So ... I broke down finally and went to see a naturopath yesterday after three years of coaxing and berating by one of my regular doctors. Long, boring story -- and not worth getting into. Suffice it to say that according to my dermatologist, something in my diet is making my body angry. When I repeated her diagnosis to the naturopath, he smiled and said that was a very poetic way of stating the situation, but that in essence, she was probably right. As I feared, Dr. Dodge (and I love him, by ... continue reading...
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How to Paint an Easy Faux Castle Wall
Updated 3/7/20 Years ago, when my son was little and had a high tolerance for all my crazy ideas, he gave me permission to paint the walls of his bedroom to look like a castle. Between the two of us, I'm sure I was the more elated. Zac liked his castle room, but I loved his castle room. I would have slept in that room, had my husband not had other ideas about that. Zac slept in that castle-walled room until the day we gave our mobile home away, moved our meager belongings (we had also given ... continue reading...
Consider This
With Christmas rapidly approaching, I'd like to offer a suggestion. Instead of asking for socks, Starbucks cards, perfume, clothes ... the usual stuff ... why not ask that someone make a donation in your name to Gospel for Asia? You'd be amazed at what an $11 contribution can do. For $11, you can buy a pair of chickens or rabbits for an impoverished family in India and help them start a cottage industry. Lambs, pigs, goats, cows, water buffalo ... even camels are available for purchase, and ... continue reading...
Not Too Late
She was sleeping when I began slicing onions and celery and a Granny Smith apple; when I crumbled one tube of maple-flavored sausage into my heavy black skillet, and stirred, and watched the heat rising in savory wisps. She didn't see the coming together of a fresh batch of homemade poultry seasoning -- all those spice containers gathered in a huddle around my mortar and pestle, and the careful measurements of half-, and quarter-, and eighths of a teaspoonful of rosemary, sage, thyme, ... continue reading...
Germany-Part 4
I was in such a hurry when I prepublished all these posts about Europe last week (on my way out the door to Haiti) that I somehow forgot the fourth installment about Germany. Still too tired/emotional/pensive to write about Haiti right now, although the thoughts are already forming themselves, slowly. For today, I'll just share this post about about BIG FOOD. It's kind of serendipitous that this post got forgotten until now, because I happen to be cooking a big pot of Cabbage Patch Soup right ... continue reading...
Germany-Part 7
Here's how we left Germany ... The only sound at 7:30 a.m. on that Saturday morning was the rumble of our Rick Steves' suitcases as they covered the concrete distance between the Bible college and the Eiserfeld train station across the street. All of Siegen slept while we said good-bye. Past the silent front-facing depot, past the graffiti that graced the tunnel, down the steps and up the steps, all that could be heard was those wheels. The doubts settled in right about the time we rounded ... continue reading...