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My Minestrone Recipe – Great for Cold Days

This recipe is mutable and delicious in many different versions. Mixing and matching the veggies is a great idea, and even the kind of bean can be changed (though I don’t care for kidney beans, as they add a “sweetish” taste to the soup).   A word on organic–I strongly believe we should all be [...]

Planting life and promises

We just planted bulbs and corms to create spring beauty. Tulips and narcissi, anemones and daffodils in an array of colors to delight the senses. Each individual entity contains all its life within its hidden potential. They don’t look like much. Dry and papery or dry and wrinkled—who could perceive the life forces within by [...]