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And The Winner Is. . .

January 26, 2014

Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my last post! I enjoyed reading what you had to say about the spice blend and the cards and even The Princess Bride! It was so hard not to comment, but I didn’t want to gum up the numbers for Random.org. The winner of the 5 pack […]

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As You Wish Spice Blend (and an “I Love You” Give-Away)

January 20, 2014

I know there are lots of ready-made spice blends out there, but sometimes it’s nice to have exactly what I want the way I want it–nothing less, and nothing more. Something to go with my rather plain food that isn’t too spicy and isn’t salty and has no black pepper in it, which I don’t […]

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I Love You Valentine Cards in Slow Miracle Art Store

January 18, 2014

I’m happy to announce that most all of the valentine cards I showed you in the post Be My Valentine? A Slow Miracle Art Update are now available for order in the Slow Miracle Art Store. After a rather agonizing wait for card stock, they have been printed this weekend, and I will be able […]

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Pulling Away While Reaching Out: Another Slow Miracle

January 16, 2014

A Retrospective Reflection People now use the phrase “reaching out” to mean being the one to make first contact in a social exchange. “Pulling away” is sometimes used when a person is describing the need for less social interaction with someone, or with a social phenomenon. But I have different first meanings for these phrases, […]

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Decadent Kale and Pomegranate Breakfast Salad

January 8, 2014

With all this pomegranate love going on, I thought maybe I better share my decadent update on my morning kale and fruit salad, before the very last of the pomegranates disappear for the year.   I call it decadent because it tastes so darn good–as near to a chewy chocolate bar as I can safely […]

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Be My Valentine? A Slow Miracle Art Update

January 4, 2014

I know it’s a little early to be talking about Valentine’s Day just yet, but my life is budding out and heading for full bloom on that day this year. Following my heart on Valentine’s Day now has a very different meaning for me than the conventional one I knew as a child, and later […]

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Pomegranate: To Spank Or Not To Spank

January 3, 2014

I am the only person I know who had the unusual good luck to grow up with a pomegranate tree right outside my bedroom window. It was a gorgeous thing, with small green leaves and lovely drooping blossoms, which became laden in October and November with large orange-fuschia-ruby colored fruit. It was my Dad’s pride […]

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Savory Solstice Millet Stuffed Peppers

December 20, 2013

Even though I love dreaming up healthy alternative recipes for them, there has to be something to eat on the table besides the cookies. So here’s a festive holiday dish that’s bright and cheery to welcome the return of the light. With colors of flame and all the wonderful antioxidants that go with them. Light […]

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Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger-Snappy Star, Moons, and Hearts

December 17, 2013

These spicy cookies came together in the same off-beat way that pieces of daily thought and feeling experience make up the components of a dream. The first wacky component came from something I do regularly in the cold months when its an asset to have the oven on. I make Romeo homemade dog biscuits. A […]

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Keep the Fire Burning

December 14, 2013

It’s true every picture tells a story. But it’s also true that sometimes the picture gets painted before the story even happens. I have been wondering if there will be a story that goes with this painting of the fire in my masonry stove, and this week, it came to me in that surprising way […]

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