The past few days I have been experimenting with new salad dressings. I tried two recipes which I didn’t create and they weren’t quite right for my taste, but with a few ‘tweaks’ I got them to where I wanted them. Both these recipes happen to be vegan. I am not a vegan, but I… Read More

Whenever I have a lot of writing to do, I find that I also cook a lot more. I also walk my doggie pal Wilma a lot more. My wrists start to get sore (I have an exercise for that) and my brain gets fuzzy, so I unconsciously head to the kitchen. In the last… Read More

(bil-doo ngz-roh-mahn) It’s a noun. It generally ‘denotes the education, development and maturing of a young protagonist’ or ‘the moral and psychological growth of the main character.’ Today, I was at my computer weaving my time between fundraising for DirectionFive and editing the health programs based on the kid’s comments from the pilot programs when… Read More

Doesn’t just the thought of walking down this path make you calmer? It certainly does that for me. I absolutely need my time in nature or I start to get a little stir crazy. Nature time is a necessary part of life for me. Nature deficit disorder is a term coined by Richard Louv in… Read More

Road trip! Those words can bring out the wanderlust in all of us with thoughts of the open road, new sights, new people to meet, new food to try and if you’re not careful, new pounds. As you travel, do try all of America’s regional fare; BBQ, catfish and hush puppies, biscuits and gravy, gumbo,… Read More