Love Is…?

  “Love is an earthquake meant to relocate the center of our universe.” So writes Mike Mason in his brilliant book, The Mystery of Marriage. Each time this destabilizing, tectonic shifting pitched me off balance during my first decade of marriage, I assumed I was a...

Why Lent?

Why Lent?

Several years ago, I reminded our teenage sons that Lent would be starting in two days. Our youngest protested with a deep sigh and the following comment: “I just don’t get why my giving up ice cream or TV has anything to do with my getting closer to God. I mean did...

Apple Chocolate Fudgies (GF/DF)

Apple Chocolate Fudgies GF/DF I can’t take any credit for this awesome recipe. The crew at Debra’s Natural Foods in West Concord came up with it. It’s a cross between a brownie and cake. Healthy enough for breakfast (in my humble opinion). 10 medjool dates, pitted 4...

GF/DF Banana Chocolate Nut Cookies

Gluten and Dairy Free Banana Chocolate Nut Cookies 4 ripe bananas 1/2 C virgin coconut oil (melted) or other healthy oil such as walnut 1/2 C either maple syrup or agave syrup 1 t vanilla extract or 1/2 t almond extract 1/3 C soy or any alternative milk or 2 eggs 2 C...

GF/DF Butternut Squash Soup

GF/DF Butternut Squash Soup 1 large butternut squash 2-4 C of apple cider 4-6 C of chicken stock or coconut milk (either low fat or regular) 2 large cooking apples 1 sweet onion Sea salt Freshly ground pepper 1-2T curry powder 1 C shelled pumpkin seeds 3T maple syrup...

Blind Spots

I just finished teaching our second son how to drive. Convincing my driver-to-be that he had blind spots was perhaps the most difficult component of our lessons. The car’s three mirrors gave him a false security leading to more than one close call. (We now have a...

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