A couple of months ago my daughter-in-law shared a video with me of a new food craze called hot chocolate bombs and it blew my mind. It is basically hot cocoa, but it is the way the hot cocoa is delivered that is so amazing. When you pour hot milk over the beautifully smooth delicate sphere of chocolate, they melt…
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This past summer I was able to travel with my two adult children to 4 national parks. With the limits of travel due to the quarantine, we made a road trip. We went to Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier. I made a goal of seeing the sunset in each park at least once.As I watched the sun descend behind…
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This month I have been thinking about the virtue of humility. Pondering how it can inform our relationships and even the way we respond to the latest health guidelines. (side note on vices and virtues, my latest blog post talks all about acedia, more commonly know as sloth, and how it may be showing up today. You can read it here)…
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There is a certain excitement that comes with the change in seasons. As ingredients begin to make their yearly reappearance, they are like long leisurely visits with old friends. Apple cider, walnuts, cranberries, and pumpkins are abundant in the fall and I try to take every opportunity I can to cook with these autumnal beauties. Celebrating the Season Celebrating them…
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I don’t know about you but I’m a list maker and I don’t think I could survive the holidays without my enormous super important lists. Shall we run through a few? There is the familiar guest list, menu list, recipe list, grocery list, flower/candle list, potluck list, Christmas card list, the must add charcuterie board list, the overwhelming gift list,…
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