What's The First Thing You Cooked After Moving Into Your New House?…
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The funny thing about not having traveled anywhere in nearly a year…
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This week marks the ..…
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Sometimes life gives you lemons. Sometimes life gives you ..…
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"Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good." ~ Ina Garten…
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From flannel pjs, sunrises worth seeing, to Dumas over dinner .. a few things that have been happening in our world lately…
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More often than not, on the weekends .. …
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Olive's private view is that life depends on what she thinks of as "big bursts" and "little bursts."…
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When small things are everything…
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"Life is mostly pain and struggle; the rest is love and deep-dish pizza" ~ Benedict Smith…
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I make a lot of frittatas…
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"You're a good man, Charlie Brown." …
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Midweek Inspiration No. 14: The Sweetest Advice…
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Happy Saturday!…
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Happy Thursday!…
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Last week, in the kitchen, I…
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"When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, 'Dear God, that family needs grace'…
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“The weight of this sad time we must obey. Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” ~ King Lear…
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“And as I surveyed the clutter of his study I was pleased to see that he was a man after my own heart. All of his money appeared to have been spent on either…
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Happy Friday!…
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"The track lingered on the surface like a long pale scar. In maritime vernacular, this trail of fading disturbance, whether from ship or torpedo was called a 'dead wake'" ~ Erik Larson | Dead…
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“I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.” - Maya Angelou…
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"I feel like the 'Greatest Hits' is a homegrown remedy for love" ~ Al Green…
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“Oh, what a beautiful morning. Oh, what a beautiful day"…
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"What good shall I do this day?" ~ Benjamin Franklin…
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"It's often the small steps, not the giant leaps that bring about the most lasting change" ~ Queen Elizabeth…
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When I was younger and didn't have much experience in the art of entertaining…
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What should you do if your soup is too hot? Add a chilly pepper…
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"Just take a minute and think about all the people who loved us into being" ~ Mr. Rogers…
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"I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out" ~ Billy Crystal to Meg Ryan in When Harry Met…
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"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so that some have entertained angels without knowing it" ~ Hebrews 13:2 | King James Version…
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"I just called to say I love you .. " ~ Stevie Wonder…
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Healthy comfort food…
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Midweek Inspiration No. 13: Apples! Whatever should we be doing with all of our apples?…
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"No one will feed you as well as someone who loves you" ~ Alton Brown…
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These are the apples you make…
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"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love" ~ Rumi…
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To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wildness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. Wilderness…
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To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wildness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. …
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We’re a snackin’ family, is all…
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“Only from the heart, can you touch the sky” ~ Rumi…
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"Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction" ~ Rumi…
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"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge." ~ Bertrand Russell…
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Ask not what your book club can do for you …
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"When you know who you are; when your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will; no cold can touch your heart; no deluge can dampen your purpose. You…
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Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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"Keep going. Each step may get harder, but don't stop. The view is beautiful at the top" …
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Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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"We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize" ~ Thich Nhat Hanh…
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Happy Sunday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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“That’s not ours to know. Next question?” ~ overheard at the coffee shop …
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I’ve been making oatmeal the same way for as long as I can remember…
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And just like that, I became an everyday oatmeal eater…
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"This, Grandma. This was the best day ever" ~ Love, Eli…
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Friends, I know it's the first weekend of Spring ..…
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"Why do you have to turn everything into a story? So I told her why ..…
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Do you have a favorite back-of-the-box recipe?…
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What are your best conversation starters?…
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"Because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing" ~ Dr. Seuss…
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"For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is .. …
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Admittedly, it was a little awkward when I brought ..…
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"I took myself out for ramen at lunch today. It was like getting a big hug from a bowl of soup" ~ Overheard at the office…
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"There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises. Even little ones, like cooking stew over your Bunsen burner .. …
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"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook" ~ Julia Child…
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"When I was ten years old, I wished for world peace, no capital punishment, and an endless supply of taco pizza or maybe pepperoni nachos, it was really a toss-up"…
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Mid Week Inspiration No. 11 - What's the First Dish You Perfected?…
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From heart-shaped pancakes to strawberries on oatcakes, to peonies in the arms of a new friend, a few things that have been happening in our world lately…
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"Don't neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that, some have entertained angels without knowing it" ~ Hebrews 13:2 …
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Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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"If you had a giant billboard (metaphorically speaking), what would you put on it?"…
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On Responsibility ..…
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Saturday Trivia! What organ in your body is a rebel against authority? The only one that can get things done without being bossed around by the brain?…
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"It's easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet" ~ Margaret Mead…
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Do you have a favorite meal you could eat every day?…
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"My idea of a perfect day is frozen custard at Shake Shack and a walk in the park (followed by a Lactaid). My idea of a perfect night is a good play and dinner…
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"Because everyone is defenseless at breakfast, there should be no contentiousness or crossness" ~ Marion Cunningham…
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Friends, I know it’s March, and mid-March at that; technically almost Spring .. …
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"Why is lettuce the most loving vegetable?"…
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Dr. Laura .. Whether you love her or hate her, she had a heck of a good call a few years ago…
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"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage" ~ Martin Luther…
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Well, it happened…
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Happy Sunday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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I'll never forget the first time I attended an NA meeting ..…
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"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe…
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We spent the better part of the holidays with jazz playing in the kitchen…
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"Of all sound of all bells .. most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year" ~Charles Lamb…
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Happy Christmas Eve…
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I had a neighbor once who baked the most delicious confections…
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"Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself" ~ Walt Whitman…
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Mid Week Inspiration No. 7: What do you eat when you're home alone?…
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From paper snowflakes in the windows to catching cranberries in the driveway to mastering the art of gumdrop making, a few things that have been happening in our world, lately…
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“Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life. All it needs…
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Do you have a signature dish?…
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I'm not sure what's come over me exactly. Other than somewhere in the nostalgic depths of my mind ..…
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"I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world's greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my…
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“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" ~ T.S. Eliot…
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“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.” ~ Nora Ephron…
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"The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get"…
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"I'm so glad we live in a world where there are Octobers" ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables…
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From the summer of 2007 until the early spring of 2010 .. …
