Maria Theresa Maggi

Reading Out Loud

October 25, 2013

Doesn’t this look like a nice chair to read a book in or listen to a story in? My fondest first memories are of being read to when I was very small. One of my favorite books to be read to from was the Child Craft volume “Poems of Early Childhood.” Through yet another slow […]

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Vegan Versions: Nightshade and White Bean “Melt”

October 20, 2013

The local fresh eggplants and tomatoes and peppers are disappearing for the Winter. The Farmer’s Market will soon be over, and we’ve had a few frosts that slow these warm weather-loving veggies to a halt. But before they are gone for the year, I’d like to share my version of Eggplant Tomato Melt from Prevent […]

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Down By The Rivers: Falling Apart and Coming Together

October 16, 2013

After two weeks of painstaking arrangements, Romeo and  I set out this last weekend to go on a two part journey down the length of Idaho to meet up with Mike and Kelly for another celebration of their wedding with Kelly’s extended family.  I have lived in Idaho for 22 years, but because of my […]

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The Simplest Way to Cook Winter Squash (or Pumpkin)

October 10, 2013

My love of detail has often made me a person who makes things more complicated than they need to be. I first learned this about myself at age 14 during a Summer Theater Workshop. We each had to pantomime an activity and the rest of the workshop would have to guess what we were doing. […]

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Plein Air Dreamin’ Come True

October 6, 2013

It’s not my habit to write about what is happening at the moment.  I don’t do it well. My cast of mind is one of memoir, and so it takes me a while to incorporate what I’m living enough into memory to be able to render the essence of it in what I write. So […]

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Itsy Bitsy (Flour-Free Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Fat-Free) Fruit Cobbler

October 2, 2013

Strict as I may be about indulging, like Winnie the Pooh, I love “a little something” that’s sweet. Especially after dinner as the nights get longer and more chilly and I have pears and blackberries ripening at every turn. I’ve learned that sugar as a primary sweetener every night is just not good for me. […]

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Listening to the Earth

September 26, 2013

Welcome to my blog’s new “look.” After I included my drawing of the little ballerina in my post In the Temple of my Daily Life, Susan suggested to me I look through my drawings and see if there was one that I’d like to use as part of a new look for the header of […]

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Late September Breakfast

September 25, 2013

  A thick chunk of banana, mashed. Some cut up pear, mashed. Buckwheat groats and gluten free oats, cooked together. Cinnamon. More cut up pear. Just thawed frozen blueberries. A splash of almond milk (homemade). A teaspoon of  ground golden flax seeds. A little sun right on the bowl. A silver spoon to eat it […]

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Vegan Versions: Chipotle Barbecued. . . . Mushrooms (and a Surprise)

September 23, 2013

I am not a big fan of barbecue. In fact I wasn’t even sure how to spell it, and had to go check. So what am I doing making a version of a recipe post from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen that starts out with Susan saying, “I love barbecue, but I don’t always take the […]

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A September Past: The Trip of a Lifetime

September 18, 2013

From the Sublime to the Ridiculous and Back Again Sometimes it’s good to look back on how far I’ve come while eating a Plant-Based diet. Sometimes it takes a while before I can look back and find words to describe the progress I’ve made, the things that have happened. Three years ago this month, my son […]

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