So, the Big Changes.....

I did find what I was looking for - and more - at the Soulcraft Intensive experience at Breitenbush Hot Springs, in beautiful, beautiful Oregon ( Read more... )

Easy and smells sooooo good....it's feeling wintery in my household

Roasted Yams with Honey Butter4 Yams peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes ( Read more... )

A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter ( Read more... )

This is great news! I wish we could preserve the rest of what's left of Snoqualmie Valley farmland, before they turn it under for horrible, petroleum-dependent housing, the blight of American landscape.

Way to go PCC Farmland Trust!!

Organic farming takes root...Blakely and her husband, Joe Adams, own Growing Things Farm, one of three organic ( Read more... )

This was delicious!

Garlic Chick Peas and Mustard Greens2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan ( Read more... )

Sagelands Vineyards, Washington State's Columbia Valley

2002 Sagelands Vineyard Merlot Four Corners

An excellent value found now at Ballard Market, just $9.99, compare $14.00 MSRP. Just let it breathe a little bit to allow the full flavor come out.

This bright garnet-color Merlot displays a vibrant nose of ripe Bing cherry and mixed berries ( Read more... )

Finally!!! My finger is FREE !!!! No "buddy wrap," no splint, just an elastic "protector" should I feel the need to wear one. The physical therapist showed me the magic of moist heat to dissolve stiffness and promote movement in my painfully stiff joints, and all the little exercises I should do to get my damn hand back. God I look forward to ( Read more... )

I'm totally buzzing on organic green tea... Choice Organic Teas, a Seattle-based concern, has the best inexpensive organic, fair trade teas that I can find.

I'm having trouble focusing on any classes other than the one on Psychology and Spirituality! Each student must adopt a "spiritual practice" from the seven listed in the book Essential ( Read more... )

We thought we were going to check out a new German pub that opened in Seattle this past February, the Feierabend, but it was absolutely packed, standing room only. I look forward to checking that place out during the week, especially since it's close to Antioch University.

So we drove over to Tangletown, a north Seattle sattelite of the fine ( Read more... )