Cool and Sunny

That’s today’s weather report from Spokane, Washington. :)It is truly beautiful and close to perfect, as far as I’m concerned.The horses have coats to wear–special blankets to keep them snug at night. Sadie-beagle’s sweater from last...

Family Reunion 2009

We Laels met in Colville, Washington, at the Eagles Club, this past weekend, as we have done for years. It’s always a good time–my family is big on storytelling (go figure), art work and just generally performing. The younger ones sing or read original...

Quinoa

So many good things come to us by word-of-mouth. Quinoa, pronounced Keen-Wa according to the box, is one of those things. News to me, though I know a lot of you probably already know about this marvelous grain. It has three or four times as much protein as oatmeal,...

Writing and Painting

The two seem to be intertwined for me, at least these days.The big piece I call my Renaissance Showgirl is done, except for signing and spraying to protect the paint. She emerged while I was writing “Tate”, over a period of many days, a line here, a dab of...

The Shift

I felt it yesterday. It’s a mind-shift that happens when I’ve really made up my mind about something, like quitting smoking or taking off the after-stopping weight.As you know if you read yesterday’s blog, my intention is to eat mindfully....

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