Wine Tasting Notes~ Taylor Fladgate Tawny Porto

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

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…

What I’m Listening To~ Billy McLaughlin

“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

“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…

Festival Tea Pot

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…