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I came across this William James quote a while ago. I don't mean to sound trite or cliché in saying that it changed my life, but the truth is that it did. I have it in a little frame in my office and whenever I start feeling discouraged or stuck or uninspired, I look at [...]

Now that I've had a little time to sulk, laugh, look on the bright side and cry, I can breathe. If I seem to be riding the rainbow of human emotion, it's because this adult onset egg allergy business is still very new for me. My life—quite literally—changed overnight. I can pinpoint the place and [...]

Perfection—if defined as anything other than being perfectly me—is not a state of being to which I aspire. I have enough to think about without having to conform to some ideal of perfection, which I'm quite certain would not allow for the dishes in my sink or the ripped out knees in my favorite pair [...]

Second Saturday dinners here in the Humble Neighborhood went on hiatus during the cold winter months, but now that the days are warm, sunny and getting longer, I'm thinking about bringing them back. Just for the summer–June through September. Any takers? New to the Humble Neighborhood? Here's the deal: I cook. You come and eat–and [...]

Today I set myself a challenge. I looked over last week’s grocery receipts. Percentage spent on local food? 32%. Not horrible, I suppose, but I know I can do better. I want to do better. So I started trying to come up with ways to improve that percentage… I can continue my practice of Conscious [...]

Call me crazy, but I actually do like winter. I think it’s beautiful. Right now I’m looking out my window and I can see the frozen lake through bare branches and I find myself feeling quite cozy here, writing and sipping my pomegranate green tea.       I don’t even mind the cold. For the most [...]

I’ve spent the last several months discovering root vegetables. For whatever reasons, I never ventured much beyond potatoes, carrots, onions and the occasional yam. Last spring I stumbled upon parsnips and well, yum! Why had I never tried them before?! Who knows? Thus began my foray into the Wonderful World of Root Vegetables. The latest [...]

Cooking I love. Cleaning up, not so much. My neat and orderly Virgo nature goes on vacation when I’m in the kitchen zealously concocting this, that or the other thing. A pinch of this, a dash of that and the next thing I know my inner Tasmanian devil has unleashed herself in a whirlwind of [...]

  I love blogging. That is, I loved the idea of blogging as I envisioned a pithy online chronicling of the World According to Me, kind of a quirky glimpse into the organized chaos in my head, peppered with professions of my love of good food, good health and a few of my favorite recipes.  [...]

    I hope everyone enjoyed a happy Earth Day! What a great way to honor Mother Earth and all she provides. Let’s keep up the green momentum! Just like taking one small step toward keeping chemicals and toxins out of your body, make another small step to keep them out of hers. Like the [...]