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Happy Foodie Friday, everyone, and welcome to harvest-foods season!  To me, autumn food means roasting.  And my very favorite fall dinner is to snatch up whatever multi-colored melange of in-season veggies I can find at my farmer’s market or supermarket, roast ’em up, then toss them with penne, olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, and…

As in “1, 2, 3, 4 monsters walking across the floor…” Yeah, I know. So good. A little oxytocin boost for ya.

“The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning,” said Samuel Johnson.  Do you agree?  When you’re awake but not yet out of bed, do you meditate and set an intention for the day?  Grumble internally about why it’s get-up time already?  Think about what you’ll…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to honor those whose lives have been touched through this disease, I searched out these quotes about survival.  Because that’s the goal.  That’s the goal. CLICK HERE to check out quotes on breast cancer! 5 Quotes About Survival “Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that…

Beliefnet has a partnership with NYC’s local TV station My9 that includes us editors talking about different aspects and kinds of faith. The latest is on astrology, one of Bnet’s most popular features. I happen to be a little bit of an amateur astrology junkie–today is Susan Miller day and I am very excited. I…

Morning silence is its own thing. It’s like fresh snow, footprintless, clean, still. Even in Brooklyn, amazingly, sometimes it’s just… quiet. Which gets me thinking about silence–as someone who grew up in Quaker schools, I was taught the essential important of silence, sitting in it with others, with spirit. As a waiting, as a fullness,…

My, oh my, the interwebs can be harsh. Though 99.9 percent of you make the best comments evar (and we are so glad you read, and comment–or read and don’t comment!), sometimes the trolls come out like they did for this “How to Talk to a Tree” post. The vitriol actually has inspired me to…

Yesterday was an exciting day–our new dining room furniture arrived.  It’s beautiful, and we quickly figured out how we wanted to lay it out and started dreaming about Thanksgiving dinner.  But then we opened the doors of our new sideboard. Pee-yew!  The “new furniture smell” inside the sideboard’s drawers and cabinets is significant.  And it’s…

I came across this book by Brook Noel, “Good Morning: 365 Positive Ways to Start Your Day.”  In her introduction, she writes these uplifting words: “Something great happens each and every day.  And because I am aware, I never miss it.  Sometimes it is major–for example, a new business deal or an unexpected opportunity.  Sometimes…

I know, we’re living fresh-ish–it’s all “Sparkling water with lemon, please!” But sometimes the ice cold beer or tasty sake-tini or simple a glass of antioxidant-rich wine just calls. And calls, and calls…. I know for me, since chemo, any more than two drinks and I am an absolute headachey, room-spinny mess with a very bad…
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