When I was a little girl my father would sing nursery rhymes to us. This one always got my attention. Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With silver bells, and cockle shells,And pretty maids all in a row. While I loved the nursery rhyme, I hated the thought that I was contrary. Contrarian – opposing or rejecting popular opinion; going against current practice. While I hate the thought of being contrary, here’s the thing. I am.…
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It’s been a while since I have made this recipe taught to me by one of my earliest mentors, Trish Zetterberg. I share this with you as something that falls the category of taking ordinary and making it extraordinary with little effort for bonus value! Video and recipe below:
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Even with the hope of moving from stay-at-home to safe-at-home every one of us has been rocked by unimaginable and rapid changes in our normal routines during this COVID crisis. Long before the pandemic was on our horizon my youngest wrote a presentation on peace. Her presentation is written in a thematic religious reading format. In this format, the speaker practices weaving together scripture with her choice of literature to write a speech on a…
1 CommentAre you experiencing the shift in how we live and connect? Here is some of what happened in a 24-hour timeframe during my stay at home. Sign 1 – Important life events disrupted – It was my second wedding to attend on FB live. The first wedding were friends we met in a church small group this past summer. Their May wedding plans were canceled so they opted to get married in March in a…
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It’s been an upsetting, unsettling, chaotic and noisy week. Predictions are that it’s not letting up soon. Depending on what you pay attention to it can throw your next minute, next hour, even your next days for a loop. It’s hard to turn away from the news and know what to focus on. If your regular programming has been upended and it has here is my strongest counsel for you. Develop and keep a morning…
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