There’s a terrific song, made famous by Frank Sinatra “It Was a Very Good Year” that totally celebrates the life we live and the blessings we have from it for all stages of life!: When I was seventeen It was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And […]
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So we’ve made it to the post-pandemic era (we hope and pray☺️) and we’re just trying to get back to “normal” whatever normal is for us. Our world will forever be changed with “zoom” conference calls making it unnecessary to meet in person; a large percentage of the work force is now permanently working from […]
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Ok, so it’s almost a single digit day countdown to Christmas, and I’ll bet you’re scrambling to finish your shopping, wrapping, cleaning, mailing, wrapping, cooking and let’s not forget cookie baking! This is my granddaughter Evie with her Mom strutting her cookie baking stuff last weekend: With a little “cookie dance” in between batches…. […]
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Fall is finally here and the holidays are just around the corner!! Pretty soon we’ll be making joyful plans (with caution, I know, based on the pandemic status) for holiday gatherings for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year!! But wait a minute, why can’t we enjoy (right now) those little moments or meals that […]
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Have you ever been so caught up in the heat of your daily activities, whatever, whenever or wherever they are, trying to complete one task so that you can be on your time schedule for the next task you’ve assigned yourself, but you’re stopped in your tracks by a random act of kindness? Then, that […]
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Here’s a mind puzzle: Try to identify an activity in your life you can access on a whim, costs you nothing, is calorie free, has the potential of totally transforming your mood AND is a blessing our ancestors enjoyed for ages…. Give up? It’s music!! AND this is an interactive music blog! Press […]
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I’m reaching out to you today because you might be thinking just like me on this. The subject is game day (or any day) fun with food without the guilt….. We’re still pretty much on lockdown with major social gatherings until this pandemic subsides, (hopefully) when enough people are inoculated or have recovered from […]
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I come to you all today with a heavy yet humble heart, asking you to stop and think about what we as a nation have been through this past year, what we are currently facing and what the future can hold for us. Don’t worry, this little blog is not calling out specifically anyone, anything or any […]
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How are you faring at this moment with the holidays now upon us in this global pandemic? Do you feel like every aspect of your lives have been upended with months of the same to look forward to? All of our normal routines have been transformed; any types of shopping, from the gas station to […]
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Part III Put On Your Chef Hat For Tomatoes! Well now that we’ve travelled through the history of how tomatoes came to be such a staple in our pantry, after many trials and travails in Part I-Tomato History and Misconceptions and then we explored how tomatoes can act as medicine in preventing disease in Part II–Tomatoes Are Just What the Doctor […]
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