"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…
Stop what you’re doing. Dinner tonight is the very best kind there is…
Happy Tuesday!…
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" ~ The Lorax…
"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?" ~ Charlie Brown…
It's inevitable. You're at a weekend birthday party ..…
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…
Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
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…
Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
"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…
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…
“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 Chavez…
"We're a nation of largely exhausted cooks today" ~ The New York Times…
"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…
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…
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…
"These are the days of the endless summer. These are the days, the time is now…
