Go forward

Jack and I watched a wonderful documentary the other night called, "Spinning Plates". It highlighted the success and struggles of three very different restaurants (focusing on the owner's and chef's personal lives as well) in the US. If any one of these restaurants was within driving distance, I would want to go, but one of…

Give-away day! A tin of Mary’s Skin Survival Balm

I think it's about time for another give-away.  A tin of the skin balm that I make is the gift. To enter, just comment with an "impossible wish"...something that would be beyond your wildest dreams (but that you would love to see happen anyway). Have fun with this. Your comment can be as silly as…

Wouldn’t it be interesting if….

When we returned home from Mexico, I unpacked my small suitcase and stuck it on top of the dresser. I had planned on putting it away (but am never very fast about that kind of stuff) and the next thing I knew, Ben had found his new favorite place to sleep. Each time I looked…

a “lucky” day, a daring adventure

It is Friday the 13th today. Growing up, there was so much hype around the "bad things" that might happen on this day. I never believed them, but now I am so much more aware of how expectations create events and circumstances (both good and bad) and mass-expectation is even more powerful, so I make…

What is the gift in this?!

My car is in the shop....again. It started acting funny on Christmas Day and has been in and out of the mechanic's ever since. A  few months ago, the head gasket was replaced which left me without a car for 3 weeks, waiting for parts. I got it home and within a week it was…