Recent Food Around Here
A lot of what you see here already has these recipe links on the blog: Red Lentil and Vegetable Soup Salmon Cakes Crustless Seafood Pie with Celeriac Mash Baked Eggs Over Power Greens A Better Banana Bread Baked Winter Squash Soup Watercress, Pear and Walnut Salad Roasted Asparagus Roasted Carrots Roasted Strawberries Vegetable Soup with … Read more
My New Abstract Oil Painting: Spontaneous Combustion
I love this painting of mine with its raw expression and vibrant intensity.
Photos of Leaf-buds
Spring has finally sprung here. We’ve delighted in gorgeous weather in the sixties. The leaves are trying to come out. It never ceases to amaze me that full fledged leaves emerge from these tiny buds and flowers, and that they do it so quickly with such urgency, like after the long winter they can’t wait … Read more
Tip: Save Money with Retailmenot
Ever buy stuff off the internet and see a place to enter a coupon code to save money and wish you had one? I’ve taken to googling for coupon codes and have learned that you can almost always get one for whatever you are looking for at Retailmenot. I just bought software, for example, at … Read more
Three Dotted Gouaches in my Artist’s Journal
I’ve done these three gouaches in my artist journal lately to study the effect of dots– their placement and color– including the influence of both their presence and absence. I enjoy this contemplative process, so I’m warming up to some full blown paintings with dots, to which this medium lends itself handsomely…
Photos of My Favorite Forsythia
This is the massive forsythia outside the pottery studio that I go to on a regular basis. I love it! It is such a harbinger of spring!
New Poem by Me: Benign
Benign a happy word like being nine again the hop, skip and jump of it a relief a release from an unjust sentence uncondemned, safe Congratulations on the courage to find out. by Polly Castor
Homeschool Friend Builds a Jet Engine
We have homeschooled alongside Christopher and his family for well over a decade. Carpooling a lot with him recently we’ve been hearing about the jet engine he has been building. Yesterday at our Homeschooling Science Fair we finally got to see it! He did an awesome job on it, and I couldn’t be more proud … Read more
Recipe: Great Homemade Dressing for a Terrific Apple Salad
This is destined to become a favorite! For the Dressing: 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt 12 fresh rosemary leaves (the spiky needles), minced 1 medium garlic clove, peeled 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 cup organic sour cream 2 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar freshly ground black pepper to taste For the Salad: 3 large … Read more
Movie Review: Life of Pi
We finally got a chance to see this movie on the big screen for $2 at Edmond Town Hall Theater in Newtown; if you are local, you can catch it there before 4/24: MTW @ 7:00… I loved it. The story is compelling but the special effects are astoundingly beautiful. The amount of people coordinated … Read more
Today’s Newspaper Article by Me about Earth Day
I am a regular contributor to the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith column, which is also picked up by the Connecticut Post and the Stamford Advocate. (Please note that the paper capitalized “earth” where I did not, for example in the Lord’s Prayer!) Anyway, you can read that version of the article online here … Read more
We Went to Our Daughter’s Senior Oral
Yesterday we were out of pocket for 22 hours going to Maryland and back to attend our daughter’s Senior Oral at St. John’s College in Annapolis. We had a great day and she did an excellent job. Getting started at 4:30 am we saw dawn’s glow on the GW Bridge, as you can see in … Read more
Photos Shared with Me
This collection of anonymous photos have been sent to me by family, friends, and blog readers; I thought they were too wonderful not to share…
Biblical Truths About You
You are very good (Genesis 1:31) You are beautiful (Psalms 45:11) You are unique (Psalms 139:13) You are loved (Jeremiah 31:3) You are special (Ephesians 2:10) You were created for a purpose (Jeremiah 29:11) You are cared for (Ephesians 3: 17-19) You are lovely (Daniel 12:3) You are precious (I Corinthians 6:20) You are strong … Read more
Two Sketches of Boston
What can I say about the terrible tragedy of bombs going off during the Boston Marathon? I’m simply in prayer for things like this to never to happen again, and invite you to join with me in this effort to spiritually hold crime in check. Boston is a city I love and have visited at … Read more
Our Daughter has Decided on a Graduate School
In January, I posted relief that all our daughter’s graduate school applications were complete. Since then, we found out that she was accepted at five excellent schools, and she set about visiting them for their admitted student days. Last week alone she was on a plane six days out of seven doing just that, and … Read more