food my kids will eat…baked macaroni & cheese…
My kids love macaroni & cheese. A lot. So instead of pulling out the ever-present box of Kraft, I decided to scour the internet and …
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Reflections on “The Help”
It was the middle of the night, and I was propped up on the couch with a feverish little girl laying on my chest. My …
All Things at Once…
I recently read Mika Brzenzinski’s memoir, All Things at Once, which chronicles her journey to finding the balance between career, marriage, and family. Honestly, I …
Experimental Cooking
Every month, I anxiously await the arrival of two of my favorite magazines…Food Network Magazine and Every Day with Rachael Ray. Their glossy pages pull …
Our finished Thankfulness Chain
Madi finished our chain yesterday…in the nick of time. She had fun coming up with things she was thankful for…like dance class, books, and every …
“RB” @Gurk Family…Thankfulness Chain
There’s this lovely little feature on Twitter where you can “retweet” an interesting link or idea from someone else. It takes your tweets from just …
Circle of Quiet
My friend Kate has a list of books that she has recently read on her blog…it’s a nice little feature. I’m thinking about adding it …
What’s a “wannabe foodie” to do?
I recently checked out two “foodie” books from the library…The Man who Ate the World by Jay Rayner (a food critic who also judged Top …
My Cooking Achilles Heel…Rice…
I think every family has stories that inevitably come up at least once at major (and some minor) holidays. For my family, it includes stories …
Meditation…not just for monks…
My sisters and I recently read the book The Celebration of Discipline, which is kind of a how-to guide for the spiritual disciplines,like fasting, simplicity, …
