“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.” ~ Brené Brown | Daring Greatly…
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Mid Week Inspiration No. 11 - What's the First Dish You Perfected?…
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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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"Oh yes, mustard! That'll do, Mustard? Don't let's be silly. Now lemon, that's different." ~ Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland…
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"No, no, I can’t eat that. You can’t eat a sandwich without Dijon" ~ Kramer…
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"Because everyone is defenseless at breakfast, there should be no contentiousness or crossness" ~ Marion Cunningham…
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"Why is lettuce the most loving vegetable?"…
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Mid Week Inspiration No. 8: What's the best advice you've ever received about weight loss or loving yourself right where you are?…
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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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“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 greatest healing therapy is friendship and love" ~ Hubert H. Humphrey…
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"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…
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“There's a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don't look the way they used to, and it's not because of feminism or better living through exercise. It's because of ..…
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank-you .. it will be enough" ~ Meister Eckhart…
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“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…
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Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
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We barked and waved as the last of our guests headed off, leftovers in hand, into the star-filled October night…
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"A party without cake is just a meeting" ~ Julia Child…
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When it's a beautiful summer's night; when the weary travelers have returned home from a month away…
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"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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She wasn't getting back to me. She always gets back to me …
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Happy Tuesday! How was your long holiday weekend?…
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“Ask any woman how she makes it through the day, and she may mention her calendar, her to-do lists, her babysitter. But if you push her on how she really makes it through…
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"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people" ~ Orson Welles…
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank-you, it will be enough" ~ Meister Eckhart…
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Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? …
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Have you tidied up?…
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"Be careful of your thoughts .. for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words .. for your words become your actions .. …
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Happy Tuesday!…
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I slowly savored my sliver of raspberry galette as he told me stories of the Russian physicist ..…
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"In that moment I knew .. the way you know about a good melon" ~ When Harry Met Sally…
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Happy 4th of July! What are you up to this weekend? …
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"Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me" ~ Alice Walker…
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"A house isn't a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind, as well as the body" ~ Margaret Fuller, 1810-1850…
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She smiled, a few extra taps on the keypad of her phone…
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What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
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I don't believe one can settle on how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare…
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There are some things in life for which you happily take your time…
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Few things in life are more important than…
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With only one week to go in the latest 9-week Challenge…
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The thing you're doing right now, that seems so terribly important…
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"Why is it that everybody else has it all together .. …
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What are your plans for the weekend? We're looking forward to…
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It's not often that I like being snowed in…
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On any given afternoon I can be found…
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As we grow up, we realize it's less important to have lots of friends and more important to have real ones ~ Amanda McRae…
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"No two persons ever read the same book" ~ Edmund Wilson…
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As one year comes to a close and a new one begins. I can't help but reflect and remind myself how very thankful I am for ..…
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“I am a dreamer. I always have been and probably always will be until God says enough is enough"…
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When they first met, his hair was longer than hers…
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Soft jazz played in the background as I walked through the house lighting candles…
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The thing I've learned about planting a seed is…
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Nearly two years have passed since I penned my first post. There's no way I could have anticipated the joy this little website would bring. Especially when…
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Here's what we've decided to do to make our lives a little happier…
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There are some milestones in life one never forgets .. and this weekend .. I was reminded of the season we bought our first …
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Do you have a favorite time of year?…
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We have a pot of drip beef on the stove and bubbly chilling in the fridge. …
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There are some invitations in life you instinctively know you need to accept…
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There is nothing better than a friend, unless it's a friend with chocolate…
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"A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing" ~ Hesiod…
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A gentle reminder this week, there is much to enjoy, if one would slow down just a bit…
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Mornings in Mexico have come to include long walks along the ocean…
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Not long after we got married, a mysterious package showed up on our doorstep…
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Dr. Laura, whether you love her or hate her, she had a heck of a good call this week. The topic?…
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For the past few months, I've felt like a wooly bear…
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A year ago, the Ames Food Swap met for the first time…
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For the past twenty years at Christmas time, my neighbor has hosted a cookie exchange…
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Life philosophy #1056 - If one is going to have a Christmas tree, don't mess around…
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Let's meet for breakfast. Someplace fancy…
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We're leaving for the airport. I bring you the cauliflower…
