day has been celebrated every year since about the 14th century. Pakistan and Indonesia forbid the idea of Valentine’s Day, but in America, many of us think about it and how we will make the holiday our own. Part of me isn’t a fan of Valentine’s Day,...
