Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope this finds you well and enjoying this festive holiday season. Below you will find my musings on my childhood Christmases and a Season's Greeting for this year. My childhood Christmases were fun. One of the most special aspects of Christmas was that my [...]
The Toni-Love Project had its debut yesterday. At some point soon, my plan is to distribute homemade meals to my homeless neighbors. However, yesterday's debut started out with cookie distribution. I started out with cookies because Toni loves sweets. She especially loves cookies and cake! In fact, she loves [...]
Imagine my joy when I discovered that today is World Pasta Day! I didn't even know such a day existed. It was early morning when I made the discovery and I immediately started planning this evening's meal: penne with fresh chanterelles sauteed with shallots. The whole dish would then [...]
I put together a slideshow for you (fast moving, not boring, less than three and a half minutes long)! Both retreat weeks are represented in the slideshow. The first week was devoted to Yoga + Culinary & Culture. The second week was devoted to Yoga + Hiking (+ Culture). [...]
It's raining here in Ocean Shores. Been raining nonstop for some time now. I bravely don my rain parka, tighten up the hood, and dash out to the garden to pick a variety of super greens (mustard greens, spinach, chard, kale, collards) to clean, steam, and make the spinach [...]
