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…
Guest Artist~ Dana Stenholtz
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What I’m Listening To~ Billy McLaughlin
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“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…
Relaxing Ritual~ doing nothing
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“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…