Don’t make assumptions

  In the last blog post I talked about the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I was working with “Don’t make assumptions.” I thought one day would do it. HA!  Two weeks later and I find daily how many times I assume. When someone doesn’t respond to my text message. When someone calls meContinue reading “Don’t make assumptions”

The Four Agreements

Be Impeccable with your words Don’t take anything personally Don’t make assumptions Always do your best   The four agreements are from Don Miguel Ruiz and I have them posted on the side of my refrigerator. I read them every day. How many days do I actually live them? You know how you can sayContinue reading “The Four Agreements”

Kitchen Experiments – Creamy Beany Broccoli Soup

I love soup! I love soup in the winter, spring, summer or fall. I love soup for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Any time of day, any time of year! I love brothy soups, creamy soups, or loaded with stuff soup. I just plain love soup! I am usually not a follow the recipe kind of a soupContinue reading “Kitchen Experiments – Creamy Beany Broccoli Soup”

Kitchen Experiments – Gluten Free Carrot Cake

Happy Birthday to me!  Yes, it was my birthday this past week, plus father’s day, plus my nephew’s graduation from high school, plus my niece’s graduation from 8th grade.  This gave me the perfect excuse to bake the carrot cake that I had made for my sister’s birthday. I told you about it in myContinue reading “Kitchen Experiments – Gluten Free Carrot Cake”

How Does Your Garden Grow?

There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp. ~ John Steinbeck I will have to agree that there is something so satisfying to me to be able to put my hands into the dirt.  This is the photo that I sent out awhile ago in the beginning of spring.  ThisContinue reading “How Does Your Garden Grow?”

stop seeking

“You obviously seek in order to avoid the present and yet the present alone holds the answer. To seek forever is to miss the point forever. You always already are enlightened Spirit and therefore to seek Spirit is simply to deny Spirit. You can no more attain Spirit than you can acquire your lungs orContinue reading “stop seeking”

Kitchen Experiments – Pancakes anyone?

I must say that being grain free has presented a challenge for breakfast if you are thinking about typical breakfast foods.  Most mornings when I am ready for breakfast I end up staring at the refrigerator thinking about what I can eat. Cereal? Out! Rice cake with nut butter? Out! Oatmeal? Out!  Oh boy!  What elseContinue reading “Kitchen Experiments – Pancakes anyone?”

Kitchen Experiments – Beans for Dessert?

Flourless Coconut Great Northern Bean Blondies It seems like these days I am continually searching for new recipes and especially things made without flour.  Anita and I have been on our low grain and fruit diet now for over a month and we are sick of what we are eating.  We keep looking for different ways toContinue reading “Kitchen Experiments – Beans for Dessert?”