Love Those Zinnias!
Can you tell I love bright colors? That’s why these are one of my favorite flowers… the saturated colors are so satisfying! Enjoy!
Polly Castor
Movie Review: Food, Inc.
This is a great movie which I would strongly encourage everyone to see. I give it five stars. Not only is there important information shared but a real need for individual action afterwards on the part of the audience to remedy the situation. Consumers, like all of us, are the ones that will have to … Read more
Farmer’s Market Haul
I am a major fan of farmer’s markets. Not only does local food taste better because it is more fresh and in season, but what I buy is responsibly grown and often organic. Food in this country is 50% of our national carbon foot print. Whenever we can buy local organic produce we are doing … Read more
Book Review: There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
When I bought this book in 2001, I read the preface describing his “spiritual healing” during medical intervention, and I put the book down. Now, years later, I picked it up and persevered past language about “energy” that was not phrased as I would say it, to embrace the true universal meaning the author was … Read more
Recipe: Green Bean and Red Onion Salad
This is a delicious, easy salad that is great right out of the refrigerator. I made it with beans from our shared harvest program that you can see in the picture below. Half of them were green and half a purplish black so I was very surprised to find them all green after steaming! … Read more
My Two New Handmade Bowls
I am pleased with the speckled homogeneous glazing of the above bowl and the carefully carved shape of the one below. Oh, to get it all to come together in one bowl! I’m improving but the path is slow. The above bowl I like better and it will be useful in the kitchen; the bowl … Read more
Home as Hobby
I have started working on de-cluttering and streamlining my office which is one of my major goals for this year. Those that know me are skeptical. They are convinced of my inability to accomplish this, due to my lack of success in doing it in the past. My office is truly a disaster. It started … Read more
Book Review: It’s a Fine Line
I got this book at that recent library sale and have really been enjoying it. His pictures have wit and commentary while still being endearing. I took the liberty of sharing a few pages below, but check out his work for yourself on his website here. Apparently there is a $150 collector’s edition of this … Read more
Photos of Summer Lunches
Summer and the living is easy… and the food is good! I’ve taken some photos of our recent lunches. Yum! Enjoy…
Another Page Done in My Box-A-Day Art Journal
This page represents July 14, 2009 through July 25, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
Today’s Newspaper Article By Me: Spiritual Cultivation
I am a writer for the Danbury New Times Forum on Faith column. Here is the article that came out today: Cultivating Our Spiritual Gardens to Bear Great Fruit My husband is really good at gardening; our yard right now looks like a paradise! There are vibrant splashes of flowers at every turn, with fruits … Read more
My Husband’s Garden
We are on a corner lot downtown in a small town. We’ve got more sun and fewer deer than most folks around here and our lot is more public as well. Put that together with my husband’s green arm (image of thumb is too small) and we’ve got a great yard for showcasing his talents. … Read more
Recipe: Tempeh Burgers
My husband and I like these. They pack a punch of meatless protein and are delicious and satisfying. I got the recipe from the South Beach Taste of Summer Cookbook. See the photo below if you are unfamiliar with buying tempeh; you can see what the package looks like. (It is pretty generally available; … Read more
Book Review: Chasing Harry Winston
Something about summer requires some good chic lit. (Normally I’d call it a “beach read,” but the beaches I’ve been on recently were too gorgeous for reading anything…) Anyway, the kind of book I mean is something far from great literature or demanding concepts. I like it for it’s fashion, it’s indulgences, the food and … Read more
Block Island Sunsets
We had fun chasing Block Island’s sunsets. We could imagine what riches a longer stay would garner if these were the ones from our short stay! Our last sunset was the ferry leaving for the mainland when our sunset was swallowed by an immense black cloud which would later prove to be an impressive thunderstorm … Read more
Rock Cairns
Hundreds of rock cairns were built on Mansion Beach on Block Island, a few of which are photographed here. We made one ourselves. Many sides of me loved this – the fun-loving childlike side, the structural engineering side, the creative side… Which one is your favorite? Which one did we do?