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Blizzards and Beets

2013-02-13T22:48:15-05:00

Last Friday, Brooklyn got a nice dumping of snow... enough to cancel my teaching commitments for the weekend, thus opening up a few unexpected days to fill with the pleasures of cooking, eating and skiing. As the snow started to fall, the winds howled, and little icy snow pellets ricocheted off the window signaling just how cozy and warm I...

Will Work for Food

2013-01-28T16:01:43-05:00

Once upon a time, I lived in a groovy little neighborhood in Philadelphia called Mt. Airy. I had a sweet life where my kids walked to school and my office was 248 paces from home. I had my posse of local food suppliers for eggs, raw dairy, meat, cheeses, flowers, honey and beeswax candles. My co-op once sang happy birthday...

Teaching at Earthwise Ways Herb School

2012-10-12T10:21:09-04:00

This week I had the privlilege of teaching at Earthwise Ways Herb School in Philadelphia. My dear friend, Maia Toll, (owner of Herbiary and founder of Earthwise Ways) and I have been in conversation for some time about teaching together and about programming that combined our modalities, our skills and our passions. Well... give a busy girl a job and...

Life, Love, Lunacy... and well4good Retreats

2012-09-14T16:24:13-04:00

Over the years, there have been a number of well4good workshops, all based on the w4g model of: Food, Movement, Meditation and Purposeful Life Practices. Topics have ranged from Women's Health, Living with Food Allergies, and Loving our Bodies, In Spite of Ourselves. At the end of each workshop, people always comment on how good it feels to have spent...

"Making The Tomatoes"

2012-09-05T16:16:13-04:00

I met my dear friend Carmine in 1989, when he was a ski instructor at Mt Snow, Vermont and I was a weekender obsessed with getting in as many ski days as the season (and my work schedule) would allow. We met on snow, but bonded on food and all-things-Italian. Our family stories had similar flavor and color: laughing, screaming,...

Centre for Homeopathic Education in New York, Beginner's Course

2012-08-01T13:51:14-04:00

Beginners Course with Denise M. Straiges CCH, RSHom(NA) - Class Now Forming CALL TODAY! Saturday September 29th and Sunday September 30th NY Seminar & Conference Ctr. 71 W. 23rd St. (at 6th Ave.) Fee: $300 - Register: beginners@newyorkhomeopathycollege.com (718) 286-9372 via newyorkhomeopathycollege.com Registration is now open! This course is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about homeopathic philosophy and the...

Pema Chodron, Helen Reddy, and the Ultimate Power of the Lady Drill

2012-07-29T10:08:53-04:00

It has been said that there are two basic emotions: love and fear. Interesting, right? Not “hate” but fear. “Love” and all its offshoots give us a groovy-good feeling of connection. Separation from that can be described as a hole, an emptiness, or, at its worst-- like when the Dementors get on the Hogwarts express… (get chocolate, Stat!). Following the...

Dinner for One!

2012-07-01T22:41:38-04:00

While my boys are at summer camp, I'll be very busy celebrating my very own palate. People, let it be known: I can (and will) cook what ever I damn-well-please for the next 7.5 weeks, and nobody--ain't nobody--can complain about it. Ha! Yes, I love to cook for my family. And yes, I love nothing more than entertaining a house...

Taking Stock... Making Stock.

2012-06-14T22:32:14-04:00

It's been a looooong week, people. We moved. Again. And anyone who challenges my assertion that moving is the most disruptive thing in life will be locked in my storage unit until I say they can come out. The good news is that it's over. The books are unpacked and shelved (35+ very heavy boxes!), and the energy of my...

Sunday Morning Inspiration

2012-05-27T09:24:10-04:00

Inspiration is a funny muse. Elusive and fickle, just below the surface of awareness; a fleeting scent that triggers a memory of our soul's deepest desire. She asks to be nurtured, fed, coddled and cajoled. And when we show her that we are present and awake and ready... she delights us with a gift of insight and rewards us with...