Hello friends! Are you getting ready for Christmas yet? I know, touchy subject…some think it’s too early. I like to be prepared, so my obsessive side is already thinking decorations, menus, gifts, and stocking stuffers… Last evening we did a ‘trial run’ for Christmas dinner…We made prime rib for the first time ever and it…
I would like to welcome my friend, Dana Stenholtz, as a guest artist on ChinDeep. She is a fantastic writer and talented poet. Enjoy~ Sisyphus Who am I to question why when all the world closes its eyes and blindly stumbles over each other while laughing about it? I mean, if so few even care…
“For twenty years Billy McLaughlin, guitarist and composer, astounded audiences around the world with his complex and rhythmic music. In 2001, Billy was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia, an incurable neuromuscular disease that rendered him unable to play his own music. By 2002, Billy McLaughlin’s career was over. In 2006, Billy began a comeback. He was…
“Every ancient tradition holds that from this still core of the self, this infinitely fertile emptiness, springs all that is authentic about you: your identity, your ability to recognize truth, the real operating instructions for your life.” ~Martha Beck The Joy Diet One of my favorite writers on the subjects of life, getting what you…
Hello friends! I’m still busy writing the novel…writing the tea book…and having fun learning how to take pictures for the tea book. I definitely have my work cut out for me. 😉 Yesterday I took a much needed day off and did a little more antiquing in Cannon Falls. I found this tea pot and…
Today Nancy and I hit the open road…bound for Cannon Falls! The Old Market Deli for lunch what a cute place! I had the Mediterranean Sammy on sourdough with coleslaw, kettle chips and a pink grapefruit IZZE pretty flowers on the table in November is impressive 😉 Peace Coffee…mmmmmm After lunch we went treasure hunting,…
Vaffelhjerter are Scandinavian heart shaped waffles made with a special waffle iron. I made these for Jeff on the morning of his birthday and served them with real Scandinavian lingonberry preserves and a side of turkey bacon. They turned out so delicious! I purchased the lingonberry preserves at Ingebretsen’s in Stockholm Wisconsin…the pretty little waffle…
“She gazed at the sea, trying to decide how, if she were Papa, she would endeavour to paint it. For, although it was blue, it was a blue made up of a thousand different hues. Over sand, shallow and translucent, it was jade green, streaked with aquamarine. Over rocks and seaweed, it darkened to indigo.…
“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ’tis near Halloween.” ~Author Unknown We had a gorgeous day to celebrate Halloween in Minnesota today. The sun was shining , but it was still chilly enough outside to have a little bonfire out back and wear sweaters. We carved pumpkins…
~Seeing~ The brilliant colors of gourds and mini pumpkins, and candlelight in this centerpiece I put together today. To make your own: pile mini pumpkins and gourds in a large, clear hurricane lantern. In the winter I use vintage glass Christmas tree bulbs, in the summer I use lemons, and in the spring watercolored Easter…