Rachael
A Salad a Day
About November when temperatures drop, my mood seems to drop with them. A number of years back I tried an all-raw diet, but found it difficult to maintain and very high in oil and nuts. I found that a salad…
New Year’s Winter Pics
Pics of fun in the snow over the last few days . . .
Thanks on the Eve of Christmas
For my husband, who has a generous heart and an outstanding mind along with an intuition about people and events that can make your skin tingle. For my son, who is full of joy and love. For this house, which…
Chocolate Pie
Gluten-free chocolate tart/pie that can be adapted to be vegan.
The Five Remembrances via Allen Ginsberg
We've been reading Fear by Thich Nhat Nanh in sangha and this week I have to present on the chapter on the Five Remembrances, which are as follows:
1) I am subject to aging; I have not gone beyond aging;
2) I am subject to illness; I have not gone beyond illness;
3) I am subject to death; I have not gone beyond death;
4) All that is dear to me, and everyone I love, are of the nature to change. I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me.
5) I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.
Key Lime Pie
This is a super-easy, no-bake, eggless key lime pie that I made for my son's 9th and 10th birthdays. I don't like to cook with eggs and turns out eggs are not at all essential to this recipe, which I've adapted from this recipe by Jennifer McHenry of answers.com.