THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING

Photo: JAMay: “raising baby ducks” It’s early days yet but the signs of Spring are everywhere. The Canada Geese have returned as well as the summer resident ducks. Tufts of green are sprouting everywhere and it is amazing to me that anything green could be living under what was 5 feet of snow last […]

THE TAPESTRY OF LIFE

Our lives are like that of a woven nature. Each event, each person in our lives is a thread. Our journey with all these threads of interaction are reflected in the whole of our own personal tapestry. People come and people go in our lives. When there is a loss, sudden or slowly oncoming, a thread […]

STILLPOINT : A Place of Total Peace

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COMFORT FOOD: PULLED PORK GREEN CHILI

It’s snowing now, and almost whiteout conditions. The photo above is my deer proof garden that I built the first year I was here. Right now it is sleeping under a blanket of snow but not before I got to harvest my herbs, many of which I used in this recipe. With today’s windchill […]

OWN YOUR SHINING LIGHT

Many of you are expecting my usual article on the essential need for rest and regeneration during this winter season, But I am going to surprise you. This sharing is all about The Light. The days are shorter, the weather colder and the Winter Solstice is almost here, bringing upon us the longest night of […]

BEST ROASTED CHICKEN…. EVER

SQUASH CARROT PEAR APPLE MARMALADE ROASTED CHICKEN I know this title sounds like a mouthful but it is a wonderfully delicious mouthful. Your family and guests will think you are a wizard with this creative spin on the usual roast chicken. And it is SO easy. From this summer’s bumper crop of squash I made […]

SELF GRATITUDE: FILLING THE CUP OF SELF LOVE

Giovanni Da Udini detail of”Ceres” 1518 This is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. In […]

A TASTE OF SUMMER SWEETNESS… ITALIAN PLUM COMPOTE

With this month’s musings of darkness, I think it is time for something sweet. As I was meandering through the produce section of my local market, I came across an unusual plum. Here they were called Empress Plums but when I grew up they were known in my family as Italian Prune Plums. They […]

FACING THE DARKNESS WITHIN

I should start by saying that not all of these articles will be so long. My goal is to write much shorter articles, but this one just asked to be shared. After writing September’s blog on Autumn, I began to muse about what is this darkness that we are all so afraid of? What are […]

AUTUMN FOODS & RECIPES

YELLOW & ORANGE ARE THE HEALING COLORS OF THE SEASON! Chinese Medicine is based on the tenets of nature. Organ systems are related to seasons, directions, emotions, sensory organs, foods, colors and taste. For example Autumn is related to the Earth Element which corresponds to the Spleen organ. The emotion of the Spleen is worry, […]