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MyMemories Suite Review and Giveaway Winner
October Giveaway Winner and Product Review This month’s giveaway winner is featured at the end of this post. But first, let’s give our benefactor center stage. MyMemories Suite won my respect by being both nimble and user-friendly, which is why I’m a MyMemories affiliate. I’ve used it to create many projects, website banners, stationery, business … Continue reading MyMemories Suite Review and Giveaway Winner
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Make a Culinary Herb Wreath in Minutes
Making an herb wreath is a fun way to dry culinary herbs. You can either leave the wreath up all winter and pluck leaves here and there for your recipes or after the leaves dry, remove them to airtight containers that you store in a dark cupboard. The second method better protects the flavors, and … Continue reading Make a Culinary Herb Wreath in Minutes
Update and Giveaways
Simple Life Focus, Giveaways, Videos, and Podcast A Simple Life The new focus of my blog should be no surprise after my post, In Search of a Better Life, where I outlined my frustration with areas of my own life and my determination to change it for the better. A Simple Life, the blog’s new title, … Continue reading Update and Giveaways
Compline: A Brush with the Sublime
I had never attended a compline service before, and I’d heard Gregorian chant only in recordings, so I didn’t know what to expect when I entered Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral. As the last service, compline marks the end of the working day in the canonical hours tradition. The number of attendees, from those in their teens … Continue reading Compline: A Brush with the Sublime
How to Organize Your Kitchen Storage to Make Cooking Easier
Autumn is nearly upon us, and the focus will soon shift from outside to inside the house. If, like me, you’ve had a hectic summer, it’s time to settle in for the more meditative months. Part of that process is taking inventory. Decluttering and reorganizing might be in order, and with Thanksgiving and the Christmas … Continue reading How to Organize Your Kitchen Storage to Make Cooking Easier
Homemade Blackberry Cobbler
How well I remember the family homestead in Missouri, where my cousins and I spent lazy summer days picking blackberries. We always returned with purple stains around our mouths, scratches on our arms and legs, and only a few berries in our buckets. We didn’t know it then, but those excursions would become treasured memories. … Continue reading Homemade Blackberry Cobbler
Singing Life
I took this image while on a writing retreat in Washington state’s Long Beach peninsula. The photograph captures the beauty of a misty beach, which speaks to us of the changing tides of life. The picture didn’t inspire the poem but illustrates it to perfection. Like several of my poems this one came to me … Continue reading Singing Life