Curried Lentil Soup

Curried Lentil Soup

I love this soup with a passion!  (And it mashes up nicely for baby food! But it does contain honey, so omit that if you want to feed this to a child under a year. Our 16 month old grand daughter downed it for lunch today!) 3 potatoes, diced 3 carrots, sliced (I...

Under the Influence

Have you heard the phrase, “they were at an impressionable age”? While I realize that children, in their innocence and inexperience and state of phenomenal growth are very impressionable, I don’t think we ever outgrow that completely.  In fact, I...

You Already Are

You are one in a million!  You are brave.  You are kind.  You are growing.  You are learning. You are inspiring. You are dedicated. You are fun!  You are optimistic. You are grateful. You are faithful. You are gracious. You are humble. You are sweet. You are curious....

Glow Girl

I remember a scene from the Dick Van Dyke show, when Laura bleached her hair blonde one afternoon, and then she was scurrying to get it dyed back to brown before Rob came home.  Did you see that one?  At the end of the show, a probably seven-year-old Richie declares...

I Love Your Guts

A few thoughts for you about that ecosystem that lives inside every human being, the bacterial world that works with us to digest our food and to keep a healthy reign on the bugs and bacteria that can make us sick. I heard someone ask the question recently,...