On Aging with Grace
When getting older is hard, just remember we can choose to be miserable or see it’s blessings.
Lemons Preserved in Your Own Kitchen
Preserving Lemons Lemons are at their peak in winter. It’s been a year since I preserved my first batch [Here] . . . and they just ran out. We used the last bit in some baked Salmon last week. These things are soooooo delicious. And it seems so cool to be able to keep them all…
Dreams do come true.
Dreams do come true a second time, and more. I had dreams . . . vivid but hazey around the edges. (That’s because I was young and wasn’t sure what they meant.) They weren’t sleep dreams, or day dreams but a longing in my heart driving me to act on things that sustained my dream….
Succulents for a Birthday Cake
Succulents make beautiful decorations with their soft subtle colors, but buttercream is better than nature- for a cake that is. I used to stay up till 3 in the morning creating sesame street cakes for my boys on their birthdays. I’d kiss them goodnight then head for the kitchen where the magic began with butter,…
Healing for the New Year
Healing When I posted this picture, my niece recognized it as an aloe and said “We could all use some healing.” It’s been a year of losses; loved ones/relationships, familiar patterns and health. Once again we’ve said goodbye to family and friends we love. We’ve struggled with health issues and tough decisions. But more than…
Home Biz- What does it mean?
Home Biz- What is that? We started this adventure, this “home biz” quest, many years ago with our own hands and our own dreams. What does it mean to “work at home”? When people ask me what I do, and I tell them I work at home, they usually ask, “but, what do you do?”…
Raising Boys or “A Million Children”
I was recently asked by a young mom, raising two beautiful little boys, “How did you do it with a million of them?” One is sick . . . again, and one is teething and suffering, and no one is sleeping much. Oh . . . my heart broke for her. My response was with a…
Sauerkraut Staples
Sauerkraut with Beets and Purple Cabbage This month I’m enjoying experimenting with different sauerkrauts. This is a beautiful red one made of purple cabbage and beets. These are two of our favorite vegetables and this recipe from Feremented Vegetables, by the Shockeys really caught my eye. I made one of their lemon dill krauts last summer,…
Forcing Blooms Indoors
Forcing blooms from fruit tree prunings is a simple and magical way to anticipate Spring. Forcing Blooms It’s still winter cold out- best time to prune the fruit trees, and that means time for forcing blooms indoors. Those delicate pink blossoms will chase away any winter blues in a hurry. In our desert, the budding fruit…
Morning Smoothies!
Good Morning Smoothies . . . Morning smoothies are my new favorite. It’s a new year and new life lessons are behind and ahead of me. One of the best things I know to make healthy changes in my life is to focus on nutrition. There’s always something new to learn. Our son introduced me…