“Through allowing, you become what you are; vast, spacious. You become whole. You are not a fragment anymore, which is how the ego perceives itself. Your true nature emerges, which is one with the nature of God.” ~Eckhart Tolle Recently, I mentioned a tumultuous storm that blew through my garden and snapped off some tomato [...]
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In honor of Memorial Day, I am sharing a piece of patriotic writing from a unique and powerful American voice, Langston Hughes. Below are the last three stanzas of the poem, you can find the entirety of the poem here. Freedom’s Plow by Langston Hughes, 1943 America is a dream. The poet says it was [...]
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It is Memorial Day weekend which means BBQs with tasty meats, baked beans, corn on the cob and assortments of fresh salads. This little salad is simple, fast and refreshing. It is lettuce free so the men folk are more likely to eat it (if your man is anything like mine – the less green [...]
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I’ve been on a southwestern food kick lately, particularly anything to do with corn cakes, black beans, avocado and salsa. I was recently having some salsa at a restaurant on a quesadilla with sweet corn inside and thought, “What I really need is some sweet corn salsa.” So, I dreamed up this little recipe and [...]
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I first made these black bean cakes during my law school years, and hadn’t made them in so long I couldn’t remember the specifics. Many a legal contract had warped my brain since that time. I just remember they were good. So, I gathered the remnants from the corners of my mind – black beans, [...]
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This post is the first in a new series called “Mamaw’s Wisdom” where I will share bits of letters, photographs and history from the wise assortment of people amongst my family and friends. This letter was from my GREAT (always caps lock) Aunt Tillie. She wrote to me from CA in 1996, I was a [...]
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When life gives you rain and wind (and feisty critters), you have to take a deep breath, pick-up, re-pot and get creative. Yesterday a sudden and tumultuous thunderstorm came rumbling through my neighborhood. Between the torrential rains and wind gusts of up to 60mph my garden took a beating. It was my first day back [...]
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Tomorrow is my birthday. I love all birthdays, not just my own, but every birthday. I love to celebrate my friend’s birthdays just as much as I love to celebrate my own. We have quite the festivities planned for tomorrow and by late tonight I’ll have a house full of out of town guests. I’m [...]
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Long at Sea by em claire I left my home so long ago now that I would not recognize my own face. I constructed the Boat of My Life and I set out into the open sea, waving to all who knew that the seas would give me everything I could handle and everything I [...]
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This is a seasonal variation on the Simple Two Egg Scramble I posted previously. This time of year, my chives start to blossom. The blooms need to be pulled off to keep the plant from dying back and going to seed, particularly if I want fresh chives all Summer. The full blossoms are too much [...]
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