Reverence Through Celebration

“Last year it rained into late June and the year before that it rained in July.” Around here it generally never rains past mid May. Most people that I say this to give me a funny look. They don’t believe me and then wonder how I even remember that. To them the weather is a…

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My Apologies

If you just got a bunch of outdated posts to your email I have to say I’m really sorry about that and just ignore them. Apparently transferring the blog from Blogger to WordPress isn’t as smooth as some will have you believe. The posts that showed up this morning were old posts from the Blogger…

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Long Weekend Ahead

Oh how I love the three day weekend. With the days getting longer all I can think about is hanging out in the yard and playing with the critters. But this weekend, this three day weekend I’ve got some big and not-so-big plans. And I have a lot of them. Fava beans need to get…

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“I Can’t”

Unless you’re talking about licking your own elbow  “I can’t” is one of those phrases that is such a downer. I like to help people. I like to help them solve problems or move out of their comfort zone. I like to help people get more power over their lives. Maybe that’s kind of obvious….

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Marinated Artichoke Hearts

I know, I’ve posted this before but artichokes are back in season so I want to repost it. Artichokes, boy do we have a lot of them! Sometimes we’ve got as much as 20lbs of them languishing in the refrigerator. And really, you can only eat them boiled, steamed or barbequed so many times. So…

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