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Happy Thursday!…

“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…

“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…

"It's often the small steps, not the giant leaps that bring about the most lasting change"   ~ Queen Elizabeth…

"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…

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. …

“Only from the heart, can you touch the sky”     ~ Rumi…

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."    ~ Bertrand Russell…

"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…

"We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize"   ~ Thich Nhat Hanh…

“That’s not ours to know. Next question?”   ~ overheard at the coffee shop …

Friends, I know it's the first weekend of Spring ..…

"Why do you have to turn everything into a story?  So I told her why ..…

What are your best conversation starters?…

"For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is .. …

"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…

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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On Responsibility ..…

"Why is lettuce the most loving vegetable?"…

Dr. Laura .. Whether you love her or hate her, she had a heck of a good call a few years ago…

Well, it happened…

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I'll never forget the first time I attended an NA meeting ..…

"Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself"     ~ Walt Whitman…

Mid Week Inspiration No. 7:  What do you eat when you're home alone?…

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…

“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons"     ~ T.S. Eliot…

“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…

From the summer of 2007 until the early spring of 2010 .. …

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"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love"     ~ Hubert H. Humphrey…

Stop what you’re doing. Dinner tonight is the very best kind there is…

Happy Tuesday!…

In the summertime, there aren't many things I like more than…

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It's not"   ~ The Lorax…

“Health, contentment and trust are your greatest possessions, and freedom your greatest joy!” ~ Buddha…

"You should try to relax about having people over. I have friends who are nervous hostesses, and it just contaminates the entire mood of the evening. They are always rushing from the room to…

“And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling ..…

"There’s no subtext with the wedge (none of that “I’m healthy!”)  Its only goal is to please"  ~ Bon Appetit…

"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?" ~ Charlie Brown…

It's inevitable. You're at a weekend birthday party ..…

"And as the years go by, our friendship will never die. You're gonna see it's our destiny. You've got a friend in me"…

Spring is nature's way of saying 'Let's Party!' ~ Robin Williams…

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough” ~ Oprah Winfrey…

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Ar·ca·dia \är-ˈkā-dē-ə\ 1. Region of Greece: in mythology the domain of the god Pan 2. Pastoral Paradise; an ideal of life in harmony with nature…

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"Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it" ~ Andy Rooney…

“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take…

"Whether you think you can, or you can't .. you're right" ~ Henry Ford…

"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating" ~ Luciano Pavarotti…

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From parsnip hash browns for breakfast, to candied pecans for breakfast dessert, to hot yoga on cold winter's nights; a few things that have been happening on my Live Healthy Iowa Challenge journey lately…

“What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick!…

“I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times.” ~ Nora Ephron…

“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him. The people who give you their food give you their heart” ~ Cesar…

"We're a nation of largely exhausted cooks today" ~ The New York Times…

"And so, Thanksgiving. It's the most amazing holiday" ~ Nora Ephron…

"Have I told you lately that I love you?" ~ Van Morrison…

"Think left and think right, and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if you only try!" ~ Dr. Seuss…

"It's hard to be angry or upset, and be grateful at the same time. If I'm ever of emotional or upset about something I think 'What am I grateful for?' I just…

"When an old person dies it's like a library burning" ~ Overheard at The Nantucket Project…

I'm not going to tell you ..…

"I have a core belief. Life is always happening for us, not to us, and it's our job to find out where the benefit is. If we do, life is magnificent" …

When it's a beautiful summer's night; when the weary travelers have returned home from a month away…

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree” ~ Martin Luther…

"There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired" ~ Friedrich Nietzche…

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"These are the days of the endless summer. These are the days, the time is now…

"This book is for the servantless American cook who can be unconcerned on occasion with budgets, waistlines, time schedules, children's meals, the parent-chaffer-den-mother syndrome, or anything else which might interfere with the enjoyment of…

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Happy Tuesday! How was your long holiday weekend?…

I met my husband in our town's version of a soup kitchen four years ago this month…

A simple thought for the day…

"My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand, like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's Chocolate" ~ Katharine Hepburn…

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"Tell me again? Can that really be right? How many diapers does a baby use during the first year?"…

Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…

"Everyone should blog, even if it's not under your own name. Every single day. If you're in public making predictions and noticing things, your life gets better. …

"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon" ~ Doug Larson…

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Groundhog's Day - He woke me just before dawn ..…

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I wonder if it's because I've made so many mistakes in my life that I have such a fear now of…

If all the world's water were to fit into a gallon jug .. the fresh water available to us to use would equal only about .. (?)…

I've always thought I romanticized…

"Be careful of your thoughts .. for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words .. for your words become your actions .. …

"The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings" ~ Fulton J. Sheen…

Happy Tuesday!…

Monday trivia! …

There's nothing like living a life you aren't proud of that'll make you want to…

"When and where did they meet? They met at a graduation party when they were in the sixth grade…

Happy Monday!…

Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We'll ..…

It was late by anyone's standards as we watched the last of our guests head off into the night…

This week started in the best of ways, with…

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