These cookies are loosely inspired by the peanut butter cookies from the Joy of Cooking because those were my first peanut butter cookies. 1. Soften a half cup of vegetable shortening (preferably organic), then cream with 1/4-1/2 cup of sucanat… (READ MORE)
How different the tone of these two photos just from the direction the camera was pointed, how much was included in the overall image, and the shift in the shape of my mouth. The clowns with their paint, the angle… (READ MORE)
I received the following spam today: “????????? ??? ???? ???????, ???.” Not a bad one and certainly inoffensive. Although I deleted it, I copied the message first. For the past few days I’ve been thinking that sometimes the act of… (READ MORE)
I give thanks to and for all of you and wish that you find a true sense of gratitude in your very being.
Yesterday I received a rather negative email in response to my posting a suggestion on a list serve connected to a religious organization that people write to their elected officials about the health care bill pending in the Senate. I… (READ MORE)
My students this fall and those of you following the blog know that I have been teaching the basic Anusara physical principles of alignment in sequence as the focus of my weekly classes. I did not set out to do… (READ MORE)
When I googled (that should not be a verb) “holiday madness” this morning, I got one million three hundred thousand hits. Yikes! Most relevant websites are about surviving shopping, over-eating, family, and travel. Madness in such a situation is a… (READ MORE)
This is dense, moist, sweet, and fairly healthy as Thanksgiving type treats go: 1. Beat together: 1/4 cup walnut oil (or safflower or canola if you are avoiding nuts) 1/2 cup sucanat 1/2 cup maple syrup dash of salt 2. … (READ MORE)
I was first taught how to make cranberry sauce in 3rd or 4th grade. We made the recipe off of the back of the bag, which recipe I am fairly certain is still on the bag of “conventionally grown” cranberries. … (READ MORE)